Country of origin United Kingdom No. of series 3 Producer(s) Claire Jones Presented by Gyles Brandreth Genre Comedy Cast Gyles Brandreth | Original language(s) English No. of episodes 12 First episode date 20 February 2012 Number of episodes 12 Language English | |
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Written by Jon Hunter, James Kettle Similar The Matt Lucas Awards, Just a Minute, The Unbelievable Truth, The One Show, I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue | ||
Wordaholics is a comedy panel show hosted by Gyles Brandreth. It started airing on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. The third series is currently (September 2014) being transmitted.
Contents
Format
There are toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful words. It's the whole world of words in 28 minutes. Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler and buckfitches; the difference between French marbles, French velvet and the French ache and hear the glorious poetry of the English language, as practiced by writers ranging from William Shakespeare to Vanilla Ice.
The rounds include:
Guests
Guests include Alex Horne, Alun Cochrane, Arthur Smith, Dave Gorman, Ed Byrne, Hannah Gadsby, Helen Keen, Holly Walsh, Jack Whitehall, Jenny Eclair, Josh Widdicombe, Katy Brand, Lloyd Langford, Michael Rosen, Milton Jones, Natalie Haynes, Paul Sinha, Richard Herring, Robin Ince, Stephen Fry, Susie Dent.