Publisher's Synopsis
All five episodes from the BBC series in which Stephen Fry explores language. He looks at the history of language from its origins to its modern-day usage, how it has influenced literature, its purpose as a form of identity and the ways in which it is abused by slang and profanity. Episodes comprise: 'Babel', 'Identity', 'Uses and Abuses', 'Spreading the Word' and 'The Power and the Glory'.