Typophile - Stephen Fry and the Gutenburg Pess - Comments

You are kidding me, right?

AGL — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:25:14 -0700

You are kidding me, right?

I recorded it when the BBC2

dtw — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:21:26 -0700

I recorded it when the BBC2 broadcast went out... but haven’t got round to watching it yet [shame].
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Well, the thing is, some day

AGL — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:13:10 -0700

Well, the thing is, some day I will be able to see it. I guess it will find me...

“It must have been on four

dtw — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:08:26 -0700

“It must have been on four or five times now”

...as have threads about this programme! LOL

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it’s not so much about

An Accident — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:09 -0700

it’s not so much about “cultural protectionism” as it is about UK residents paying an annual TV licence fee.
We get iPlayer because we pay for it.

I imagine that eventually, non-UK countries will get paid access via stores like iTunes.

I saw it on YouTube about a

Mark Simonson — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:22:49 -0700

I saw it on YouTube about a month ago, but it seems to have been removed.

I did try the “iPlayer”,

AGL — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:18:53 -0700

I did try the “iPlayer”, just to realize that it doesn’t work outside of the UK. BBC, cultural protectionism is barbarie!

I have seen it. You can

An Accident — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:42:17 -0700

I have seen it.

You can watch it on BBC iPlayer if you are in the UK

Stephen Fry and the Gutenburg Pess

steve_p — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:56:06 -0700

Has anyone seen all of the BBC 4 programme with Stephen Fry, about a guy building a copy of the Gutenburg Press?
It must have been on four or five times now, and I just keep seeing the last five minutes - its on now again, but its nearly over.