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Comedy panel game all about words, hosted by Gyles Brandreth

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James Kettle

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Richard Herring

Natalie Haynes

Alex Horne

Katy Brand

Wordaholics: Series 2: Episode 4

Episode 4

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - Wordaholics, Series 2, Episode 4

Katy Brand, Alex Horne, Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes compete in the wordy panel game

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.

Katy Brand and Alex Horne compete against Richard Herring and Natalie Haynes to find out who knows more.

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'.

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.

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