--- title: Stephen Fry Guide to British Etiquette description: Stephen Fry presents a guide to UK etiquette in Heathrow Airport ad canonical: https://time.com/4169179/stephen-fry-heathrow/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-06T15:41:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:22.059Z og:title: Stephen Fry Guide to British Etiquette og:description: Stephen Fry presents a guide to UK etiquette in Heathrow Airport ad og:url: https://time.com/4169179/stephen-fry-heathrow/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897dfb2918d4a41c/698877c2f887dc03b7e94018/heathrow-airport-stephen-fry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: heathrow-airport-stephen-fry og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Stephen Fry Guide to British Etiquette twitter:description: Stephen Fry presents a guide to UK etiquette in Heathrow Airport ad twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897dfb2918d4a41c/698877c2f887dc03b7e94018/heathrow-airport-stephen-fry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Allow Stephen Fry to School You on British Etiquette  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 6, 2016 3:41 PM UTC  Heathrow Airport  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Jan 6, 2016 3:41 PM UTC In a new commercial for Heathrow Airport, British comedian [Stephen Fry](http://time.com/3691225/stephen-fry-god/) offers a few pointers on etiquette for tourists visiting the United Kingdom. Most of his advice is in regards to the art of waiting patiently in line — or the queue, as they say across the pond. [The actor](http://time.com/3655408/stephen-fry-getting-married/)‘s spin on why Britons seem so relaxed and unfazed by the wait: “It’s reassuring for us to know that the thing we’ve decided to do is so popular that we’re unable to do it immediately.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4169179/stephen-fry-heathrow/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4169179/stephen-fry-heathrow/"},"headline":"Allow Stephen Fry to School You on British Etiquette","datePublished":"2016-01-06T15:41:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:22.059Z","description":"The art of the queue, for starters","url":"https://time.com/4169179/stephen-fry-heathrow/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897dfb2918d4a41c/698877c2f887dc03b7e94018/heathrow-airport-stephen-fry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897dfb2918d4a41c/698877c2f887dc03b7e94018/heathrow-airport-stephen-fry.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"heathrow-airport-stephen-fry","caption":"","creditText":"Heathrow Airport","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4169179/stephen-fry-heathrow/","name":"Allow Stephen Fry to School You on British Etiquette"}}]}] ```