Main content
This programme will be available shortly after broadcast

Episode 4

Wordaholics Series 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

On radio

Today 14:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

More episodes

Previous

Episode 3Series 2

Next

Episode 5Series 2

See all episodes from Wordaholics

Clip

Credits

Presenter Gyles Brandreth
Writer Jon Hunter
Writer James Kettle
Producer Claire Jones
Panellist Richard Herring
Panellist Natalie Haynes
Panellist Alex Horne
Panellist Katy Brand

Broadcasts

  • Wed 1 May 2013 11:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Sun 13 Mar 2016 19:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 18 Mar 2016 07:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 18 Mar 2016 17:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 18 Mar 2016 22:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 19 Mar 2016 05:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 3 Sep 2018 09:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 3 Sep 2018 16:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 4 Sep 2018 04:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 4 Sep 2020 09:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 4 Sep 2020 14:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 5 Sep 2020 02:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 25 Jul 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 25 Jul 2022 16:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 26 Jul 2022 04:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 24 Jul 2024 14:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 24 Jul 2024 20:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 25 Jul 2024 04:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Today 14:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Today 20:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tomorrow 04:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

Comedy selection

Comedy selection

A selection of clips from recent and upcoming comedy programmes.