Stephen Fry

H is for hero - which is what Stephen Fry has become to millions of TV viewers and Twitterers who hang on his every tweet. And it's also the letter that'll be the theme of the brand new series eight.

Regular panellist Alan Davies - who admits the endless repeats of this show on Dave even get up his nose - resumes his role of The Thudding Voice Of Ignorance. And he'll be joined by Phill Jupitus, Jack Dee and Ross Noble who'll all be aiming to come up with Quite Interesting answers to the show's posers.

But QI would be nothing without its genial headmaster Fry who sits atop this mountain of knowledge like an erudite genie. His trivia lessons often end up being quite a lot more interesting than the brave stabs at comedy.

Meet The Author: Stephen Fry

In the BBC News' Meet The Author series, writer, broadcaster and actor Stephen Fry talks to Jane Hill about The Fry Chronicles: An Autobiography, his second volume of memoirs.

Review: myFry app

Gavin from NextRead.co.uk reviews Stephen Fry's new iPhone app, myFry: Stephen Fry's obsession with all things gadgety is well known, as is his special fondness of Apple.

Video - Stephen Fry: 'Pope should not have state visit'

More than 50 public figures have added their names to a letter in The Guardian newspaper saying the Pope should not be given the "honour" of a UK state visit.

Authors Terry Pratchett and Philip Pullman and actor Stephen Fry are among those critical of the Vatican record on birth control, gay rights and abortion.

Stephen Fry told the BBC why he signed the letter.

Stephen Fry assumes theatre charity role

Writer Stephen Fry has become chairman of a charity trust set up to protect an historic West End theatre in London.

Fry's digital delight at Penguin

Penguin is promising a "new and utterly original way to present an author's work through visual indexing" in its myFry i-Phone app for the Stephen Fry memoir The Fry Chronicles, launched today (Michael Joseph).

Stephen Fry: The know-all who is everybody's friend

The comedian, writer and technophile is set to perform his first interactive show. Is nothing beyond the very English hero with millions of followers?

Fry on QI, Daniel Radcliffe & the BBC's culture of fear

Stephen Fry. Actor, author, comedian, Tweeter extraordinaire and, not least, host of QI. In an interview with Eddie Mair in the latest issue of Radio Times, Fry talks about the upcoming series - and what annoys him about one panellist in particular - plus the lack of risk-taking at the BBC.

Stephen Fry's H themed Radio Times cover shoot

Writer, comedian, polymath and quizmaster Stephen Fry was interviewed by Eddie Mair and posed exclusively for Radio Times as the extraordinary panel show QI returns to BBC1 with its focus on all things H.

And everything with him in this photo gallery begins with the letter H - how many can you spot?

Fry: 'Davies, Brydon don't get QI help'

Stephen Fry has said that neither Alan Davies nor Rob Brydon get to see the questions in advance on QI.