| Wordaholics | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Jon Hunter, James Kettle |
| Presented by | Gyles Brandreth |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Claire Jones |
| Running time | 28 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Radio 4 |
| Release | 20 February 2012 (2012-02-20) – present |
Wordaholics is a comedy panel show hosted by Gyles Brandreth.[1] It started airing on BBC Radio 4 in 2012. The third series was transmitted in September 2014.
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 ShakespearetoVanilla Ice.[2]
The rounds include:
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.
