Fry's English Delight is a program about "the "highways and byways of the English language", which Stephen Fry explores. The program has run for seven series so far. Each series has four episodes, and I loved each and every one of it!!!!!
I mean, what's there NOT to like?
1. The presenter and creator: Stephen Fry, witty, eloquent, erudite, pleasant.
2. The title: yum, yum, yum! The title is an allusion to Fry's Turkish Delights, the yummy chocolate sweet made by Cadbury. For Cyprus and Turkey, the delight is also a special type of traditional sugar confectionery. In Cyprus, we call them "Cyprus delights", and concoct them in amazing combinations. My favorite is the rose Cyprus delight. I wish I had a box right now! Slurp!
3. The theme: this is an amazing program. The episodes offer a wide and imaginative take on the English language, a language which is on its way to becoming the world's lingua franca. Quotations, metaphors, the plain language, how wrong uses of the language eventually become right uses of the language, the use of capitals. The episodes expand into wider areas, such as reading and the history of reading, the magical language of spells, printing.
In short, the program is an absolute gem. If you are Stephen Fry reading this, PLEASE make a book out of it. I will be the first to buy. Everybody else: don't miss the program!
Here's the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lv1k1/episodes/guide
Have a great Sunday evening, always with beauty and a book! <3
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