S1 EP3 - Great Leap Years - Bells, Nobels, More Bells and Prizes

Stephen Fry's 7 Deadly Sins

Stephen Fry | SamFry Ltd

History, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

The spark that Napoleon sent across the century from Paris to New York with the prize fund that seeded the Bell Labs energised the next century's, in ways that the emperor could never have guessed at.

Researched, written & read by Stephen Fry. Music composed and conducted by Guy Farley with The Chamber Orchestra of London.

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what it's like to win big on the National Lottery?
0:04.6	Just to confirm, are you somewhere you're able to talk at the moment?
0:09.2	Yes, we're at home.
0:11.4	Lovely.
0:12.6	Now, just check the ticket and I can confirm you are now millionaires.
0:17.4	No!
0:18.4	Yes!
0:19.4	Do you remember what you were?
0:20.8	Imagine that.
0:24.3	It could be you.
0:25.9	The National Lottery.
0:27.1	Rules and procedures apply.
0:28.5	Players must be 18 or over.
0:35.5	This is Stephen Fry's Great Leap Years.
0:40.5	The stories behind inventions.
0:43.7	THE FRIEND
0:48.7	Episode 3.
0:50.7	Bells, no bells, more bells and prizes.
0:57.2	Last time, I looked at the remarkable achievement of Johannes Gutenberg
1:02.0	in developing movable type printing.
1:04.6	We can't overestimate that technology's fundamental seismic
1:09.1	existential effect on our world.
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