Well, not that new - we first met years ago at a BBC party with Gambo and I knew of him years before that when my dear friend Richard Armitage asked my permission (why? I wondered) to use my The Sun Has Got His Hat On - which his father Noel Gay wrote - in a musical called Me And My Girl that Fry had written.
But we've become good friends since and I've become addicted to his wonderful Audio Books. The Liar was fabulous and I've just finished listening to Moab Is My Washpot - superb.
He's in Cape Town at the moment and seems delighted I so enjoyed it.
Now - onto The Fry Chronicles!