Stephen Fry
Kirsty Young interviews Stephen Fry, comedian, actor, writer and presenter.
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is Stephen Fry.
Comedian, actor, writer, director, presenter & award-ceremony host - his list of accomplishments is long, varied and impressive. His younger years were troubled and with a propensity for stealing and lying, he was expelled from two schools and imprisoned for credit card fraud. The turning point came when he knuckled down and won a scholarship to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he read English and joined the Cambridge Footlights, becoming lifelong friends with Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.
His career highlights include the fruits of his collaborative work with Laurie - from A Bit of Fry and Laurie to Jeeves and Wooster, he played Lord Melchett in Blackadder and Oscar Wilde on the big screen. He is a best-selling author of fiction and three volumes of autobiography, is the voice of the Harry Potter audio books and presents 大象传媒 Two's QI. He has also spoken of his experience of mental health issues and in 2006 he made a documentary exploring the effects of living with Bipolar - it won an Emmy Award.
Producer: Cathy Drysdale.
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Stephen Fry: 鈥楨verything about the world is astonishing鈥�
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Stephen Fry: 鈥業 was a sort of male Madame Bovary鈥�
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The gigue from Bach's Partita No. 1 in B flat major
Performer: Glenn Gould.- Bach the Partitas Preludes, Fugues & Fughettas.
- CBS.
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Franz Schubert
Variations 2 & 3 from Schubert's Piano Quintet in A
Performer: Belcea Quartet. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.- Ades Piano Quintet Schubert 'Trout' Quintet.
- EMI CLASSICS.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Presto 聳 Quartet Op. 131 in C-Sharp minor
Performer: Guarneri Quartet.- Beethoven the Late String Quartets.
- RCA.
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Nina Simone
I Wish I Knew how it would feel to be Free
- The Very Best of Nina Simone.
- RCA.
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Richard Wagner
O sink hernieder , Nacht der Liebe
Performer: Kirsten Flagstad. Performer: Ludwig Suthaus. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra. Performer: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler.- Tristan Und Isolde.
- EMI.
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Hugh Laurie
Changes
- Didn't it Rain.
- Warner Music UK Ltd..
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Ella Fitzgerald
Do I Love You?
- Complete Ella Fitzgerald Songbook: Cole Porter.
- VERVE.
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Arthur Wood
Barwick Green (The Archers' Theme Tune]
Orchestra: New Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jay Wilbur.- Archive Collection Vol 1.
- CAVENDISH MUSIC.
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BOOK CHOICE
T. S. Eliot Four Quartets
LUXURY ITEM
Canvasses, easels, brushes, an instruction manual
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
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| Presenter | Kirsty Young |
| Interviewed Guest | Stephen Fry |
| Producer | Cathy Drysdale |
Broadcasts
- Sun 21 Jun 2015 11:15大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 26 Jun 2015 09:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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