Fry's Planet Word (2011)

Name: Fry's Planet Word
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Stephen Fry

Documentary

Fry's Planet Word sees Stephen Fry finding out more about linguistic achievements and how our skills for the spoken word have changed. He dissects language in many of its guises.

IMDb rating: 7.8 (341 votes)
Episode average: 7.0 -0.8 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

Cast

Stephen Fry

Seasons

Season 1 (2011)

6.96 avg 5 episodes 7.2 → 6.2 60 min avg

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Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Babel	7.2	23
2	Identity	7.4	22
3	Uses and Abuses	7.2	14
4	Spreading the Word	6.8	13
5	The Power and the Glory	6.2	15