Fry's Planet Word The Power and the Glory (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

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Fry's Planet Word

The Power and the Glory (Season 1, Episode 5)

TV Episode | 60 min | Documentary

This time Stephen Fry celebrates storytelling. It has been with us as long as language itself and as a species, we love to tell our stories. This desire to both entertain and explain has resulted in the flowering of language to describe ...See moreThis time Stephen Fry celebrates storytelling. It has been with us as long as language itself and as a species, we love to tell our stories. This desire to both entertain and explain has resulted in the flowering of language to describe every aspect of the human condition. Stephen asks just what makes a good story and why some writers just do it better. He reveals what stories make him shiver with joy or, conversely, shudder with horror. Written by Joyce M See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Stephen Fry Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer	Gosford Park (2001)
Simon Russell Beale Self Self See fewer	The Death of Stalin (2017)
Brian Blessed Self Self See fewer	Flash Gordon (1980)
Johnson Chang Self Self See fewer	Sold! Inside the World's Biggest Auction House (2016)
Richard Curtis Self Self See fewer	Love Actually (2003)
Guillaume Gallienne Self Self See fewer	Me, Myself and Mum (2013)
William Goldman Self Self See fewer	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Ian Hislop Self - Editor of Private Eye Self - Editor of Private Eye See fewer	Harry Enfield and Chums (1994)
Peter Jackson Self Self See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Hugh Laurie Various (archive footage) Various (archive footage) See fewer	House (2004)
Robert McCrum Self Self See fewer	The Story of English (1986)
David Norris Self - Irish Senator Self - Irish Senator See fewer	The Queen of Ireland (2015)
Christopher Ricks Self - Boston University (as Sir Christopher Ricks) Self - Boston University (as Sir Christopher Ricks) See fewer	Fry's Planet Word (2011)
Mark Rylance Self Self See fewer	Bridge of Spies (2015)
David Tang Self (as Sir David Tang) Self (as Sir David Tang) See fewer	Shanghai (2010)
David Tennant Self Self See fewer	Doctor Who (2005)