1. Hardware

Nick Baker’s collection of programmes and interviews reflects on how the impact of technology has changed, from the dawn of language to the age of virtual reality.

In the first of three programmes, Hardware, features Stephen Fry along with an edition of FRY'S ENGLISH DELIGHT about the physicality of written language, from its earliest scrawlings to the digital age.

Plus in THE PERSISTENCE OF ANALOGUE, tech-writer Leigh Alexander says despite all the boundless conveniences of the digital world, it can sometimes feel as if something has been lost in the transition to an always-on virtual society.

Producer: Stephen Garner

Made for BBC Radio 4 Extra and first broadcast in November 2019.