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{{guest|debut_episode=Episode 2423|debut_date=28 December 1998|latest_episode=Episode 8463|latest_date=28 February 2025}} | {{guest|debut_episode=Episode 2423|debut_date=28 December 1998|latest_episode=Episode 8463|latest_date=28 February 2025}} | ||
| − | [[Image:Stephen fry sketch.jpg|thumb|"Four each there... good ''for each'' of you | + | [[Image:Stephen fry sketch.jpg|thumb|"Four each there... good ''for each'' of you."]] |
| − | '''Sir Stephen Fry''' is a guest on ''[[Countdown]]''. He is actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. | + | '''Sir Stephen Fry''' is a guest on ''[[Countdown]]''. He is an actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. |
| − | He is perhaps best known in the ''Countdown'' world for the infamous "sloblock" sketch on ''{{w|A Bit of Fry & Laurie}}'' in 1992 | + | He is perhaps best known in the ''{{w|Countdown (game show|Countdown}}'' world for the infamous "sloblock" sketch on ''{{w|A Bit of Fry & Laurie}}'' in 1992 when he impersonated [[Richard Whiteley]]. |
| − | If ignoring [[Gabby Logan]] | + | He first found fame as a member of the {{w|Queens' College, Cambridge}} team on the seventeenth series of ''{{w|University Challenge}}'' in 1980. |
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| + | If ignoring [[Gabby Logan]]: his twenty years, eight months and 24-day gap set a record for the longest gap between appearances until it was beaten by [[Helen Lederer]]. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{WP}} | {{WP}} | ||
| − | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrGvBcxo2oQ The "sloblock" sketch] on {{w|YouTube}} (with the real ''Countdown'' music used in the original sketch replaced with something DVD-friendly | + | *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrGvBcxo2oQ The "sloblock" sketch] on {{w|YouTube}} (with the real ''Countdown'' music used in the original sketch replaced with something DVD-friendly) |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fry, Stephen}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Fry, Stephen}} | ||
[[Category:Dictionary Corner Guests]] | [[Category:Dictionary Corner Guests]] | ||
[[Category:Contestants on other game shows]] | [[Category:Contestants on other game shows]] | ||
Revision as of 12:19, 24 May 2026
| Stephen Fry | |
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| Guest | |
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| First appearance | 28 December 1998 |
| Last appearance | 28 February 2025 |
| Appearances | 27 |
| Episodes with Stephen Fry | |
Sir Stephen Fry is a guest on Countdown. He is an actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer.
He is perhaps best known in the Countdown world for the infamous "sloblock" sketch on A Bit of Fry & Laurie in 1992 when he impersonated Richard Whiteley.
He first found fame as a member of the Queens' College, Cambridge team on the seventeenth series of University Challenge in 1980.
If ignoring Gabby Logan: his twenty years, eight months and 24-day gap set a record for the longest gap between appearances until it was beaten by Helen Lederer.
External Links
- Stephen Fry on Wikipedia.
- The "sloblock" sketch on YouTube (with the real Countdown music used in the original sketch replaced with something DVD-friendly)
