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Episode 4

Episode 4 of 6

Katy Brand, Alex Horne, Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From 2013.

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show.

Competing to find out who knows more:

Katy Brand
Alex Horne
Richard Herring
Natalie Haynes

Richard Herring decides to reclaim the word 'middle class' and tries to decipher the 16th century phrase 'a mare's nest'.

Team-mate Natalie Haynes tries to get rid of the word 'decimate' and despite being a vegetarian works out what the very meaty cookery term 'barding' means;

Alex Horne comes up with the correct definition for the Victorian phrase 'a scraping castle' and asks to take the word 'a' out of the dictionary.

Meanwhile, Katy Brand takes a guess at what the unit of measurement 'the Warhol' is and reveals that her favourite word is 'plop'.

Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in May 2013.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Jul 2024 04:00

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Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Gyles Brandreth
Writer Jon Hunter
Writer James Kettle
Producer Claire Jones
Panellist Richard Herring
Panellist Natalie Haynes
Panellist Alex Horne
Panellist Katy Brand

Broadcasts

  • Wed 1 May 2013 11:30
  • Sun 13 Mar 2016 19:15
  • Fri 18 Mar 2016 07:30
  • Fri 18 Mar 2016 17:30
  • Fri 18 Mar 2016 22:00
  • Sat 19 Mar 2016 05:30
  • Mon 3 Sep 2018 09:00
  • Mon 3 Sep 2018 16:00
  • Tue 4 Sep 2018 04:00
  • Fri 4 Sep 2020 09:00
  • Fri 4 Sep 2020 14:00
  • Sat 5 Sep 2020 02:00
  • Mon 25 Jul 2022 09:00
  • Mon 25 Jul 2022 16:00
  • Tue 26 Jul 2022 04:00
  • Wed 24 Jul 2024 14:00
  • Wed 24 Jul 2024 20:00
  • Thu 25 Jul 2024 04:00

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