Some of the world’s greatest gadgets emerged during this turbulent “TV age” (the television itself had been around for a while, we know, but it wasn’t until now that it started to replace the radio as ...

Stephen Fry takes us on a nostalgic romp through the devices that have revolutionised our individual and collective lives from the abacus and the umbrella, the typewriter and the trouser press, to the ...

Gadget aficionado Stephen Fry chooses and presents his 100 all-time favourite contraptions, from the tin opener, trouser press and answering machine to the apple peeler, iron and iPod ...