Stephen Fry Visits His Parents - Who Do You Think You Are?
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- Опубліковано 19 гру 2013
- Stephen is off to visit his Mother and Father to see what information they can share on his Grandfather.
Stephen Fry seems as English as tweed, silver toast racks and the London black cab he can be seen driving around the streets of the capital. However, Stephens ancestry is in fact of Jewish European descent.
The story that pricked Stephen's interest the most when researching his family was that of his beloved maternal grandfather, Martin Newman. Martin's actual name was Neumann. By the time of his death, when Stephen was just eleven years old, his flamboyance had made an indelible mark on his grandson.
Stephen hopes to discover more about Martin's life and what happened to the other branches of the Neumann family?
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Stephen Fry "I'm often described as 'quintessentially English."
*Dressed as Paddington Bear*
Well, I see your point there, but isn't Paddington Bear from Peru, therefore not English?
Aleksa Pavlović *darkest* peru in fact
Daniel Skinley Paddington was from Peru !
Gold
@@alexion2001 Coincidentally, Stephen Fry went to Peru and saved a Spectacled bear (Paddington's Species).
It's astonishing how much Stephen looks like his grandfather in that picture!
Looks nothing like his Grandfather .Go off to Specksavers
Bro maybe you should go to Specsavers because you either can't read or write or have bad eye sight your self because he is the spit of that man in the photo.
He looks like a clean-shaven Melchitt.
The resemblance is uncanny
His closest family say themselves there is a resemblance....
What a joy it would be to spend a day with Stephen Fry.
i agree laura xx.
To go for a walk.
He's on my dream dinner party guest list.
Why? Never did like him. I adore Hugh Laurie. Multi talented. Funny, brilliant.
A night too maybe 😉
Stephen has an absolutely adorable and witty mother
His grandfather sounds like a marvelous man.
"He had this infuriating habit of punning in three languages." . . . as one does
i would love an example lol
Why infuriating ? It is a lovely habit and one I practice almost daily..😎
Tricia Jones n n
@@martinrivermoore9545 Stephens mother said that at 3:09.
@@1988doka Uh?
"I brought a camera crew, which I usually do. Because it's Tuesday". 😅 relatable. My camera crew turns up on Monday.
I believe he said because it's Tuesday.
@@THE-WAY_THE-TRUTH_THE-LIFE. All corrected.
That's so tragic, what happened; and yet so precious to picture a tiny young Stephen with his doting grandfather and his reaction to being told what happened to his relatives.
Especially because he's so empathetic now. Adorable man, and his grandfather sounds awesome
"You've got my nose!" "No, it's mine!"
The first thing I noticed was their noses being the same.
He could single-handedly save the world for me ... we need more philanthropist like Stephen.
If you've read his autobiographies which talk about his Dad you'll know what a miracle it is that the BBC managed to get a close up of him here, even for a second. Fascinating man.
any particular reason, or was he just a shy man?
@@mrearny1039 I think he's shy yes but SF also talks about him as being very suspicious of fame and the lime light.
Anthony Howell - Well, I think we can all sympathize with Mr. Fry. His son is VERY famous, so, if I was in Mr. Fry’s place, I would want to maintain my privacy too.
@@thetooginator153 Yes indeed.
Can't decide if Stephen looks more like his father or his grandfather. Just strikingly so much like both!
What a wonderful picture of him with his grandfather
Hey Stephen, Your Mum is a little sweetheart.
What lovely parents.
The Stephen Fry episode was the best ever simply because it involved Stephen Fry. I love him so much.
We all love Stephen Fry. The term 'National Treasure' doesn't even begin to do him justice.
International Treasure as well. The number of the besotted here in the States is legion.
He got it wrong with his fanatic atheisme of course. Hence he is not SO intelligent.
@@thepianocornertpc Are you purposefully being ridiculous?
@@badgermatrix Your insult missed it's target in a spectacular way. Meanwhile Fry remains a pompous stuck up pedant and there is nothing you can do to change that fact. Have a nice day.❤❤💋💋
Heck, Americans love him!
I just love, love, love. Stephen fry. Such a lovely person..
When a person cares enough about his self he gifts himself with proper language, carriage, manners, education, and kindness. It’s not class that tells, it’s the man himself. We lived humbly but raised to engage with the world, have confidence and make our own way. Rich people are only that, rich, and it will never be enough.
Love this. It makes a better world. The sneering and distaste for well-used language and manners is so weird. These were partly seen to be pretentious and indeed using these can be pretentious or intended to be dismissive but we can get past this
His parents still alive.. he a lucky man
The photo of Stephen and his grandfather is amazing
Stephens mother reminds me a lot of Emilia Clarke with her smile her eyebrows and general demeanour
Precisely!
His parents seem lovely!
Just adorable. Always appreciate your parents.
Love to see the old photos.
him being part hungarian makes me so happy
Igen😊❤️
Stephen looks uncannily like his grandfather..!!
... and his mother sounds exactly like Prunella Scales!
He is a fascinating character
Stephen Fry is fascinating ! His modesty and polite way it make you love him and admire his vast bagagge of information!
I was fortunate enough a few years ago to meet Stephens brother who owns a small engineering company very close to their old family home in booton
Love this, one of the best. So fascinating.
Stephen's mom is fantastic
Is there a full episode of this? Recently fascinated by Fry!
It’s refreshing to know that celebrities have the same ambiguity of their families and desire to learn the kind of people they were rather than how famous they were.
Lovely thanks Stephen! I have had a habit for some years now regarding photographs. I write all the information about the subject on the backs! Dates, location, names, and the occasion in particular. Wish my ancestors did the same!
Wow, Stephen's house looks incredibly cozy! 😍 The perfect place to have night-long conversations or to just endlessly listen to the brilliant mind himself talking about all sorts of interesting stuff.
Nice of his parents who are obviously very private people to let us in for a minute.
Confusing but wonderful.
Wow! He looks so much like his Grandfather.
Stephen is related to Elizabeth Fry, C. B. Fry and the Fry's chocolate producing family on his father's side as well. Old Quaker family.
Frys used to have a chocolate factory in Keynsham just a few miles from Bristol until the 80's and when it was then sold to Cadburys. My Uncle worked there as a section/floor supervisor both for Frys and Cadbury
His parents must be unbelievably proud !
OMG I love Stephen's mother!! "Oh!" "Ah!" "Oh!"
But Stephen you are handsome!!!!!!!!!!
Omg it's like looking at a young Stephen Fry!!
Stephen Fry’s grandad sounds like Slavoj Zizek
"AND SO ON, AND SO ON...."
How interesting!
Is it me or is there something of Prunella Scales about his mother?
Stephen Fry "I'm often described as 'quintessentially English."
Drives a Jaaaaaag.
Cheers
I've read the "Jaaag" bit with Clarkson's voice and I don't know why
Heartbreaking
Stephen Fry you are the best a wonderful. Human being 🥰
Very good sir
Trifecta!
This is a sad story obviously but must say I love Stephen’s house.
I love that background music with the Rhodes piano and the Organ, does anyone know what that song is?
Try Riders On The Storm / Break On Through ( To The Other Side ) by someone who wanted to pay royalties for neither.
Stephen is a marvellous actor aka the impersonations and accents. You are no Peasant, Stephen. You are a Legend.
Many peasants are if you get to know them
I like Stephen ,I'd wager he does have "tweed" ancestry somewhere along the line though.
I really like Stephen Fry
His mother looks like Emilia Clarke + 50 years.
She has a similar countenance
Omg, "Pa" looks exactly like Stephen!
Definitely from good stock bent as a 6 bob note😂
Damn that got sad real quick.
Part 2 of Stephen fry doing research on his family tree and learning unexpected information about his family
"Talking about food, and all kinds of very other unEnglish things." I can practically hear them in the utterance.
Is it just me who thinks his granddad look both like Stephen and Freddie mercury at the same time.
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His mum looks a bit like the Queen.
I hum all the time and my family tell me to be quits ha ha
1:07 but what about their grandparents?
His dad looks like Ian Fleming
One never knows what soddy secrets your ancestry hides, I found out some years ago that one of my ancestors was a slavetrader.
you misunderstand me I do not care.
This is like back to the future. Why TF does Stephen and his grandfather look like twins?!?!
inbreeding
happens in a lot of families, I've found. My father, his brother, and my grandfather all look like the same man at different stages of aging (with some minor differences brought on by lifestyle habits, etc. of course), to such a remarkable degree that they could work as stunt doubles of each other if they weren't all so far apart age-wise, and on my mother's side, my female cousins, my aunt, and my grandmother are all alike. Facebook keeps muddling them up in its auto-tag system, it's honestly quite funny.
Some genes just come through strong, even after skipping a generation or two. Others are more yielding and end up mixing, and you get people who look totally different despite their shared heritage. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I happen to have a fairly droopy left eyelid. Upon first look, it's not immediately noticeable, but glasses off and closer inspection shows that it's a bit baggier, and therefore hangs a bit lower.
We were unaware of why I had this eyelid, until my grandfather had passed in 2011. He had left Germany as a young child with his youngest brother and grandmother near the start of the Third Reich. We knew he'd left a family behind, but we didn't know he had photos of his family growing up. We found a photograph of his eldest brother in army garb -- as many of the young men were in Germany at the time -- and we all seemed to notice at once that his left eyelid hung down a bit further than the other.
We at once took off glasses, began to look at each other -- we were cleaning up my grandfather's house, and were all there together -- but it appeared I was the only living family member present who had this drooping eyelid. Unless we've missed someone distant in the family -- or someone who had it surgically fixed -- my great-uncle Heine and I are the only two who have this drooping lid.
It almost like they're related.
@@Novetrix That's actually quite an interesting trait to exhibit
It's funny, I always thought he was Irish.
Wear your seatbelts, people!
😂❤😂ancestors made of tweed ❤😂❤😂
That bowl cut is ridiculous 😂
1 March 2006
Bury St. Edmunds
Still haven't got my credit card back!
Martin was Hungarian first and jewish second.
And from Norfolk lol
yeah, Hungarian jews (even though his were from Nagysurany, now in Slovakia) were the most integrated and secular in Europe, and staunchly nationalistic. (Especially during ww1)
It’s a national tragedy what the fascists did and blamed them for before WW2. Even the Hungarian regent and the PM tried to protect them from fascist deportation. But when a German army comes rolling in and takes away your government, there’s nout you can do. :/
@@9wowable It was almost certainly Auschwitz where the family were murdered because that is where they were sent in 1944.
I like to think off him as a person arising from the whole wold. That way I can claim a nearer association.
Me thinks you have lots of Space... I'm dwelling in a 10m2 room.
0:18 why is that thick the monitor?!
Computer monitors were that thick in 2006.
Mr. And Mrs. FRY?
Why was my previous comment Deleted ??????? .......
Was it rude
@@margaretmcgarry7796 NO !
Nothing wrong with being decent from pesents.
Of course there is nothing wrong but in Britain which is still so obsessed by class it it has a negative connotation.
I don't think he minds that at all.
It makes his genes even more miraculous I feel.
As English as a cup of tea...
Stephen Fry is proof that you don’t need to have English ancestors to be very English.
Didn't buck the argument for 'quintessential' by doing the British thing of standing in the kitchen by the copper pans, looking mildly annoyed while thinking about what they were going to do next, chewing on a thin sliver of cheese
The man being robbed
As fond as I am of Stephen Fry I'm always distracted by thoughts about what it must've been like to grow-up wealthy. Would he have realised it? Where does such wealth come from? What doors did it open or opportunities did it facilitate given that he didn't need to work 8-5 in a factory somewhere every day? What circles did he move in? What is it like to not have to worry about getting-by until the next pay cheque? I do like you, Stephen, but I think I'd have a more comfortable lunch with Alexi Sayle. :-)
He comes across as extra posh and privileged in this one.
The long chin gene runs strong in this family haha
What is wrong with being a "ruddy peasant "?
Little big planet anyone?
What about it?
quintessentially Saville in disguise
Never miss a chance to have a dig at the Germans zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Hello Mother ,what a strange greeting .
lifanish not really.... he was saying hello to his mother
Not really. Many people in the UK greet their parents like this.
Am not British,but I heard Jack Whiteall say 'mother' on Graham Norton.he said its posh to say 'mother' 🤔
I call my parents mother and father
The hell? No...
That's so English. Ignore the very English side and focus on the side not native to it, however distant, and focus on that, even though you are so, so English - never acknowledge it, or appreciate how wonderful the history and culture, past and present that being English is.
It wasn’t always like this...
I encounter immigrants that won’t learn English.
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