Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry: 100 Greatest Gadgets

On Bank Holiday Monday Channel 4 are screening one of those '100 top' programmes they like to make and this year I had the pleasure of being allowed to choose my 100 favourite gadgets.

An interview with Tiffany Stevenson

Tiffany Stevenson is an actress, writer, and comedian whose screen time with comedy legends like Ricky Gervais and Stephen Fry led her to try comedy for herself.

New Zealanders keep confusing Stephen Fry for James May

Stephen Fry is hoping a haircut will stop Kiwis mistaking him for Top Gear presenter James May.

Watching this series's parade of classic comedy clips, chosen by comedians of today, confirms the theory that some people just have funny bones. It wouldn't matter if Tommy Cooper were clipping his toenails or performing the elaborately shambolic glass bottle trick from 1974 that is replayed here tonight: the fez-wearing comedian induces guffaws just because of who he is. Similarly, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore go wildly off-script in their "Pete and Dud" sketch in the art gallery and start giggling, but they're naturally funny together, as Phill Jupitus and Rhod Gilbert attest here. Funny comes in many packages, and while the American stand-up Joan Rivers, chosen by Graham Norton and Jo Brand as a favourite, is well-known for her shock tactics, her outrageous quips about growing old on The Graham Norton Show appeared to take even Norton aback at the time. Other treats featured are the University Challenge scene from The Young Ones in 1984, co-starring Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, and the bit in the Monty Python film Life of Brian in which Graham Chapman's Brian Cohen exhorts his followers to think for themselves. It may be a clip show and most of the clips are more than familiar, but it surely contains more laughs per minute than any of the newer comedies on television tonight.

The ups and downs of a fringe performer

Adam Kay has enjoyed sell-out Fringe performances every year since 2005. On seeing his show, Stephen Fry said, "This made me very, very happy," despite Kay's penchant for swearing.

Stephen Fry is most popular person to have a pint with

Stephen Fry is the celebrity most people would like to have a pint with, according to a poll by the Campaign for Real Ale.

While Stephen Fry discourses on persuasive language (in advertising and so on) on Radio 4 here's an agreeable alternative, a brand new series of the sitcom where Ronnie Corbett plays a widower with a dog, a rather tarty lodger (Liza Tarbuck), a comfortable lifestyle - and a daughterwho wishes he'd hurry up and sell his house. Written by Ian Davidson and Peter Vincent who perfectly understand the way Corbett gently inflects a line into a joke. Produced by Liz Anstee for CPL Independent Productions Ltd. Don't worry. It'll be on Radio 4 before long.

Video: Stephen Fry on royal couple's 'charisma'

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been attending a black-tie reception in Los Angeles, to promote up and coming British actors and directors.

One of the guests at the star-studded event, actor Stephen Fry, said the royal couple have a ''very particular charisma at the moment'' which could benefit the UK.

Audio: Stephen Fry interviews Nina Conti and Monkey

An extended interview with Nina Conti, who talks to Stephen Fry about the significance of mouth control. She is aided by Monkey, who speaks for himself on the subject.

Stephen Fry plays God in Holy Flying Circus

Funnyman Stephen Fry sports a "divine beard" for his new TV role - as God.