X Factor extra: Stephen Fry on Wagner

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X Factor extra: Stephen Fry on Wagner

by Peter CulshawSaturday, 11 December 2010

It has been around a few weeks but to mark the final weekend of X Factor with an estimated 20 million tuning in, it seemed apposite - so here's national treasure, polymath and humourist Stephen Fry on the delights of Wagner (below):

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Permalink Submitted by Brynhild (not verified) on Sat, 11/12/2010 - 12:06

Oh, this is an international treasure - as much for satirising S Fry's rather, shall we say, stylised enthusiasm as for the Laughing Caballero of X Factor. Thanks for bringing it to light.

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