Episode 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 6th letter of the alphabet - F.
The panellists reveal their favourite words and invent new phobias.
Producer: Claire Jones
First broadcast on 91福利社 Radio 4 in March 2012.
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