Victoria Coren presents this series about words. Investigating the words we use for madness, former nurse Jo Brand returns to her old hospital. Show more

Victoria Coren, Adam Hart-Davis, Marcel Theroux and Simon Hoggart head off on the trail of the real people whose names have been immortalised in the English language. Show more

Victoria Coren, Artur Smith and Michael Portillo investigate the euphemisms for sex, death, war and going to the toilet. Show more

Victoria Coren presents the series about words. This episode investigates the many uses we have for the word 'dog'. Show more

Victoria Coren, Suggs and Neil Oliver investigate words for dodgy dealers, rapscallions and other sorts of scallywag. Show more

Victoria Coren, Burlesque star Immodesty Blaise and Roland Rivron investigate dictionary entries about sex and what they tell us about our sexual history. Show more

Victoria Coren, John Sergeant, Denis Healey, Ian McMillan and Mike Harding enlighten us on words such as wazzock, prat and plonker as put downs and insults. Show more

Series which invites the public to make a vital contribution to the Oxford English Dictionary. Victoria Coren leads the hunt for the word-origins of various footwear. Show more