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Stephen Fry: the letter that saved my life - video
Stephen Fry explains how a few short words turned his life around as a troubled teenager, and imagines the fantasy letter he would send to Oscar Wilde to rescue him from the shame and despair that blighted his final years. The interview was filmed at Letters Live at the Southbank on World Book Night, in aid of The Reading Agency.
The Guardian, 12th May 2014Highlights include a mickey take of The Office and a brilliantly-observed version of The Killing that mixes the dark thriller with children's television character Pingu.
Harry and Paul don't shy away from the controversial parts of the BBC's history, with a version of Call My Bluff in which the chosen word is paedophile. And after a picture of a BBC chief called Bert John is flashed up that bears more than a passing resemblance to ex-director general John Birt, fictional head of drama Jonathan Oxford-Cambridge (played by Whitehouse) refers to Bert John as, "a total c..." before he is cut off.
Enfield plays main narrator, the historian Simon Schama, plus Michael Gambon, Stephen Fry and Ian Hislop, while Whitehouse's characters include Paul Merton, Mary Berry and BBC creative director Alan Yentob - who he plays as a mixture of Gollum and Yoda.
Yentob showed he could take the joke though. Most of the show was filmed around the old BBC Television Centre in west London which is being redeveloped. Originally Harry and Paul were denied access but Yentob sorted it out for them. Harry said at a screening of the show: "Yentob made it happen. I think he might live to regret it don't you?"
The Guardian, 9th May 2014Stephen Fry is the new President of Hay Festival
Stephen Fry has succeeded the late Eric Hobsbawm as the President of the Hay Festival.
Martin Chilton, The Telegraph, 30th April 2014Stephen Fry wins first Tony nomination
Stephen Fry has notched up his first Tony nomination for his Broadway debut in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.
The Telegraph, 29th April 2014Stephen Fry leads boycott against Dorchester Hotel
The Dorchester Hotel is facing a boycott by fashion and screen stars in a row over a law, passed by its owner in Brunei, which could lead to gay people being stoned to death. Stephen Fry, US comedian Ellen DeGeneres and leading designers have all vowed not to stay in any of the hotels owned by the Sultan of Brunei in protest over the legislation.
Martin Bentham, Evening Standard, 28th April 2014Fry's "In the Psychiatrist's Chair" to be repeated
The classic series of in-depth celebrity interviews by Dr Anthony Clare will get its first airing for 15 years. A run of 11 episodes begins later this month with a 1997 session focusing on Stephen Fry, in which the comedian, actor and presenter talks about his success, sexuality, parents and the battles with bipolar disorder that saw him contemplating suicide after walking out of a West End show in which he was performing.
Paul Jones, Radio Times, 9th April 2014Stephen Fry thanks fans for support after hospital trip
Stephen Fry has thanked fans for their support after he was hospitalised yesterday. The star was admitted to hospital after suffering with a swollen ankle, and was later diagnosed with cellulitis - a painful and potentially dangerous skin condition.
Meg Drewett, Digital Spy, 3rd April 2014No Such Thing As a Fish (QI podcast) - review
A QI podcast spin-off affords Stephen Fry's little helpers the chance to really shine.
Miranda Sawyer, The Observer, 23rd March 2014Stephen Fry to narrate same-sex wedding for Channel 4
Stephen Fry is set to narrate a musical broadcast of one of the UK's first same-sex weddings since the equal marriage bill passed.
Zeba Blay, Digital Spy, 5th March 2014Jim Davidson: 'I really want Stephen Fry to like me'
Jim Davidson has been called racist, sexist, an offensive comedy relic, and much worse. But does the surprise winner of Celebrity Big Brother have a cuddly side?
Chrissy Iley, The Telegraph, 20th February 2014