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Wordaholics: Series 2: Episode 1

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Series 2

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Milton Jones, Susie Dent, Alun Cochrane and Natalie Haynes vie for verbal supremacy.

Milton Jones, Susie Dent, Alun Cochrane and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy. Chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From 2013.

Gyles Brandreth hosts the comedy panel show challenging guests to display their knowledge of words and language.

Milton Jones and Natalie Haynes compete against Susie Dent and Alun Cochrane to find out who knows the most.

Milton will be coining a new word to describe his fear of becoming a monk: 'cloisterphobia.

Alun's Yorkshire roots help him guess the meaning of the Polish word 'prozvonit'; 

Susie explains the origin of the phrase 'gingering up'. 

Natalie tries to ban the word 'guesstimate'.

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.

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