In the first of this two-part series, Stephen Fry reflects back on just how much has changed for gay people during his lifetime. He meets Elton John and David Furnish, the couple who inspired Stephen to be open about his sexuality as well as many others.
In 1st episode, Stephen travels to Uganda, where the government is considering a new law that would make homosexuality a capital crime - putting gay people to death for their sexuality. Stephen meets the men and women targeted by this proposed law and finds out the impact it is already having on their lives.
Stephen also travels to the USA to explore 'reparative therapy', which claims to offer a 'cure' for being gay. Whilst in the states, he looks at how Hollywood deals with the gay issue by talking to Neil Patrick Harris, an openly gay man who continues to land leading roles.
The 2nd episode sees Stephen visit Brazil, home to the largest gay pride celebration in the world and a place that has some of the best legislation on the planet for gay equality. But it has come at a price. All of the advances have brought about a violent backlash against gay people; on average, one gay person is murdered every 36 hours in Brazil. Stephen sees how this is impacting on the lives of gay men and women there and also confronts the politician leading the fight against gay rights.
Stephen also visits Russia, where gays are now worse off than they have been for a long time. Their rights are being constantly eroded by a conservative government, backed by the disapproval of the Russian Orthodox Church. Stephen then travels to India, where the old British laws that criminalised homosexuality have just been overturned. Modern India is now looking to Hindu traditions as it forges a more positive way forward for its gay citizens, including its once celebrated transgender community.

麦克（道格拉斯·韩歇尔 Douglas Henshall 饰）是一位事业有成的商人，虽然生活里什么也不缺，但他独独忘不掉自己曾经的恋人劳拉（莱诺拉·克里奇洛 Lenora Crichlow 饰），她是一位非常优秀的艺术品咨询师和拍卖师。这一日，麦克惊闻劳拉将要返回自己所在的城市爱丁堡，于是他决定要不惜一切代价，挽回劳拉的芳心。
鉴赏家吉森（斯蒂芬·弗雷 Stephen Fry 饰）和银行家艾伦（肯尼斯·克拉德 Kenneth Collard 饰）是麦克的两位挚友，三人听闻有一件国宝级艺术品此刻正被收藏在国家银行之中，三个男人一拍即合，打算用赝品将真品替换出来。为了这个计划万无一失的进行，麦克还找来了自己的黑道朋友查理。

根据世界级英裔美籍著名幽默作家P.G.Wodehouse的系列作品改编，编剧Clive Exton同时也是ITV拳头剧《大侦探波罗》(Poirot)系列的主力编剧。主演史蒂芬·弗莱(Stephen Fry)和休·劳瑞(Hugh Laurie)均为剑桥出身，与爱玛·汤普森(Emma Thompson)等当年同在剑桥Footlights表演俱乐部演出(Monty Python主要成员也出身于此)，两人均多才多艺，剑桥之后在电影、电视、广播领域长年合作。国内观众对这两位的印象可能主要来自Richard Curtis/Ben Elton编剧、罗温·艾金森(Rowan Atkinson)主演的《黑爵士》(Blackadder)系列。小说作者P.G. Wodehouse，通译沃德豪斯(1881-1975)，英国小说家和喜剧作家。以塑造“绅士中的绅士”Jeeves这一形象而闻名，1955年入美国籍。《万能管家》中的主角是迷迷糊糊的英国绅士Bertie Wooster （其实就是个250）和他的聪明机灵、花样百出的男仆Jeeves，几乎每一个故事都是由主人荒唐的行为转变成不可收拾的困境，但是最后总是由男仆出人意料的机智解决。

由“英国国宝”Stephen Fry和豪斯大叔Hugh Laurie联袂演出，1986年至1995年间，在英国BBC-1台、BBC-2台合共播出四季26集。 不同于主流的情景喜剧，这个节目每集由几个独立小品构成，除了路人甲乙，Stephen和Hugh包揽了剧中的所有角色 ：德国和英国军官，情报局头头和秘书，公司合伙人，五金店老板和顾客，心理医生和病人等等。 剧情以两人的对话展开，针对某一历史事件或社会现象，或明里挞伐，或暗中嘲讽，不时拿上层社会的贵族、政要和名人开涮，时任英国首相的撒切尔夫人、约翰·梅杰亦不能幸免成为揶揄对象。 除了重口味的政治笑料，剧中也有无厘头的冷笑话，英式双关语，以及最简单的肢体滑稽剧。值得一提的是，全部四季的剧本均由Stephen和Hugh两人撰写。《纽约时报》评论道：他们挥洒文字的自如程度，连《窈窕淑女》中的希金斯教授也会嫉妒不已，他们用语言创造出一个刘易斯·卡罗尔笔下的奇幻仙境。 虽然两位主角大多只是耍耍嘴皮子，但对白尺度很大，夹杂着直白的性描述和粗俗的俚语，曾经因为出现"c-u-n-t"这个单词而惊动BBC高层。除此以外，你还可以欣赏到青涩的House大叔弹琴飙歌，以及Fry大叔雷死人不偿命的舞姿，更不乏两位大叔让人YY联翩的JQ。 总而言之，无论你是想HC两位有才的英国大叔，还是想一窥英伦社会百态，抑或只是纯粹找乐子，一点双人秀都不会让你失望。

从19世纪到21世纪，从英国到全世界，狄更斯从未离开我们身边。普通读者惊叹维多利亚时代伦敦的奇妙，文艺读者为苦命小孤女掬一把同情泪，更有些读者喜欢扳着指头苦算男主和女主谁才是第一章某龙套的二舅的小姨子三十年前的私生子…… 作为BBC纪念狄更斯诞辰200周年特别节目，《荒凉百宝店》以《荒凉山庄(Bleak House)》和《老古玩店(The Old Curiosity Shop)》两部大作命名，片中各种狄更斯彩蛋更是遍地开花。
贾灵顿·莫再提一家四口经营着一家温馨的小店，危机和恶人却悄然逼近……他们能从流浪儿、神秘老妇、黑心律师和无处不在的各路奇葩中杀出一条血路，幸福生活下去吗？Secret-Past的姓氏难道真藏着什么神秘过往？债务人监狱中的死鹅与三十年前的婚礼有着怎样的联系？岁末年初，请和破烂熊英剧组一同戴上礼帽，睁大眼睛，走进这间荒凉百宝店！
注：本集为圣诞特别篇，正片共30分钟X三集，暂定2012年1月中旬播出。
角色简介：
贾灵顿·莫再提 Jedrington Secret-Past
老百宝店店主，幸福的一家之主，顾名思义也拥有不堪回首的身世……由英国著名笑星Robert Webb担纲。
康瑟多娃 Conceptiva
虽然暂时还没有很多娃，但深爱两个娃和丈夫的她绝对有志成为贤妻良母。脱下紧身套装，换上更紧身的蓬蓬裙，IT狂人中的Katherine Parkinson姐姐还是那么销魂。
维克多与维多利亚 Victor & Victoria
店主夫妇一对可爱的孩子，拥有让人过目不忘的名字…… 小演员Finlay Christie和Ambra Lily Keegan绝对是值得关注的新星。
马里法克斯·销金沃姆 Malifax Skulkingworm (圣诞特别篇)
人如其名，大律师“钻营虫”先生就是邪恶的化身。身材华丽，帽子伟岸，气势逼人，只有神奇的Stephen Fry大叔才能完美诠释这一牛人。

Those of us who have already discovered Stephen Fry know him as the brilliant British comedian behind TV series such as Jeeves & Wooster and Blackadder, and the author of two enormously funny novels, The Liar and The Hippopotamus. But his new film (in which he plays Oscar Wilde) and his new novel (this one) represent a somewhat alarming departure from his previous work: They're more serious. Though humor is still an essential ingredient of both, Fry's fans are finally getting to witness the emotional depth that this brilliant polymath usually keeps hidden.
In Making History, Fry has bitten off a rather meaty chunk by tackling an at first deceptively simple premise: What if Hitler had never been born? An unquestionable improvement, one would reason--and so an earnest history grad student and an aging German physicist idealistically undertake to bring this about by preventing Adolf's conception. And with their success is launched a brave new world that is in some ways better than ours--but in most ways even worse. Fry's experiment in history makes for his most ambitious novel yet, and his most affecting. His first book to be set mostly in America, it is a thriller with a funny streak, a futuristic fantasy based on one of mankind's darkest realities. It is, in every sense, a story of our times.- From the Hardcover edition.

“世上每种文化，都提到过小人族的故事”，传说、神话、童话……不计其数的人曾经幻想在山林里、草丛中、罐头盒里或是地板下，找到自己的袖珍同类。英国作家玛丽·诺顿（1903-1992）以五册幻想小说《借东西的小人》系列，在英美家喻户晓；这是一部荣获卡内基儿童文学奖与路易斯·卡罗尔书籍奖的童话名作，它用精彩的故事讲述了友情、生存、自由等永恒的话题。
十六岁的“借物一族”少女阿丽埃蒂和爸爸妈妈一起住在一座大房子的地板下面，爸爸波德每天九死一生地向房子里的“大人”“借东西”维持生计，小阿丽埃蒂却从未被允许踏出家门，直到一个圣诞节她碰巧认识了房子里的小男孩，几乎给一家人招来灭顶之灾，却也为她展开了光怪陆离的奇妙之旅……巨星云集，融融暖心，这个圣诞节，和破烂熊一起，在你身边发现一个新世界！
角色简介：
“借物族”一家三口，爸爸波德（Christopher Eccleston，神秘博士/被告），妈妈霍米莉（Sharon Horgan，四角关系）和女儿阿丽埃蒂（Aisling Loftus，这就是英格兰/水漾青春）
斯皮勒，“借物族”少年（Robert Sheehan，超能少年/女巫季节）
房子里的“巨人”居民，小男孩詹姆斯（Charlie Hiscock）、爸爸（Shaun Dooley，加冕街）和奶奶戴瓦夫人（Victoria Wood CBE，英国著名电视主持人）
人类学专家，米德埃教授（Stephen Fry，万能管家/王尔德/QI）

Exploring the career of comedian, actor, director, writer and documentary-maker Stephen Fry as he is about to reach his 50th birthday.
Includes contributions from Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Ben Elton, Richard Curtis, Jonathan Ross, Michael Parkinson, Russell Brand and Nigella Lawson. Very strong language.
from BBC 4
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peter际遇各异的朋友去peter家聚会，揣着各自的心情，大家在一起享受一段特别的时光……

A comedy panel game in which being Quite Interesting is more important than being right. Stephen Fry is joined each week by four comedians to share anecdotes and trivia, and maybe answer some questions as well.