American Reacts QI - Top 5 Most VIEWED QI Questions! Hilarious Answers! REACTION

[@tonycasey3183]

Four of the QI Elves (researchers) started a podcast called "No Such Thing As A Fish" whose name is based on the fact mentioned in the video. They discuss little known, interesting facts they have researched for the show and it is both fascinating and hilarious.

[@ionsbrewable]

great podcast :)

[@ApocryphalBob]

It is a great podcast. 👍

[@sirjohnmara]

Thanks! I'll check that out, nice with a smart podcast, tired of famous and unfamous and infamous people talking about their week - that I can get from Seinfeld.

[@lukebarton5075]

It’s a top podcast. It’s being going for years so I’d recommend starting at some of the older series.

[@markjones127]

Kindles are still going strong, far superior to a phone to read from, I use mine every day.

[@KingBoomer]

That’s good to hear I used to love my kindle.

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

I think the Kindle app became standard on Amazon tablets.

[@anitahargreaves9526]

Same here getting spare for Christmas.

[@rlawrence9838]

​​@@KingBoomerthink they clapped because Stephen Fry did the narration for the audio book of Harry Potter

[@webbsfan1]

Still using mine...

[@dannykent6190]

The big guy is Phil Jupitus. He's a regular on the comedy/music trivia show Nevermind the Buzzcocks. You will find a whole subsection of people who can't stand him, but I personally think he's very funny... especially in his QI appearances. Incidentally, buzzcocks also has a treasure trove of amusing clips... mostly with the first two hosts, but even some of the later guest hosts have good clips

[@Cleow33]

He writes for other people too.

[@kenhobbs8565]

Buzzcocks is excellent. Old and new.

[@onbedoeldekut1515]

The big guy ISN'T Phil Jupitus. He's Phill Jupitus.

[@dannykent6190]

@onbedoeldekut1515 I thought someone might pick me up on making "never mind" one word... did not see this one coming though. Well spotted.

[@shu1981noah]

Oh yes! I forgot about him. I loved buzzcocks

[@paulhooton6261]

I love the way you treat us (your audience) as we are your friends. Your pauses when you voice your thoughts on what you're watching makes it seem as if we are there with you having a coffee and a chat.

[@livb6945]

Agree!

[@jackbassindale4336]

That's why this man is one of my favourite reactors 😊

[@SillyUncleAndy]

"What is the roundest thing in the universe? " 24:25 Karl Pilkington's head

[@james-xf1ox]

Weird innit!

[@james-xf1ox]

Weird innit!

[@louispayne1291]

Learn English with Ricky Gervais and Kari Pilkinton..." Head like a f*****g orange!". Genius!

[@thewhofan1964]

That's the first thing that came to mind. 😅

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Karl Pilkington's head is smoother than a billiard ball.

[@Madj3llyfish]

The big guy at the end is Phill Jupitus. He is hilarious, and there are many episodes in QI when he makes his personal mission to make Stephen uncomfortable by making dirty references and winking at him.

[@nihilistzero8066]

always thought jupitus was the weakest link, i cant think of a single occasion he made me laugh, different strokes etc.

[@markcutting6504]

Love Phil & his music history/radio shows helped him become team leader in buzzcocks

[@Lubikit]

check out the shiny child episode with Phil Jupitus Sarah Millican

[@-Blackberry]

Don't care for him, his whole thing is 'LOUD = FUNNY' and I never found his gags that funny tbh but each to their own.

[@MrNathanDJNGGiles]

@@-Blackberry he was a better poet than a comedian

[@robh_uk]

A neutron star is what you get when a star is massive enough to go supernova, but not massive enough to produce a black hole afterwards. Stars like our sun will become white dwarves when they die (they don't go supernova, they just blow off their outer layers and you're left with a small white core). Much bigger stars go supernova and become tiny neutron stars which are incredibly dense, even bigger stars will go supernova and become black holes.

[@lloydcollins6337]

Creating even crazier space dust

[@solidsimon3501]

There's no such thing as a black hole. At least that's what I've heard.

[@SaturnusDK]

It's also worth noting that because neutron stars are created when a sufficiently massive star goes supernova but not massive enough that they become black holes, naturally formed neutron stars are remarkably uniform in size. They can however merge with other neutron star to become more massive than would be possible from a supernova. There's still a finite limit at about 2.42 sloar masses where the smallest possible is about 1.17 solar masses, so two neutron stars merging with eachother will in most cases form a black hole unless both are very small before the merger.

[@andyf4292]

@@SaturnusDK and if it all goes boom, thats where you get gold n stuff

[@CassidiVine]

​@@lloydcollins6337New shit just got made.

[@carolineskipper6976]

Just a quick point. The English tunneller who broke through to meet up with the french tunnellers was indeed called Graham Fagg - so Stephen wasn't referencing cigarettes- it was his actual name. The guy at the end is Phil Jupitus, who always made it his mission to make fun of Stephen, and hopefully embarass him. Incidentally, Phil's daughter became one of the Qi Elves (Question setters and researchers)

[@stevecampbell9670]

I love when Phil flirts with him and Stephen can't even look at him. "I'll put the pencil in!"

[@robertwareham8466]

I'm pretty sure KB knew that, he was just making a joke/making reference to the cigarette slang so youtube didn't block the video on grounds of there being a derogatory slur in the video.

[@hedgehog1965uk]

I recommend listening to the audiobook of "1984". There is a version on Audible (along with "Animal Farm") read by Stephen Fry, so he certainly has NOW read it.

[@cheryltotheg2880]

We don’t need to read it anymore we are practically living in it

[@gothicfan52]

@@cheryltotheg2880 You said the thing! Yay!

[@hedgehog1965uk]

@@cheryltotheg2880 That's why EVERYONE should read it and understand that it's a warning not a manual.

[@mathewkelly9968]

I suggest you don't give Jeff Bezos money but buy a copy of 1984

[@Badgersj]

I know I've read it but it was a long time ago, I need to read it again. Big Brother is Watching You!

[@markjones127]

MentourPilot tried to talk down Tom Scott in a flight simulator in a commercial jet and he at least got the plane onto the runway though he did hit the ground too hard and crashed, but as the real pilot said at least he got it on the runway where there were emergency services on hand, it's on KZbin.

[@quasarsphere]

I read Nineteen Eighty Four when I was about 15, because I was obsessed with David Bowie at the time. When I found out that Diamond Dogs (still by favourite Bowie album) was based on Nineteen Eighty Four, I had to read it.

[@petergaskin1811]

I read it when I was 18. Just the once, it is dreadfully dismal and the end is nothing to laugh at.

[@joegillam1497]

Me too. 😂

[@MichaelLamming]

Planes don't crash very often, Normally just the once 😂

[@CorvusCorone68]

i wonder if pilots have superstitions about riding on planes that have crashed before? or were made out of components from planes that crashed? there's a dairy company in the US, in Oregon state, called Tillamook; their company logo is a sailing ship, a reference to the ships that brought their merchandise to market in the early days, since they started in a remote valley; those ships were originally made out of driftwood, meaning wood from ships that sank

[@petergaskin1811]

A good landing is one you can walk away from. A very good landing is one you can walk away from and re-use the plane as well.

[@markjones127]

Dystopian is the word commonly used to describe novels such as 1984, Brave New World and A Clockwork Orange etc.

[@samuelpinder1215]

It's the opposite of utopia, right?

[@merlynsfire1275]

@@samuelpinder1215 where as dis-topiary is being rude about overly ornate clipped bushes

[@WaterCrane]

I think they (I'm not sure who though) try to distinguish between an anti-utopia and a dystopia. An anti-utopia is or was meant to be a utopia but got corrupted along the way or otherwise has a dark undertone, such as the mass-produced babies, mental conditioning and segregation in Brave New World, whereas a dystopia doesn't even try to pretend that it's good in any way... and this is the world of Airstrip One in 1984 where people are openly disappeared and the news and history constantly revised according to the Party's current needs.

[@kingoftadpoles]

'No such thing as a fish' is from way back in the day when they called anything which could live in water, some sort of 'fish'.

[@blogtwot]

"Did he hit?", brilliant

[@lorrainet6798]

My Sat Nav used to have Stephen Fry’s voice. He’d say things like, would you mind awfully moving over the right hand lane darling? Or, I’m sorry to interrupt you darling but you need to turn right. 😊

[@ym10up]

That sounds amazing. Why did you change the voice?

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Didn't know Sat Nav had a "luvvie" mode

[@lorrainet6798]

@ it wouldn’t up date anymore sadly.

[@ym10up]

@lorrainet6798 oh that's unfortunate. It must be lovely to have his voice as a driving companion

[@Otacatapetl]

Mine had David Beckham's voice. But I kept ending up in Victoria.

[@janewilson1311]

If EVER there were a time to read 1984, THIS is it. Bonus: it's utterly gripping. Also fascinating, terrifying, revealing and devastating. (Also, the John Hurt movie is fantastic...)

[@alimar0604]

We are in it now 😢🇬🇧

[@kareno6986]

It was compulsory reading for my English exam back in the day. I don’t remember much of the detail but I remember the gist, yes we’re in it now

[@Crimethoughtfull]

"The Earth is jolly round" has to be the most British thing ever.

[@masansr]

18:35 no, he means Graham Fagg, the dude who was in charge of the English side of the construction.

[@CatholicSatan]

1984 was written by George Orwell in 1948. It starts with one of the most famous sentences ever: "It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen" and, in 1984 itself, the book topped the US bestseller list. I remember reading it as a kid and was instantly hooked. I've read it again since and also well remember the (re-)showing of the TV play in the 1970s and bleak it was too.

[@Kropikovo]

@28:50 Phill Jupitus. I suggest video "QI | Phill Jupitus's Best Moments"

[@johntaylor4201]

Oh my god you must react to that!! You may die😂.

[@alecrichardson1949]

Taking long walks through a park listening to an audio book is my favourite way to spend an afternoon. Great way to get out of the house, fresh air, exercise and educate yourself. Give 'em a second chance. Thanks for the vid. Happy subscriber. 👍👍

[@A16AdamWalker]

If you want more QI you should look up the best of Phil Jupitus on it - it's mostly him making Stephen break, particularly when he reveals Stephen's plans for a "Child Buffing Workshop... where craftmen will get toddlers up to a high sheen". That or the time it was revealed, via Phil, that Stephen can't understand Geordies (Newcastle-upon-Tyne people).

[@thewheelweave]

Phil Jupitus, yes he's very funny, especially when winding Stephen up

[@thewheelweave]

@sameebah I don't think he was on the one with Carrie Fisher. He was on the one with Teri Hatcher though and hillarious on it. Licking all sorts of things.

[@safebox36]

I'm an odd person with books. I buy the physical book for my shelf and for posterity. But I struggle to read and imagine the world due to having aphantasia, so having an audiobook where someone else reads it helps me enjoy it more.

[@janewilson1311]

Pardon the cheeky question, but when did you find out you had Aphantasia? I have a couple of friends who have Aphantasia, neither of whom found out until they were adults, and both of whom echoed what one so often hears about the diagnosis: that for all those years when someone would say, "Imagine you're lying on a beach on a sunny day - or any number of "just imagines" - they had no idea it was a literal instruction, or possibility. How was it for you?

[@allbies]

"They haven't got any legs" classic Sean 🤣

[@markprior2278]

Don't know if you're aware but the blonde woman on the panel when talking about 1984 is Victoria Coren Mitchel and is David Mitchell wife.

[@Fox-in-the-north]

Kindles are still really popular. There's an Amazon kindle for mobile but it's not the same as an actual kindle.

[@belindajay8797]

Audiobooks are great to fall asleep to. My parents used to send me the cassette tapes when I was at university.

[@Functmal]

If I try to listen to an audiobook at home I fall asleep as well. I tend to listen on long boring drives. Then listening to audiobooks keeps me awake.

[@ChequeTwice]

Don’t feel like an idiot mate. You’re doing more than most Americans do, learning about stuff outside of the states.

[@klaxoncow]

Yes, the film is called "1984" and it stars John Hurt. And the Eurythmics - Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart - did the soundtrack.

[@JamesChiles]

'No Such Thing As A Fish' was taken as the name of the spinoff podcast, hosted by the QI elves (researchers) now over 500 episodes in where each week they just discuss interesting facts they have found out recently. Very listenable.

[@Esther-Pesta]

11:47 surely that a Graboid from the movie Tremors 😂

[@stephaniebarker9244]

I love audio books and go to bed listening to a couple of chapters. Love it!

[@OO7Fleming]

Love that you have three Tombstone pictures! One of my favourite films 😍

[@rob.3143]

I both read and listen to audiobooks. Part of the listening to audiobooks comes from the idea that I can do that while I'm grocery shopping or other such household chores. With the amount of stories I want to enjoy, you need to find these kinds of shortcuts.

[@peterwilkins7013]

I was at the filming of the episode about planes. It looks a lot better on TV than it does in real life. Good night out but takes a long time!

[@TheRenoReviews]

I'm an audiobook person! I can't stay focused on a page, so I switched to audio and it's been a revelation - I've even listened to Stephen Fry do the Harry Potter books. It's great for long drives and things like walking the dog.

[@MichaelGowdy-x4d]

I agree and I have only recently discovered the delights of audio books.i recently on KZbin listened to hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy read by Douglas Adams .

[@samanthanicholls641]

Check out ‘hagfish slime’. It’s a defense mechanism of the hagfish to produce slime over its whole body when handled and looks pretty crazy!

[@andreasobuaculla9511]

Saw the 1984 question on QI years ago,was a real giggle I have read 1984,steven fry is a treasure to the world

[@elrawielUK]

"How would you land the plane?" My dark-ass humour: "Badly"

[@Tommy-he7dx]

They are all "Landings", its the one's you can walk away from they call successful :)

[@Jayfive276]

Why couldn’t just do the joke without the role-play shit? You: need to stop this. Grow: up.

[@elrawielUK]

@@Jayfive276 I'm not the one getting bent out of shape about someone's comment online. I'll type how I want to type, thanks :)

[@roykliffen9674]

I'm no astronomer, but I seem to remember that when a star collapses/dies what it will become is dependent on its size. If I recall correctly when our sun dies it will become a white dwarf as it is a relatively small star. Heavier stars can become neutron stars, and the truly massive stars can become black holes. Probably a whole lot of intermediate types of remains from other stars

[@lewistaylor1965]

My mate heard you can learn a language subconsciously by playing a foreign language audio book while you sleep...so he tried it...but the disc got stuck...and now he can stutter fluently in spanish

[@makaveliuk86]

The big guy was the legend that is Phil Jupitus "I'm from Essex, we use the F-word like a comma" ....and we do👀👊👌🤷‍♂️😂😂💜

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

I think the fish thing is not so much that all the stuff isn't related, it's just that everything with four limbs* is technically just a very, very derived lobe-finned fish. We're all just basically a very small branch on the giant fish family tree. *amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

[@soulgalorememories9921]

I notice Jack Dee on a couple of these clips - you really should do his stand up comedy - brilliantly miserable and so funny.

[@N0rnagest]

The great thing about audio books is that they are fantastic for long road trips ... music has repetitive rhythms and can contribute to falling asleep at the wheel. Audio books will (hopefully) keep you interested in the story and help keep you awake. I live in Oz and long road trips are a fact of life (I'll drive for 2 1/2 hours just to go shopping, that's just up the road).

[@Jayfive276]

14:41 - just in case anyone wasn’t aware. That’s David Mitchell’s wife Victoria Coren-Mitchell. He is one lucky so and so.

[@OneTrueScotsman]

One thing to bear in mind, re evolution, is that appearances can be deceiving. Two things can be more closely related yet look less physically similar, than one of those things and another creature, which look more similar, but be more distantly related. It's all about when any two creatures last shared a common ancestor.

[@philroberts7238]

And sometimes made confusing through the convergent evolution of unrelated species.

[@whitedwarf4986]

It's nearly time for my annual watch of The Muppet Christmas Carol 🎄 I always watch that and It's A Wonderful Life. Gets me in the mood for Christmas.

[@kirstygunn9149]

The muppets Christmas carol is a lovely Christmas movie and Gonzos narrating is top notch

[@DarthAzabrush]

There are only 2 successful Hollywood versions of great British novels and they both start the Muppets!

[@redscouse7056]

The Muppets Christmas carol is the most accurate version of the book to be filmed. Michael Caine said he filmed it straight as if the Muppets were real. Well they are real aren't they

[@whitedwarf4986]

@@DarthAzabrush What's the other one?

[@DarthAzabrush]

@@whitedwarf4986 Muppet Treasure Island, the film that made shock comic Kevin Bishop what he is (he plays Jim Hawkins and he was so determined to distance himself from that adorable kiddie he decided to be as crude loud and obnoxious as possible for the rest of his professional life)

[@rundmk00]

The Alan Partridge audiobooks are great, narrated by Coogan as Alan, I haven't listened to any other audiobooks but listened to his a couple of times when walking places, really good especially Nomad, lots of UK references though

[@Opus_Fluke]

John Hurt's "1984"- great film! Not read the book though. Big lad at the end? Phil Jupitus..

[@Enigmatic..]

1984 would be a good first movie reaction for your new channel.

[@zpitzer]

I agree, and I have read the book, 100% true.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@zpitzer "1984" is double-plus good.

[@theborderer1302]

I agree, even though it might, as it did me, give you bad dreams. A terrifying vision.

[@bblair2627]

I read my Kindle Paperwhite every night, like millions do

[@flucazade]

how do millions of people read your Kindle Paperwhite everynight?

[@therealpbristow]

@@flucazade They all have excellent telescopes. =:o}

[@ThornyLittleFlower]

I saw 1984 only a few months ago. Im so glad to have finally got round to it.

[@markjones127]

Have you ever come across Brian Cox? He's a physicist who makes excellent shows about the universe, his series 'Wonders of the Solar System' was amazing, maybe something to watch in your downtime away from here, he's our David Attenborough of the stars.

[@theborderer1302]

My wife's best friend calls him "totty for thinking women". (Totty is an English phrase usually reserved for airhead blondes with prominent bosoms).

[@alisonrodger3360]

1984 was on our curriculum for Higher English, so I read 1984 in 1984.

[@charliegeorge9393]

yep me too

[@davesabra4320]

double plus good!

[@johnloony68]

Me three

[@philroberts7238]

I'd read it a few times before I reached 17. But then I was one of a group of nerds who were into politics. (Sadly, 65 years later, for my sins, I still am.)

[@drbongorama]

Phil Jupitus is a long time friend of the show, and was there early when Fry was telling us we have more than one moon. There's an episode called "Oologies", it's in the Toksvig era, and has Claudia Winklemam, Phil Jupitus, Bill Bailey and Alan Davies. The three gents have known each other for a long time, as they all started about the same time. The XL version of the episode is one if the funniest in my opinion. It goes off the rails so many times and all involved are hilarious. Another great vid bro, I think you look like you could have been Segals stunt double before he chose a different way of life.

[@keefsmiff]

24:25 the bloke earlier who commented "Karl Pilkingtons head" beat me to it . 😊

[@ahdoodeclair]

I live in the country and the nearest supermarket is 55km away so I do a lot of driving. I find that audiobooks both entertain and keep me alert. I read books too (not while driving although I have seen it done) but I would listen to as many as I read.

[@freja5985]

Thats one of the greatest shows, you rearn stuff and its hilarious.

[@ianmayes8072]

I have some photographs of Channel Tunnels Boring Machine No 6 being cut up outside what used to be the Channel Tunnel Exhibition Centre. It is the one which Sandy remembers.🙂

[@Waylander173]

You don't need a parachute to go skydiving.... you need a parachute to go skydiving twice 😊

[@Pahis1]

What is left remaining after a star collapses depends on the size of the star. It could be, from smaller to larger star, a white dwarf, a neutron star or a black hole

[@jlnrogers]

The first fimed version of 1984 was filmed, I believe, live with Peter Cushing in the 50s on TV in the UK.

[@JoeThornhill]

It's nice that the end of the tunneling machine actually looks like the Union flag. With the diagonals broken off.

[@cmcculloch1]

I'm loving that your loving this show!

[@Varksterable]

My favourite podcast is "No Such Thing as a Fish" hosted by a bunch of QA Elves. The first few episode almost put me off, but once you get into it and the host start to develop personalities and character, it's totally brilliant! Because of the links to QA, they occasionally have some really great guests too. Steven Fry, Sandi Toksvig, John Lloyd, Tom Scott, Bec Hill, Neil Gaiman, Lieven Scheire, Richard Osman, the list goes on. And is truly top tier stuff. If you like QI, you'll probably love this podcast too, if you stick with it long enough to get truly hooked like I did.

[@melk100]

1:24 The microphone and the background make it look like Stephen has a fancy floating hat

[@johnloony68]

I first read “Nineteen Eighty-Four” in 1984 when we did it in English Literature when I was 15

[@nicksykes4575]

The big guy is Phil Jupitus, he loves taking the mick out of Steven, check out some compilations of him on QI.

[@shu1981noah]

I had loads of audio books as a kid. They were on cassette. I had some fairy stories that you got for free when my Dad filled up at BP petrol stations. I had: Roald Dahl - Dirty Beasts, and Danny Champion of The World. Winnie The Pooh. He-Man and The Masters of the Universe. I had songs and stories on vinyl, LPs and 45s. I still have a Thunderbirds record I got with Frosties cereal. It was like an acetate, stuck to the back of the box. You had to cut it out with scissors and then make your own hole through the centre, for the spindle.

[@sirjohnmara]

24:00 OMG! "Did he hit?" Rob Brydon - Quick Thought Genius.

[@flarey9495]

i listen to audiobooks at work (even gone through all the HP novels read by stephan fry)

[@Nofinator]

When I was younger I liked to fall asleep listening to an audiobook. These days I like to put them on for long drives (luckily they no longer send me to sleep)

[@MrMcCampbell]

The guy who flipped out about the round shape is Phil jupitus. He had a great appearance on QI about the sun and mirages. You’d love that to react to. Cheers for the video’s 😊

[@mikemoore4033]

Good times to listen to audiobooks include; when driving a long way, when doing other things (cooking maybe) trying to fall asleep at night.

[@owenoneill5955]

you have to watch Phil Jupitus not accepting the fact about sunset

[@lilymarinovic1644]

"Not there ... miraaaage"

[@elwick_photo]

Phill Jupitus, some of his standup is proper hilarious, his whole Spider gag really hits close to home 😂😂

[@margiewilson4324]

You really should watch the bits with Phill Jupitus, the guy in the glasses. He was a hilarious guest.

[@nigelheathcote6084]

You’re leveling me out now , thanks.

[@PiersDJackson]

The quirk with 1984 by George Orwell, it was written in 1948, adapted for television by CBS in 1953, BBC in 1954 and again in 1965; for film in 1956 and 1984 - with John Hurt; Radio plays were done by NBC in 1949 and 1953, CBS in 1953, MBN (Australia) in 1955 with Vincent Price, BBC in 1964, 1967, 1984, 2005 and 2013.... then Audible in 2024 - staring Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, Romesh Ranganathan, Natasia Demetriou, Chukwudi Iwuji, Francesca Mills, Katie Leung and Alex Lawther. As an aside watch John Hurt's 1984, then watch V for Vendetta - John Hurt and Stephen Fry are in the supporting cast.

[@emmajackson-k4n]

Superman is actually standing on Bertha, the boring machine that worked on the Alaskan Way viaduct project in Washington State in 2013 to 2015.

[@donkfail1]

Phill Jupitus is one of my favourite reoccurring guests on the show. At least when Stephen was hosting. They seemed to be good friends and kept teasing eachother when he was on. I bet there was some funny stuff edited out from those episodes.

[@akelly4207]

Audiobooks are great to listen to when you are doing something boring or physical like cleaning, painting your house, travelling in your car, cooking etc. I like reading. Sometimes I need my brain to be occupied while I’m doing life stuff or it goes off on it’s own to cause chaos and the next thing I know the day has gone and I haven’t a clue what I’ve been doing.

[@CassidiVine]

1984 and its 'companion', Brave New World (different authors, don't worry about it) are relatively small books, definitely worth the read.

[@mattybob12310]

You could absolutely do the UK Harry Potter Audiobooks, so brilliantly narrated by Mr Stephen Fry

[@BillyRockets-dn8ov]

"What's the film name of 1984?" - amazing.

[@Martyntd5]

The book 1984 was first published in 1948 and the film 1984 (with John Hurt) was released in 1984.

[@vinnycochrane5139]

There are two films of 1984 - a VERY old one with Peter Cushing, and the John Hurt one made for release in the eponymous year itself. I certainly recommend both. The latter has an excellent and absolutely mortifying performance by Richard Burton as O’Brien. It is a highly troubling story in all its forms, but I enjoy lecturing on it when asked. Orwell was a deeply sensitive and thoughtful man, who saw very early on what totalitarian regimes were offering, and how it would end in misery. It’s a pity he died very young; 1984 was his last novel, and he died shortly after its publication, at the age of 46.

[@coopsey]

This video popped up on my suggestions as i was getting ready for bed, and once it's done I'm putting on my Harry Potter audiobook, read by Stephen Fry, because I fall asleep to it every night and have done since I was about 17. I recently found out a good friend also does the same thing, and they also have another friend who does it too. The HP audiobooks read by Stephen Fry is an institution in the UK.

[@lindahalfpenny3258]

The blonde lady talking about A Muppet Christmas Carol is Victoria Coren Mitchell, David Mitchell's wife

[@stevenwinteruk]

I love talking books, especially when driving.

[@tobytaylor2154]

The machine that dug the tunnel is on display in calais port, I drive past it when I go fishing in France. Whenever I've seen a black hole there's always been a pink one next to it 😉

[@alanhogg9939]

Phill Jupitus is from the Isle of Wight. He took on the mantle of Ian Dury. Brave man.

[@JamesChiles]

The Kindle is still very much a thing, I use mine daily. A phone is a very poor substitute - smaller screen and totally different technology; Kindle uses eInk which is much clearer and easier on the eye than phone or tablet screens. They are probably not as popular as they once were, but still very alive.

[@2000johnwhite]

Audio books are great if you are driving or doing chores, even working it used to help me concentrate...

[@ArferKipper]

The big guy is Phill Jupetus. Well know comedian and panel show guest. A hag fish is worth looking up for its curiosity one fish can fill a bucket with slime, it's a protein that man is trying to find a use for as it can be easily obtained and prolific. Great choice of shows.

[@Raghnaid]

Phill Jupitus' daughter, Emily Jupitus, works on the show as a researcher (or 'QI Elf').

[@johnnybeer3770]

The BBC in the ' 50s did a series of "1984 " which my parents wouldn't let me watch . Fortunately I saw it a couple of years later when it was re-screened . Stephen Fry did the audio book for " Harry Potter " . 🇬🇧