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If you're a glutton for Dickens (and you'll need to be, with the BBC already stuffing its schedules with the forthcoming bicentenary of his birth), jolly spoofery abounds in The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, which features Robert Webb as an upstanding Victorian retailer of nonsense items thrown into sudden penury by bewhiskered evil Stephen Fry in a stovepipe hat. Ah, what larks, trying to out-grotesque the master, though the irrepressible, unending fun of it can jam your parody receptors after a while.
Phil Hogan, The Observer, 18th December 2011Stephen Fry: 'Peter Jackson had me eating testicles'
Stephen Fry has said that he plays a "very gross figure" in Peter Jackson's upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit.
Stella Papamichael and Mayer Nissim, Digital Spy, 16th December 2011Stephen Fry gets piercing for I've Never Seen Star Wars
Stephen Fry has had his ear pierced for a TV show.
The Sun, 14th December 2011It's never too early to start feeling festive, right? The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff might be airing midway through December, but it's the perfect show to get you in the mood. From the writer who pens the popular Radio 4 series Bleak Expectations, this Dickensian spoof focuses on a shopkeeper - played by Robert Webb. Actually, the cast is perfect: Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Katherine Parkinson and Celia Imrie are among the stars taking part. Both silly and a period drama - should be fun winter viewing.
Digital Spy, 7th December 2011Stephen Fry to snub social networking for Amnesty
Actor/author Stephen Fry is turning his back on his beloved Twitter blog to pen a poignant letter to mark Amnesty International's new campaign.
The Daily Express, 28th November 2011Stephen Fry backs campaign to save China's tigers
Stephen Fry has urged his fans to back a campaign to stop the trade of tiger skins in China.
The Daily Express, 25th November 2011Twitter wars between Russell Brand and Stephen Fry
It's @rustyrockets v @stephenfry for the UK Twitter crown, but who are the other biggest Tweeters in the business?
Tim Glanfield, Radio Times, 24th November 2011Unthinkable? A Stephen Fry-free Friday
Can the inexhaustible polymath not grant us mere mortals one day a year in which to gather our own thoughts?
The Guardian, 5th November 2011Stephen Fry wallet woes with Qantas
He wasn't quite trending, but the world's best-known tweeter caused more chaos for Qantas after he was stuck on the tarmac after engine problems with his London-bound plane.
David Prestipino, Perth Now, 4th November 2011Fry reunited with lost wallet during nightmare journey
Stephen Fry is breathing a sigh of relief after airline bosses returned the wallet he lost during a nightmare journey from Australia to London.
The Daily Express, 4th November 2011