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Blackadder stamps released by Royal Mail to mark 40th anniversary
Royal Mail has announced the launch of 12 special stamps to mark the 40th anniversary of Blackadder.
British Comedy Guide, 12th May 2023Stephen Fry to fund UEA American Studies students' year in US
Stephen Fry is to provide four travel bursaries of £2,500 to undergraduates. The Stephen Fry Travel Awards will go to four American Studies students at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
BBC, 31st March 2023Comic Relief's outlandish origin story - inside Nether Wallop festival
Was this impromptu event - a farmer's field in Hampshire that hosted comedy talents including Rowan Atkinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Billy Connolly and Rik Mayall - where the first seed of Comic Relief was planted?
Alan Burles, The Guardian, 17th March 2023Baldrick to read Blackadder Bedtime Story for Comic Relief
The BBC has revealed its plans for Red Nose Day, with Tony Robinson reprising his Blackadder character Baldrick for a Bedtime Story. Other Comic Relief sketches include one themed around Love Island and another around Eurovision.
British Comedy Guide, 9th March 2023Stephen Fry on celebrating gay war heroes in new documentary and why he quit Twitter
The comedian and actor speaks about Willem and Freida - the LGBTQ+ war heroes he's honouring in his latest Channel 4 documentary - as well as his relationship with social media and activism.
Simon Hattenstone, Radio Times, 2nd March 2023Stephen Fry to host 'Jeopardy!' game show
QI star Stephen Fry is to host a version of American game show Jeopardy! for ITV1.
British Comedy Guide, 27th February 2023We must defend Stephen Fry from the speech police
Even right-on, liberal luvvies are now at risk of cancellation.
Patrick O'Flynn, Spiked, 21st February 2023It's no joke, but Stephen Fry, you just have to apologise
A lovely little parody of cancel culture this week as members of the MCC (well, one member) called on the club president, Stephen Fry, to apologise for racist and sexist jokes he made at a Lord's dinner. The only problem, and it's not that much of a problem in the current climate, is that Fry never made them. The guy accusing him seems to have made them up because he doesn't like Stephen's plans to modernise the club and wanted to get him fired for the only thing you can get fired for nowadays - making a thoughtless joke.
Giles Coren, The Times, 20th February 2023Stephen Fry accused of making inappropriate jokes at cricket dinner
Speaking in his capacity as president of Marylebone Cricket Club, the actor and comedian allegedly joked about women "shagging" and linked Muslims and terrorists.
Tom Whipple, Ivo Tennant and Elizabeth Ammon, The Times, 19th February 2023Bleak Expectations stage play gets West End run
Dickensian pastiche Bleak Expectations, a Radio 4 hit from 2007, is to take to the West End stage this summer with a run of headline guest stars.
British Comedy Guide, 15th February 2023