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Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets
- Written by: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
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Oct 18 201844 mins
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- JessB
- 2019-12-20
Amazing
Stephen Fry could narrated someone killing me and I would still enjoy it. This was a fun and interesting look into the Victorian era and the secrets they tried to keep. I hope they make a second part.
5 people found this helpful
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- bobby
- 2021-02-10
This was fun but not with kids in the car!
I loved these. Interesting and funny. My kids love Victoria history.....but not these. Ha ha. Some adult content!
2 people found this helpful
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- Nordy A
- 2020-12-28
Highly Entertaining
Stephen Fry's voice is such a glorious treat. Pick this one up. you won't regret it
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- ryan
- 2020-11-06
exceptional listening
Wonderfully written and gloriously narrated. Stephen Fry is excellent in this collection of interesting episodes that wisk you to a time of secrets.
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- Shirley's awesome reads
- 2020-10-27
Hilarious History
Turns out that people are people, no matter where or WHEN you are. Narrator has the right tone, sounds knowledgeable enough to be taken seriously, flippant enough so it's not TOO % seriously
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- SassyKat
- 2018-11-05
A Charming Series on Victorian History
As usual Stephen Fry brings his unique charm and storytelling skills to this series. I have a great love for Victorian history and this was fun, informative and educational. I have recommended this too so many people.
5 people found this helpful
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- Crazyhound999
- 2022-04-10
wonderful
this is amazingly well done! must love Stephan Fry. Also listen to Edwarian Secrets the next podcast in this series.
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- mikey inkster
- 2021-09-06
another by Fry.
listened twice. will probably listen again, but not today. Please, Sir, can we have some more.
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- Helen Highwater
- 2021-05-12
Brilliant!
Brilliant series, thoroughly enjoyable and enlightening! Excellently written and performed. Stephen Fry is always a favourite!
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- Barry
- 2021-02-22
music too loud
lots of interesting Victorian history. I found the music annoying. it was louder than the speaking at times which made it very difficult to understand the story. especially with the thick British accent.
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- Matthew Henry
- 2021-03-11
Interesting
Ignore the guy complaining about the piano background music. It's totally fine. :-) I learned some things and Stephen Fry is great as always. Well worth a listen.
20 people found this helpful
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-09-22
Please remove the horrible music
The awful piano background music sadly makes these very interesting and beautifully narrated stories unlistenable. Can't go on listening, it's too irritating.
18 people found this helpful
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- P. Schroeder
- 2020-10-06
Informative and Fun
This series was fun, insightful, and engrossing. I listened to all 12 episodes within 24hrs and wish there were more.
14 people found this helpful
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- dinah jolie
- 2021-03-21
Absolutely Smitten!
I agree with Mathew Henry’s assertion to respectfully disregard the prior complaint about the background piano music...I found it atmospheric in the most unobtrusive way.
Stephen Fry’s storytelling prowess is quite legendary! An added bonus is the regular appearance of guest experts who add richness and flavor to each episode. Victorian Secrets shines an humorous, sometimes shocking, cross cultural spotlight on the people, places, and stories unique to the Victorian era whose existence have been denied historically in mainstream media and academia. I appreciate the inclusion of primary historical resources like personal diaries. I also love that the performances given by the voice actresses and actors never feel forced and caricature-like.
You will laugh, wince, cry, and contemplate throughout. You will be compelled to perform multiple Google searches to further enrich your self-education of Victorian his and her-story. While this podcast may not feel appropriate for children under the age of 12, I feel caregivers are ultimately responsible for deciding their child’s maturity and comfort level with subjects like sexual identity, death, mental illness, human anatomy, mythology, pornography, and political scandal. Used as a learning tool and with responsible adult “supervision”, each episode holds the power to catalyze important conversations between adult caregiver and child about class, sex, race, discrimination, diversity, disease, innovation, abuse, empowerment, and disenfranchisement.
I look forward to learning more about the Victorian era as well as listening to more of Stephen Fry’s creative content. Cheers and thanks for reading!
9 people found this helpful
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- Candice C
- 2020-10-28
Well Done!
I loved everything about this production. This is a perfect one for a road trip with your spouse. Don’t have the kids tuning in though.
8 people found this helpful
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- Jenny
- 2021-03-05
Fun, enlightening, and well narrated
I was excited to see Stephen Fry narrating something new because I’ve liked everything he has read aloud. The pacing of this series was engaging, making each episode seem to quickly go by. The added theatrics (music, additional voice actors, sound effects) were fun, and they were used in the right quantities to spice up the podcast without being annoying. The information was interesting and well delivered. I often shared the details I’d learned from the podcast with friends and family, and they were entertained and interested in the bits of new knowledge about the era. Overall, this was fun, entertaining, engaging, and quick.
7 people found this helpful
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- Valérie
- 2021-02-09
Quite Enjoyable
I'm starting to think that Stephen Fry is incapable of being dull, These episodes are all interesting, enjoyable and quite informative.
4 people found this helpful
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- Nicole Steinmetz
- 2020-11-06
Very entertaining!
Over the course of two days, I listened to this wonderful podcast series. It served as a good stepping point for me to learn about Victorian era England, a new obsession of mine now. I wish they would do a second series!
4 people found this helpful
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- Callandra
- 2021-10-14
excellent, as to be expected from Fry
As per usual, Stephen Fry's offerings were entertaining and informative. Looking forward to listening to the follow-up Edwardian series.
3 people found this helpful
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- Heather Hyink
- 2021-10-17
Simply Brilliant
I have listened to this production right the way through at least 5x. Highly entertaining and educational. Thought and conversation provoking. Well done.
2 people found this helpful