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Comedy panel game all about words, hosted by Gyles Brandreth

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Gyles Brandreth

Jon Hunter

James Kettle

Claire Jones

Dave Gorman

Natalie Haynes

Lloyd Langford

Susie Dent

Wordaholics: Series 2: Episode 3

Episode 3

Series 2

BBC Radio 4 - Wordaholics, Series 2, Episode 3

Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes compete in the verbal game show

Lloyd Langford, Susie Dent, Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes vie for wordy supremacy chaired by Gyles Brandreth. From 2013.

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show.

Lloyd Langford and Susie Dent compete against Dave Gorman and Natalie Haynes to find out who knows more.

Dave Gorman guesses the meaning of the phrase 'living on Queen Street' from the late 1800s.

Natalie Haynes unravels the word 'autodysomophobia'.

Lloyd Langford guesses the meaning of the Yiddish word 'farpotshket'.

Susie Dent shares her love of the current Liverpool word 'twirlies' and explains the meaning of the word 'quockerwodger'.

Both teams also have a go at coming up with modern phrases to replace the old cliches 'When life gives you lemons, make lemonade' and 'Beauty is only skin deep'.

Writers: Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2013.

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