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X Factor extra: Stephen Fry on Wagner
X Factor extra: Stephen Fry on Wagner
Saturday, 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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