Accents, the h, the r and stress in French pronunciation

Au programme

• How do you say é (e with an acute accent) in café?
• Which word has the open è sound, like the "e" in "bed"?
• How do you say ê in fête?
• Which two words sound EXACTLY the same?
• In hôtel, how is the h pronounced?
• In l'homme, le becomes l' because the h is silent and the word starts with a vowel sound.
• The French r is made at the back of the throat, a little like a soft gargle.
• In banane, the strongest syllable is the first one.