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Episode 3

Wordaholics Series 1
Episode 3 of 6

Susie Dent, Natalie Haynes, Milton Jones and Jack Whitehall vie for wordy supremacy. Hosted by Gyles Brandreth. From 2012.

Wordaholics is the comedy panel game all about words.

Gyles Brandreth presides over toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang, Greek gobbledegook, plus the panellists' picks of the ugliest and the most beautiful words.

Ready to vie for wordy supremacy in the ring:

Susie Dent
Natalie Haynes
Jack Whitehall
Milton Jones

Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle

Producer: Claire Jones.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2012.

8 days left to listen

30 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 May 2026 04:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Mon 5 Mar 2012 11:30
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  • Tue 13 Feb 2024 04:00
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  • Fri 15 May 2026 14:00
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  • Fri 15 May 2026 20:00
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