Stephen Fry

Knee-jerk reactions, klaxons and Kiesselbach's plexus are among the subjects under scurrilous discussion as QI returns for its 11th series - which means we've reached the letter K in our comedy intellectual hike through the alphabet. Fount of all knowledge Stephen Fry is back on his throne, the kittenish Alan Davies by his side, joined tonight by perennial quiz show panellist David Mitchell, versatile Jack Whitehall - showing his brainy side after laddy larks with One Direction on A League Of Their Own - and comedian Sara Pascoe. Kick back and find out how Father Christmas, the colour orange and pandas manage to pad their way into the show.

Rob Brydon's Stephen Fry suicide attempt joke attacked

Comedians often teeter on the edge between offensiveness and humour, but when Rob Brydon poked fun at his fellow QI star Stephen Fry's suicide attempt during a celebrity awards show his gag was reportedly greeted with silence not laughter.

BBC rejects claim Stephen Fry 'trivialised' child abuse

The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint that Stephen Fry "trivialised" child abuse during an episode of QI in which he recited a limerick about a chaplain's desire for a choir boy.

Stephen Fry interview

"The beauty of the brain is that you can be as greedy as you like for knowledge and it doesn't show"

Stephen Fry: France is better educated than Britain

And the QI presenter thinks education secretary Michael Gove could be on to something with his proposals for a new curriculum...

PM rejects Fry's call for boycott of Russia's Olympics

The Prime Minister has rejected a call from broadcaster Stephen Fry to strip Russia of the 2014 Winter Olympics because of its treatment of gay people.

Stephen Fry calls for Olympics ban

Broadcaster Stephen Fry has urged David Cameron to support moves to strip Russia of the 2014 Winter Olympics because of its new anti-gay laws.

Radio Times review

I laughed so helplessly at this episode that I had to re-apply my mascara, and I was still chortling on my way out of the office and on the train home. Count Arthur Strong, half-witted, malapropism-prone former music-hall star (a masterly comic creation by Steve Delaney) joins the modern world at last when his new friend Michael (Rory Kinnear) gets him on the internet. Or on "the Ilfracombe" as the Count has it. Soon his horizons broaden, and not just because "I'm going to tell that Stephen Fry what I think of him".

There's no point in trying to explain further. I will say only that Arthur decides to fulfil his dream of doing Jack the Ripper tours from an ice-cream van complete with chimes.

Alan Davies: hard to believe Stephen Fry can get depressed

Alan Davies has spoken of his sadness at Stephen Fry's suicide attempt - but praised his pal for raising awareness that mental illness can kill.

Richard Herring: 'All power to the podcast'

After his agenda-setting podcast interview with Stephen Fry, in which Fry talked openly for the first time about his attempted suicide, Richard Herring explains why the podcast's time has come.