Stephen Fry to join Sir Richard Branson in new kung fu TiVo ad

Fry then catches the remote in one hand, before searching for ‘kung fu’ on TiVo, finding “everything kung fuey in the blink of an eye”.

A second ad will showcase the TiVo’s WishList function, in which Fry shouts that he wishes to see a dinosaur, and when none appears he searches on his WistList. In the full ad, viewers see a rippling glass of water and a T-Rex’s snout looming over an oblivious Fry.

Jeff Dodds, executive director of brand and marketing communications at Virgin Media, said: “Stephen Fry is without a doubt one of the most high profile and digitally savvy figures of today, making him an ideal candidate to demonstrate Virgin Media’s TiVo service. Whilst the success of our previous ad campaigns has done a fantastic job in raising awareness of TiVo and some of its great features, such as a TV guide that goes backwards in time, our next step is to help even more people understand the many benefits of upgrading to TiVo. We think we’ve achieved this in a funny and memorable way.”