[46] The show was cancelled after one season. [32] He was arrested in Swindon and, as a result, spent three months in Pucklechurch Prison on remand. He grew up in Norfolk and attended Uppingham School and Stout's Hill. He described the cancer as aggressive and said that early intervention had saved his life. His book choice was Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot and his luxury item was "canvasses, easels, brushes, an instruction manual". [102], Fry wrote the play Latin! Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will always hurt me." BBC. [183] In March 2014 Fry beat David Attenborough and Davina McCall to win the Best Presenter award at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards. The actor, who previously appeared as Dr Gordon Wyatt, will return to the show in the episode titled 'Mayhem On A Cross'. [165][166], He was made honorary president of the Cambridge University Quiz Society and honorary fellow of his alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge. In 1983, the BBC offered Fry, Laurie and Thompson their own show, which became The Crystal Cube, a mixture of science fiction and mockumentary that was cancelled after the first episode. [84] Later that same year, he wrote the English libretto and dialogue for Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of The Magic Flute. Franz Schubert - 'Variations 2 & 3 from Schubert's Piano Quintet in A'. Read more. - Unabridged. The appearance of the 59-year-old English comedian in the final bow of the favorite TV drama has been revealed by a tweet of David Boreanaz. Fry performed several of Stanshall's numbers as part of the Bonzos' 2006 reunion concert at the London Astoria. Since the publication of his first novel, The Liar (1991), Fry has written three further novels, several non-fiction works and three volumes of autobiography. How dare you? Stephen Fry . [247][248], In February 2018, Fry announced that he was recovering from an operation to treat prostate cancer, involving the removal of the prostate and 11 adjacent lymph nodes. [108], In 2009, Fry provided the voice of St Peter for Liberace, Live From Heaven by Julian Woolford at London's Leicester Square Theatre. [241], Appearing on the BBC's Top Gear in 2009, Fry had lost a significant amount of weight, and explained that he had shed a total of 6 stone (84lb; 38kg). Years active [281] In the lighthearted sketch, Fry reprises his Blackadder character Lord Melchett, who is on a Zoom call with the Duke of Cambridge as they talk about television shows such as EastEnders and Tiger King as well as homeschooling. Stephen Fry Books Showing 1-50 of 80 Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #1) by Stephen Fry (shelved 38 times as stephen-fry) avg rating 4.27 105,930 ratings published 2017 Want to Read Rate this book 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars Undeterred, Fry, Laurie and Thompson appeared in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones from 1984 where they parodied themselves as the University Challenge representatives of "Footlights College, Oxbridge",[41] and Fry also appeared in Ben Elton's 1985 Happy Families series. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. However, he retracted the announcement that he would be leaving the following day. [280], In April 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Fry appeared in a sketch alongside Prince William for a charity show titled The Big Night In on BBC One. He briefly attended Cawston Primary School in Cawston, Norfolk,[25] before going on to Stouts Hill Preparatory School in Uley, Gloucestershire, at the age of seven, and then to Uppingham School in Rutland, where he joined Fircroft house and was described as a "near-asthmatic genius". "[258] Later that year, Fry joined 54 other public figures in signing an open letter published in The Guardian stating their opposition to Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United Kingdom being a state visit. [163] He also served two consecutive terms 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1998 as the student-elected Rector of the University of Dundee. Watchable. Stephen Fry was born in Hampstead, London, to Marianne Eve (Newman) and Alan Fry, a physicist and inventor. He also appeared as a shiny New Millennium Bonzo on their post-reunion album, Pour l'Amour des Chiens, on which he recited a recipe for "Salmon Proust", played a butler in "Hawkeye the Gnu", and voiced ads for the fictitious "Fiasco" stores. The 49-year-old actor, author and comedian will play Dr Gordon Wyatt, an FBI psychiatrist who must assess whether. The University of Cambridge alumnus joked that he would have to "put petty rivalries behind [him]. [137] After its release, it reached No. [128], In 2010, Fry became an investor in Pushnote,[129] a UK tech startup. His blog attracted more than 300,000 visitors in its first two weeks. Famous for his public declaration of celibacy in the "Tatler" back in the 1980s, Emma Thompson has characterised her friend as "90 percent gay, 10 percent other. Regarding football, he is a supporter of Norwich City FC, and is a regular visitor to their home ground at Carrow Road. [86], In 2006, he played the role of gadget-master Smithers in Stormbreaker, and in 2007, he appeared as himself hosting a quiz in St Trinian's. [45] In 2016, Fry had a lead role in the American sitcom The Great Indoors. Discover Stephen Fry's magnificent retelling of the greatest myths and legends ever told . [130], Fry has appeared in numerous advertisements, predominantly on UK television either on-screen or in voice-over starting with an appearance as "Count Ivan Skavinsky Skavar" in a 1982 advert for Whitbread Best Bitter. In the 1994 romantic comedy film I.Q., he played the role of James Moreland. Besides working on screen, he also wrote many novels and contributed to many magazines and newspapers. In 2007, Fry wrote a Christmas pantomime, Cinderella, which ran at London's Old Vic Theatre. Fat chance! [180] In February 2011, Fry was awarded the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism by the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University, the Harvard Secular Society and the American Humanist Association.[181]. 1 on the UK Album Chart list. When writing a book review for Tatler, Fry wrote under a pen name, Williver Hendry, editor of A Most Peculiar Friendship: The Correspondence of Lord Alfred Douglas and Jack Dempsey, a field close to his heart as an Oscar Wilde enthusiast. No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and goddesses. Bones enjoyed quite a few notable guest stars over the years, including Cyndi Lauper as a crime-solving psychic, Emily Deschanel's real-life sister Zooey. [182] As recognition of his public support for LGBT+ rights and for the Union's report, the Union of UEA Students awarded him, on 18 October 2012, Honorary Life Membership of the Union. 501 likes. [140], Fry wields a considerable amount of influence through his use of Twitter. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. In 2010, Fry took part in a Christmas series of short films called Little Crackers. In Season 2's episode, "Aliens in a Spaceship," Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Dr. Jack Hodgins (TJ Thyne) were kidnapped by an unknown killer who would put two victims in an unknown place underground, left to suffocate to death. [62], Fry's first documentary was the Emmy Award-winning Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive in 2006. Bones Stephen Fry's eight favourite songs: Johann Sebastian Bach - 'Partita No. [94] In 2002, Fry was one of the narrators of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, in which he voiced Winnie-the-Pooh. [32] In 2018, alongside Nadiya Hussain and Olly Alexander, Fry was part of Sport Relief's attempt to raise awareness of mental health. . His favourite piece was the String Quartet No. Ludwig van Beethoven - 'Presto Quartet Op. In the same year, in V for Vendetta, he played a closeted TV presenter who challenges a fascist state - the screenwriters, The Wachowskis, pointed out that it was Fry's "normalcy" in the face of the insanity of the censorship of BTV that made his character truly powerful and added a "wholly unexpected dimension to the film". [37][38] Fry also met his future comedy collaborator Hugh Laurie (through their mutual friend Emma Thompson) at Cambridge and starred alongside him in the Footlights.[39]. He appeared as Malvolio in Twelfth Night at Shakespeare's Globe in autumn 2012, followed by a limited West End run. [225][226][227][228] Fry has since posted an apology in a six-page post on his personal blog, in which he apologised for his remarks, stating that "I didn't even really at the time notice the import of what I had said, so gave myself no opportunity instantly to retract the statement. [195] When in London, he drives a dark green TX4 London cab. [235], In 1995, while appearing in the West End play Cell Mates, Fry had a nervous breakdown and walked out of the production, causing its early closure and incurring the displeasure of co-star Rik Mayall and playwright Simon Gray. [210], In August 2013, Fry published an open letter to David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, and the International Olympic Committee calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, due to concerns over the state-sanctioned persecution of LGBT people in Russia under the 2013 anti-"gay propaganda" laws. [26] He took his O-Levels in 1972 at the age of 14 and passed all except physics,[27] but was expelled from Uppingham half a term into the sixth form. In 1984, Fry adapted the hugely successful 1930s musical Me and My Girl for the West End, where it ran for eight years and received two Laurence Olivier Awards. [168] He is a Patron of the Norwich Playhouse theatre and a Vice-President of The Nol Coward Society. The following year, Fry announced the Pushnote launch to his then 2 million Twitter followers. "[265] In May 2017 it was announced that Fry, along with broadcaster RT, were under criminal investigation for blasphemy under the Defamation Act 2009, following a complaint from a member of the public about the broadcast: the case was dropped after Garda confirmed that they had not been able to locate a sufficient number of offended people. Rosa's parents, who originally lived in Vienna, were sent to a concentration camp in Riga. [152] As of June2021[update] he had 12.4million followers. In 2005, he appeared in A Cock and Bull Story, based on Tristram Shandy. Helpful. Libros, Thriller. Mythos Fry, Stephen Libro. [107], Fry is a long-standing fan of the anarchic British musical comedy group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and particularly of its eccentric front man, the late Vivian Stanshall. The award was given for his BBC2 programme Stephen Fry: Out There. [150] In November 2010, he welcomed his two-millionth follower with a blog entry detailing his opinions and experiences of Twitter. Stephen Fry (born 24th August 1957) is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. Exploring the intersection of science and storytelling, Stephen Fry marvelled at dinosaur teeth and took DNA samples from Loch Ness as he examined how people from different cultures, continents. or Tobacco and Boys for the 1980 Edinburgh Festival, where it won the Fringe First prize. From 2001 to 2017 he hosted the British Academy Film Awards 12 times. [157] Fry alluded to this on an April 2016 episode of The Rubin Report in which he criticised groupthink mentality and stated that his return to Twitter was a "maybe". In 2004 he was the narrator for an adaptation of Vanity Fair on BBC Radio 4. [257], In 2010, Fry was made a Distinguished Supporter of the British Humanist Association, stating: "it is essential to nail one's colours to the mast as a humanist. This comprised a set of three one-man shows (titled Gods, Heroes and Men), each two hours in length, which were performed consecutively, multiple times during the show's run. [87] That year he also appeared in Eichmann (2007). Richly reimagined, witty and spellbindingly told, Troy explores the timeless human passions that beat at the heart of this age old story of heroism, love, despair and revenge. [155] In some quarters, the general methods Fry uses on Twitter have been criticised. [215], In March 2014, Fry publicly backed "Hacked Off" and its campaign towards press self-regulation by "safeguarding the press from political interference while also giving vital protection to the vulnerable. Will Dr. Gordon Gordon Wyatt (Stephen Fry) save the day on Bones?. Stephen Fry is an English comedian, actor, and writer famous for the Emmy Award-winning documentary series Stephen Fry: The Secret Lige of the Manic Depressive. [82] It earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor Drama. [99] As of 2021, it has been running for ten series and 37 episodes. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. "[254] Fry claims to have been expelled from Salt Lake City, Utah, because of a joke made about doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [76] In October 2013, Fry presented Stephen Fry: Out There, a two-part documentary in which he explores attitudes to homosexuality and the lives of gay people in different parts of the globe. English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, director, and activist. [194] For the 25th anniversary of the GNU operating system, Fry appeared in a video explaining some of the philosophy behind GNU by likening it to the sharing found in science. HULU/Beth Dubber. [270], In 2008, Fry formed SamFry Ltd, with long-term collaborator Andrew Sampson to produce and fund new material and manage his official website. Frequent radio appearances have ensued, notably on panel games Just a Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue. He is also the narrator for the English version of the toddler show Pocoyo created by Guillermo Garca Cars, Luis Gallego and David Cantolla, and had also made audiobooks of a few Harry . So, Stephen Fry doesn't believe in God because of bone cancer in children and parasitic eye insects. ", "I saw hate in a graveyard Stephen Fry", "Bear's Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry, broadcast 25 December 2013", "University Challenge page at UK Game Shows", "Stephen Fry. Menu. You are the smartest man around! [156] On 15 February 2016, Fry deleted his Twitter account, after receiving criticism for a tweet about Jenny Beavan and her dress. Birth Name: Stephen John Fry Birth Place: Hempstead, London, England Profession Actor, director, writer Actor 97 Credits Doctor Who 2022 The Graham Norton Show 2021 Apple & Onion 2021 The. [100] In 2012, he appeared as a guest panellist in the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show Wordaholics. Stephen Fry. Once a columnist in The Listener and The Daily Telegraph, he wrote a weekly technology column in the Saturday edition of The Guardian. Fry, Stephen [as Mrs. Stephen Fry] (2010). What is Stephen Fry's explanation for those phenomena, and is it actually any more satisfying of an answer? In August 2010, Fry joined the board of directors at Norwich City Football Club. In 1984 he adapted Me and My Girl for the West End where it ran for eight years and received two Laurence Olivier Awards. Since 2011, he has served as president of the mental health charity Mind.[1]. In the summer of 1977, he passed two A-Levels in English and French, with grades of A and B. Stephen Fry/ Image Credits; bustle. Nombre de Publicacin. [193], Fry has a long-standing interest in Internet production, including having his own website since 1997. It also earned him a nomination for a Tony award in 1987. The revue caught the attention of Granada Television, who, keen to replicate the success of the BBC's Not the Nine O'Clock News, hired Fry, Laurie and Thompson to star alongside Ben Elton in There's Nothing to Worry About! An old man had a police phone box of the kind we saw in the street all the time. Stephen Fry 's mock confrontation with God during an interview with Gay Byrne saw Twitter transform into streams of philosophical pondering, angry Christian trolling and admiration. Stephen Fry's return to guest star in Bones brought the Sky1 US forensic science drama just over 600,000 viewers last night, Thursday 30 April. Hampstead, London, England [202] Fry was listed number 2 in 2016 and number 12 in 2017 on the Pride Power list. In 2017, the bird louse Saepocephalum stephenfryii was named after him, in honour of his contributions to the popularization of science as host of QI. [30] Over the summer, Fry absconded with a credit card stolen from a family friend. [211][212] Cameron stated on Twitter he believed "we can better challenge prejudice as we attend, rather than boycotting the Winter Olympics". Stephen Fry's Finest . His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants, while his father's family was of English background. But Stephen Fry, filming his brief return to the TV series Bones, is battling valiantly. The remark prompted a complaint from the Polish Embassy in London, an editorial in The Economist and criticism from British Jewish historian David Cesarani. While celebs like Demi Moore and Hugh Laurie 's pal Stephen Fry are Twitter enthusiasts, the House star has revealed he's baffled by the obsession with the micro-blogging site . He is also a friend of Rowan Atkinson and was best man at Atkinson's wedding to Sunetra Sastry at the Russian Tea Room in New York City. Fry helped to fund a 1988 London re-staging of Stanshall's Stinkfoot, a Comic Opera, written by Vivian and Ki Longfellow-Stanshall for the Bristol-based Old Profanity Showboat. "[264] "Because the God who created this universe, if it was created by God, is quite clearly a maniac, utter maniac. [162], In 1995, Fry was presented with an honorary doctorate from the University of Dundee, which named their main Students' Association bar after his novel The Liar. As well as his work in television, Fry has contributed columns and articles for newspapers and magazines, and has written . Stephen John Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter and film director, and a director of Norwich City Football Club. In the . Fry's return to Bones, now reaching the end of its . On 6 October 2009, Fry was interviewed by Jon Snow on Channel 4 News[223] as a signatory of a letter to British Conservative Party leader David Cameron expressing concern about the party forming a political alliance with the right-wing Polish Law and Justice party in the European Parliament. After captivating readers with his formidable Mythos and Heroes, Fry turns his attention to another great narrative from Ancient Greece. Stephen Fry plays Dr Gordon Wyatt, a former black metal rocker in Bones, but he admits his teen tastes in music were more Wagner, Beethoven and Mozart than Black Sabbath. His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants, while his father's family was of English background. His maternal grandparents were Hungarian Jewish immigrants, while his father's family was of English background. articles for "Arena"). In October 2015, it was announced that Fry would retire as the host of QI after the "M" series, and he was replaced by Sandi Toksvig.[81]. | Fauna & Flora International", "Stephen Fry brings spit, wit and tweets to conservation group", "Stephen Fry and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall call for carbon pricing to tackle climate change", "Stephen Fry urges people to stand with Extinction Rebellion", "BBC Big Night In: Prince William jokes he hasn't seen Tiger King as he 'avoids shows about royalty', "Even Prince William Can't Escape 'Tiger King', "Prince William and Stephen Fry join forces for iconic skit as they chat about EastEnders and Tiger King", "Stephen Fry backs development of new Cambridge Children's Hospital", Stephen Fry's Incomplete and Utter History of Classical Music, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, National Television Award for Special Recognition, Royal Television Society Programme Award for Best Presenter, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Fry&oldid=1149200826, Commanders of the Order of the Phoenix (Greece), English people of Hungarian-Jewish descent, Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners, Articles with dead external links from October 2022, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from December 2021, Articles with dead external links from May 2021, Articles with dead external links from August 2021, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing potentially dated statements from June 2021, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. TV Shows. [104] The Cellar Tapes, the Footlights Revue of 1981, won the Perrier Comedy Award. Fry. He also starred in the sketch series Alfresco (1983-1984) alongside Laurie . Actor, Comedian, Author, Journalist, Broadcaster, Film Director In 2018, Fry released a follow-up to Mythos, titled Heroes. Last but not least, he lent his voice to 'Harry Potter' audio series and many other animation works. [32] In June 2015, Fry was the guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Here are the thrills, grandeur, and unabashed fun of the Greek myths, stylishly retold by Stephen Fry. Bones. Like many Britons, Stephen Fry is a fan of Doctor Who. [256] Later that year, he and Christopher Hitchens participated in an "Intelligence Squared" debate in which they argued against Ann Widdecombe and Archbishop John Onaiyekan, who supported the view that the Catholic Church was a force for good. He grew up in Norfolk and attended Uppingham School and Stout's Hill. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 July 2021. [188] He became friends with King Charles III while Charles was Prince of Wales, through his work with The Prince's Trust. Hometown Dee. He did not vote in the 2005 general election because of the stance of both the Labour and Conservative parties with regard to the Iraq War. [207], On 30 April 2008, Fry signed an open letter, published in The Guardian newspaper by a number of Jewish personalities, stating their opposition to celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. [283] In March 2021, Fry narrated a short film for Cambridge Children's Hospital.[284]. He commemorated the million-followers milestone with a humorous video blog in which a 'Step Hen Fry' clone speaks from the year 2034, where MySpace, Facebook and Twitter have combined to form 'Twit on MyFace'. Following three one-man shows in Australia, Fry announced a 'sort of stand-up' performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London for September 2010. He attended the then-Prince's wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005. With a stellar cast including a pre-House Hugh Laurie, his then comedy partner Stephen Fry (Bones, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies), and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's clueless sidekick . He is especially admired for his ability to desacralize even the most serious or taboo of topics. [242] Fry is between 6feet 4inches (1.93m) and 6feet 5inches (1.96m) in height. Dr. Gordon Wyatt. With the quest to prove Zack's (Eric Millegan) innocence hitting a road bump, Booth (David Boreanaz) turns to his old . [64] Fry narrated The Story of Light Entertainment, which was shown from JulySeptember 2006. Fry, Stephen, 2017. Occupation [272], In 2008, Fry appeared in a film made by the Free Software Foundation to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the GNU Project to create a completely free operating system. He grew up in Norfolk and attended Uppingham School and Stout's Hill. TOP 1000 REVIEWER. The resulting vulnerability to his radial nerve which affects use of the arm was not diagnosed until he saw a consultant in the UK. Read more. First finding fame as one half of the Cambridge University sketch act Fry and Laurie, alongside House hero Hugh Laurie, Fry soon traversed the spectacle of television to become one of the nation's most dearly beloved TV personalities as he took on the role of host of QI one of the BBC's most widely . Oodles of it, with a fork, in long unmanageable pieces, while at the same time rattling through a tongue-twisting bit of dialogue. After returning, he explained that he had left Twitter to "avoid being sympathised with or told about an article" he "would otherwise never have got wind of". [97] In July 2008, he appeared as himself in I Love Stephen Fry, an Afternoon Play for Radio 4 written by former Fry and Laurie script editor Jon Canter. How dare you create a world where there is such misery that's not our fault? [121] In February 2017, Audible released Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection, a complete collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, all read by Fry, who also narrated an introduction for each novel or collection of stories. While at Cambridge, he was a member of the Cherubs drinking club, and Footlights with Thompson, Tony Slattery, Martin Bergman, and Hugh Laurie (to whom he was introduced by E.T.). [78], In 2003, Fry began hosting QI (Quite Interesting), a comedy panel game television quiz show. Sunnydale Cemetery Stephen Fry in Bones Edmund Blackadder Feb 16, 2008 E Edmund Blackadder Scooby Feb 16, 2008 #1 I have (finally) just watched season 2 and its REALLY good. Tue 20 Mar 2007 04.30 EDT. Ultimately however only three episodes were released, the rest with the note 'exact release date pending'. In a 1988 television special, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, he played the roles of Lord Melchett and Lord Frondo. [263] Fry later stated he did not refer to any specific religion: "I said quite a few things that were angry at this supposed God. [192] Fry is also a supporter of GNU and the Free Software Foundation. Usually dispatched within 2-3 days. Blind to the Bones (Cooper and Fry Crime Series, Libro 4) Artculo Ancho. Avalon Harmonia 5 episodes, 2009-2017 Eddie McClintock . [154] In October 2010, Fry left Twitter for a few days, with a farewell message of "Bye bye", following press criticism of a quote taken from an interview he had given. [89] Fry starred in the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, as the voice of the Cheshire Cat. Spouse(s) [273] In the film, Fry explains the principles of software freedom central to the development of the Linux and GNU software projects. With thanks to the Ambassador, to President Sakellaropoulou and to the people of Greece", "Elliott Spencer addresses disapproval over the 30-year age gap between him and new husband Stephen Fry", "Norfolk Day: Stephen Fry to give 'Toast to Norfolk', "The black cab: a moving monument to London life", "7 Deadly Sins - Official site of Stephen Fry", "Ten Things You Never Knew About Stephen Fry", "Stephen Fry to marry partner Elliott Spencer", "Benjamin Zephaniah 'airbrushed from Yes to AV leaflets', "The law has no place in scientific disputes", "Stephen Fry calls for Russia to lose Olympics over anti-gay law", "Cameron rejects Stephen Fry's call for Russian Winter Olympics boycott", "Stephen Fry's Most Treasured Possession Is from P.G. [93], Fry came to the attention of radio listeners with the 1986 creation of his alter-ego, Donald Trefusis, whose "wireless essays" were broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 programme Loose Ends. 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