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Radio 4,08 May 2013,30 mins

Series Series 2

Episode 5

Wordaholics

Available for 29 days

Gyles Brandreth chairs the word-obsessed comedy panel show. Competing for wordy supremacy: Milton Jones Robin Ince Natalie Haynes Lloyd Langford The Letter of the Week is 'W'. Lloyd Langford hazards a guess as to what 'Welsh cricket' is while Natalie Haynes has to work out what 'Whistling breeches' are. In a round about Australian slang Robin Ince tries to guess the meaning of 'guttergripper' while Milton Jones takes a stab at 'shypoo'. All the panellists come up with some brilliant new toponyms and also reveal their pet-hate words. Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle. Producer: Claire Jones First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in May 2013.

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