Fry's Planet Word Spreading the Word (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

Fry's Planet Word

Spreading the Word (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

In this programme, Stephen Fry explores 'the written word'. Writing is a great invention - making it possible to communicate across space and time. Without writing we would have no history and very little technology. Stephen discovers the ...See moreIn this programme, Stephen Fry explores 'the written word'. Writing is a great invention - making it possible to communicate across space and time. Without writing we would have no history and very little technology. Stephen discovers the earliest writing - cuneiform - at the British Museum, and learns how our alphabet came from the Phoenicians. Written by Joyce M See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Fry Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Michael Bove Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Michael Bove) Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Michael Bove) See fewer	Fry's Planet Word (2011)
Johnson Chang Self Self See fewer	Sold! Inside the World's Biggest Auction House (2016)
Robert Darnton Self - Director of Harvard University Library (as Prof Robert Darnton) Self - Director of Harvard University Library (as Prof Robert Darnton) See fewer	Architects of Thought (2008)
Belle de Jour Self (as Brooke Magnanti) Self (as Brooke Magnanti) See fewer	Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007)
Irving Finkel Self - Keeper of the Department of Assyriology, British Museum Self - Keeper of the Department of Assyriology, British Museum See fewer	Dixie (III)
Aju Jupoh Self - Akha Leader Self - Akha Leader See fewer	Virtual Borders (2003)
Hanif Kureishi Self Self See fewer	My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Richard Ovenden Self - Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Library Self - Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Library See fewer	Google and the World Brain (2013)
Edwina Portocarrano Self - MIT researcher Self - MIT researcher See fewer	Fry's Planet Word (2011)
Ramesh Raskar Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Ramesh Raskar) Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Ramesh Raskar) See fewer	Science Club (2012)
Pnina Shor Self - Israeli Antiquities Scoiety Self - Israeli Antiquities Scoiety See fewer	Expedition Unknown (2015)
David Skipper Self - ohn Jarrold Printing Museum Self - ohn Jarrold Printing Museum See fewer	Fry's Planet Word (2011)
David Tang Self Self See fewer	Shanghai (2010)
Kate Tunstall Self - Enlightenment Scholar Self - Enlightenment Scholar See fewer	Fry's Planet Word (2011)
Jimmy Wales Self - Founder, Wikipedia Self - Founder, Wikipedia See fewer	Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web (2017)
Assaf Yasur-Landau Self - Archeologist (as Dr Assaf Yasur-Landau) Self - Archeologist (as Dr Assaf Yasur-Landau) See fewer	Fry's Planet Word (2011)
Youguang Zhou Self - Father of Pinyin Self - Father of Pinyin See fewer	Fry's Planet Word (2011)