The Trial of Qwerty; Les Paul: The Final Words of a Pioneer and Guitar Legend; Archive Hour; Farming Today | Radio review

Stephen Fry comes dangerously close to self-parody in his trial of Naughty Mr QwertyThe Trial of Qwerty was the latest in Stephen Fry's English Delights on Radio 4. It should have been a delight, but turned out to be oddly annoying. The format – a mock trial – didn't help. It meant that Fry could show off his linguistic cleverness for all he was worth in a voice that moved from faux-stentorian to high camp and back again. After a while, it was hard to know when the real Stephen Fry – if he...

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