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Wordaholics: Series 1: Episode 6

Episode 6

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BBC Radio 4 - Wordaholics, Series 1, Episode 6

With Richard Herring, Alex Horne and Jenny Eclair. Plus special guest: the letter F.

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 BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.

Wordaholics: Series 1

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