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Episode 4

WordaholicsSeries 2
Episode 4 of 6

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.

Competing to find out who knows more:

Katy Brand
Alex Horne
Richard Herring
Natalie Haynes

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'.

Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle.

Producer: Claire Jones

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.

30 minutes

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Mon 10 Aug 202614:00
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PresenterGyles Brandreth
WriterJon Hunter
WriterJames Kettle
ProducerClaire Jones
PanellistRichard Herring
PanellistNatalie Haynes
PanellistAlex Horne
PanellistKaty Brand

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