{"product_id":"fry-s-english-delight-boxset-cd-9781471304385","title":"Fry's English Delight Boxset","description":"Stephen Fry explores the highways and byways of the English language in these four series, as heard on BBC Radio 4 'It's all great fun'  The Guardian  'Stephen Fry's...series on the English language is as stimulating as ever'  The Observer SERIES 1 Current Puns - who, or what, is the Thief of Bad Gags?  Metaphor - why is the English language full of maritime metaphors? Quotation - where the uses and misuses of quotations are revealed. Cliche - featuring sick parrots and a cliche crisis. SERIES 2 So Wrong It's Right - how 'wrong' English can become right English.  Speaking Proper - Stephen investigates what counts as 'speaking proper'. Hello - how it came to be one of the world's favourite words. The Joy of Gibberish - and why we enjoy it so much. SERIES 3 The Trial of Qwerty - who was Mr Qwerty? He Said, She Said - do men and women really say what they mean?  Accentuate the Negative - we discover that 'no' can mean 'yes'. Future Conditional - Stephen looks to the future with some predictions.  SERIES 4 The Mouth - Stephen takes you inside 'this hole we call cake'. Brevity - a celebration of the miniature in English. Persuasion - is persuasive language capable of seduction? Class - are we still 'bovvered' by the issue of class? Contains 16 episodes","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53030327419153,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53030327648529,"sku":"GOR007419517","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781471304385.jpg?v=1768583437","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/fry-s-english-delight-boxset-cd-9781471304385","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}