Stephen Fry: 50 Not Out

00:00:00 This programme contains very strong language.

00:02:26 but of course they would have met because they were destined always to be friends.

00:05:02 UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE THEME PLAYS

00:07:24 because Stephen and Hugh are entirely original.

00:09:56 and nourishing and nutritional comedy that he presents you with.

00:12:23 but in fact ran a very small-time health club in Uttoxeter...

00:14:51 Oh, crumbs, yes, I forgot, I'm sorry. You speak when you're spoken to!

00:17:11 It was important to have a younger person mocking or satirising the officer class.

00:19:37 Who is it?

00:21:57 But he could easily have said, "Er, can we do this quite slowly and quietly, cos I'm a bit nervous?"

00:24:21 And his Jeeves was a great creation.

00:26:58 Well, that's because they made the mistake of getting good degrees from well-regarded universities!

00:29:46 and deal with characters who it would be so easy to make them seem buffoons

00:32:31 But at one level, I think the comparison can be borne out.

00:35:11 "I can't possibly catch balls at the moment."

00:37:37 I said "no, at least, I thought I did."

00:39:55 It's better than reading it in your head and better than the movies.

00:42:26 I think he is someone who, kind of against the odds, said

00:44:52 It's nice to find a show which seems to have a warmth underneath it.

00:47:37 Sorry, I don't know why that's funny, it just is.

00:50:21 And I think that might have been a very significant moment in his life.

00:53:02 you are constantly aware of death and aware of your own death and how welcome it would be.

00:55:37 I can't describe what that feels like. I just...

01:09:08 at the Edinburgh Festival