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  • Fry's Planet Word (2011–2011)
  • TV Series | 60 min | Documentary
Fry's Planet Word (2011–2011)
TV Series | 60 min | Documentary

Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.
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Directors
John-Paul Davidson (as John Paul Davidson) | Helen Williamson
Writer
Stephen Fry (written by)
Producer
Helen Williamson (producer)
Cinematographers
Simon Ffrench (director of photography) | Andrew Clark (director of photography) | Grant Atkinson (director of photography) | Mike Garner (director of photography) & 2 more
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Updated Sep 25, 2011

Release date (First episode)
Sep 25, 2011 (United Kingdom)

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Cast

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66 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Stephen Fry
Self - Presenter Self - Presenter   See fewer
5
Hugh Laurie
Self - Various (archive footage) Self - Various (archive footage)   See fewer
2
2
2
Steven Pinker
Self - Professor of Psychology, Harvard University Self - Professor of Psychology, Harvard University   See fewer
2
Cathy Price
Self - Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging / Self - Clinical Psycholinguist Self - Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging / Self - Clinical Psycholinguist   See fewer
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ian Hislop
Self - Editor of Private Eye Self - Editor of Private Eye   See fewer
1
John-Paul Davidson
Self - Dr. Itard Self - Dr. Itard   See fewer
1
1
Belle de Jour
Self (as Brooke Magnanti) Self (as Brooke Magnanti)   See fewer
1
Irving Finkel
Self - Keeper of the Department of Assyriology, British Museum Self - Keeper of the Department of Assyriology, British Museum   See fewer
1
Jimmy Wales
Self - Founder, Wikipedia Self - Founder, Wikipedia   See fewer
1
H. Samy Alim
Self - Linguistics Anthropologist (as Professor H. Samy Alim) Self - Linguistics Anthropologist (as Professor H. Samy Alim)   See fewer
1
Pnina Shor
Self - Israeli Antiquities Scoiety Self - Israeli Antiquities Scoiety   See fewer
1
1
Christopher Ricks
Self - Boston University (as Sir Christopher Ricks) Self - Boston University (as Sir Christopher Ricks)   See fewer
1
Lera Boroditsky
Self - Stanford University Self - Stanford University   See fewer
1
Stewie Stone
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
Marc Fumaroli
Self - Academician (as Professor Marc Fumaroli) Self - Academician (as Professor Marc Fumaroli)   See fewer
1
1
d'Armond Speers
Self - Klingon Language Institute Self - Klingon Language Institute   See fewer
1
Juan Mari Arzak
Self - Restaurante Arzak Self - Restaurante Arzak   See fewer
1
David Norris
Self - Irish Senator Self - Irish Senator   See fewer
1
Hugh Farley
Self - Producer, Ros na Rún Self - Producer, Ros na Rún   See fewer
1
Wolfgang Enard
Self - Max Planck Institute Self - Max Planck Institute   See fewer
1
Robert Darnton
Self - Director of Harvard University Library (as Prof Robert Darnton) Self - Director of Harvard University Library (as Prof Robert Darnton)   See fewer
1
Michael Tomasello
Self - Max Planck Institute Self - Max Planck Institute   See fewer
1
Ramesh Raskar
Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Ramesh Raskar) Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Ramesh Raskar)   See fewer
1
Richard Ovenden
Self - Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Library Self - Keeper of Special Collections, Bodleian Library   See fewer
1
Deb Roy
Self - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Self - Massachusetts Institute of Technology   See fewer
1
Timothy Jay
Self - Cognitive Psychologist (as Professor Timothy Jay) Self - Cognitive Psychologist (as Professor Timothy Jay)   See fewer
1
1
Richard Stephens
Self - Keele University Self - Keele University   See fewer
1
Aju Jupoh
Self - Akha Leader Self - Akha Leader   See fewer
1
Julia Saunders
Self - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn Self - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn   See fewer
1
Michael Bove
Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Michael Bove) Self - MIT Center for Future Storytelling (as Dr Michael Bove)   See fewer
1
David Skipper
Self - ohn Jarrold Printing Museum Self - ohn Jarrold Printing Museum   See fewer
1
Youguang Zhou
Self - Father of Pinyin Self - Father of Pinyin   See fewer
1
Ghil'ad Zuckermann
Self - Israeli Linguist Self - Israeli Linguist   See fewer
1
1
Zaha Bustami
Self - Interpreter, United Nations Self - Interpreter, United Nations   See fewer
1
1
Kate Tunstall
Self - Enlightenment Scholar Self - Enlightenment Scholar   See fewer
1
1
James Hammond
Self - Brand Consultant Self - Brand Consultant   See fewer
1
Joe Devlin
Self - Wellcome Trust Self - Wellcome Trust   See fewer
1
Kenard Karter
Self - Radio DJ (as Kenard 'K2' Karter) Self - Radio DJ (as Kenard 'K2' Karter)   See fewer
1
Wolfgang Klein
Self - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Self - Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics   See fewer
1
Elena Arzak
Self - Restaurante Arzak Self - Restaurante Arzak   See fewer
1
Edwina Portocarrano
Self - MIT researcher Self - MIT researcher   See fewer
1
Ari Teman
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
Assaf Yasur-Landau
Self - Archeologist (as Dr Assaf Yasur-Landau) Self - Archeologist (as Dr Assaf Yasur-Landau)   See fewer
1
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)   See fewer
1
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