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Episode 6

Wordaholics Series 1
Episode 6 of 6

Richard Herring, Jenny Eclair, Alex Horne and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From 2012.

Gyles Brandreth presides over toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful words.

Ready to vie for wordy supremacy in the ring:

Richard Herring
Natalie Haynes
Alex Horne
Jenny Eclair

Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle

Letter of the week is that cheeky 5th letter of the alphabet - F.

The panellists reveal their favourite words and invent new phobias.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on 蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 in March 2012.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 5 Mar 2024 04:00
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  • Mon 26 Mar 2012 11:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 30 Aug 2015 19:15
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  • Fri 4 Sep 2015 07:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra
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  • Sat 5 Sep 2015 05:30
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  • Wed 25 Jul 2018 09:00
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  • Wed 25 Jul 2018 16:00
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  • Thu 26 Jul 2018 04:00
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  • Fri 10 Jul 2020 09:00
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  • Fri 10 Jul 2020 14:00
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  • Sat 11 Jul 2020 02:00
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  • Mon 21 Mar 2022 09:00
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