Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry 'God is evil' interview up for award

An interview in which Stephen Fry denounced God as "utterly evil, capricious and monstrous" is among the programmes shortlisted for an award to celebrate excellence in religious broadcasting.

Stephen Fry to co-star in US comedy pilot

Popular British actor/comedian/writer/game show host Stephen Fry is set to co-star opposite Joel McHale in The Great Indoors, CBS' multi-camera pilot written by Mike Gibbons and directed by Andy Ackerman.

Daily Mail sparks outrage implying Fry isn't married

Eagle-eyed readers of the Daily Mail today noticed a snub directed towards Stephen Fry, in which his husband was referred to inside inverted commas.

The nation's favourite national treasure, Stephen Fry, has finally called time on QI (BBC Two).

Where would we have been without Fry's QI? The quirky quiz has been correcting our misconceptions for 13 years and over 180 episodes. How else would we have known that Darwin ate owls, the moon smells of gunpowder, Cinderella's slippers were made of squirrel fur and that Henry VIII had two wives (or four if you're Catholic)?

QI has been a pedant's paradise and has probably been the cause of more pub fights on 'quiz night' than any of the beer served. It will continue with Sandi Toksvig in the chair, but only time will tell whether the chemistry of Fry and Alan Davies will be replicated. My guess is Davies will give it a go to the end of the series and then bow out himself. Only time - and ratings - will tell.

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Bye-Bye Stephen...

Stephen Fry's Farewell - seven things we learned

After 13 years, 184 episodes and enough clever clogs asides to fill a decent-sized library wing, television's favourite erudite uncle has surrendered the lectern. It was Stephen Fry's farewell show as QI quizmaster.

After rattling through half an alphabet's worth of "quite interesting" trivia, and finding endlessly inventive ways of calling Alan Davies an idiot, Stephen Fry finally steps down from his role of QI's avuncular headmaster tonight. But first there's a final light-hearted lecture to get through, on the subject of misconceptions. The panel of Chris Addison, Sue Perkins and Sara Cox isn't quite a classic by QI standards - where's Bill Bailey?! - but one final opportunity for some Fry-and-Davies back-and-forth should make up for that.

Stephen Fry's quite interesting moments

Stephen Fry has adopted many personas in his 13 years as ringmaster of Britain's most learned panel show QI. There's the stern schoolmaster. The raffish don. The avuncular uncle. The refined eccentric. And now, the departing national treasure. As these highlights from his years on the show indicate, new host Sandi Toksvig has big shoes to fill.