Series exploring the world of words and the ways in which we use them
Radio 4,·304 episodes
Michael Rosen on the Americanisation of English, with Lynne Murphy and Matthew Engel.
28 Feb 2017,·28 mins
Is emoji really the world's fastest-growing language? Michael Rosen finds out.
21 Feb 2017,·28 mins
Michael Rosen explores the tunes we sing when we are speaking, without even realising it.
14 Feb 2017,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on the language we use to talk about animals - and the names we give dogs.
07 Feb 2017,·28 mins
Michael Rosen discusses interesting family words and phrases with listeners in Birmingham.
31 Jan 2017,·28 mins
Michael Rosen talks to Countdown's Susie Dent about her love of words and language.
18 Oct 2016,·28 mins
BBC LovetoRead campaign: Michael Rosen on the pleasure of and the science behind reading.
11 Oct 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on the creative use and misuse of language by children.
04 Oct 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen talks to psychotherapist Philippa Perry about the importance of small talk.
27 Sep 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen uncovers how people talk and think about directions in different languages.
20 Sep 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on discovering lost words and finding hidden linguistic connections.
13 Sep 2016,·28 mins
The language of making and breaking relationships.
06 Sep 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen talks to Keith Houston about punctuation symbols and how they came to exist.
24 May 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen and Andrew Graham-Dixon on the naming of art movements and what it tells us.
17 May 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen explores the verbs that are called irregular, and how they came to be.
10 May 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on a new Roald Dahl dictionary collecting the amazing words he invented.
03 May 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on the words used in PR that have been rated as the most annoying. Iconic...
26 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on how we talk about historical eras in order to define how we live now.
19 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen talks to Dr Laura Wright about her new research on popular house names.
12 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Steven Pinker joins Michael Rosen to talk about his love of, and life in, language.
05 Apr 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on one of the most frustrating language states: tip of the tongue.
01 Mar 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen on research into the emotional effects of different kinds of communication.
23 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen hears about a project to turn interviews recorded in Parliament into songs.
16 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen and Laura Wright discuss how we take it in turns to talk, in conversation.
09 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright guide listeners through the 20 most commonly used words.
02 Feb 2016,·28 mins
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke.
26 Jan 2016,·28 mins
What is slang? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright thrash it out with Jonathon Green.
19 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Neuroscientist Dr Frederique Liegeois joins Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright.
27 Oct 2015,·28 mins
Michael Rosen explores the wonderful Latin names used to describe animals and plants.
20 Oct 2015,·28 mins
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright take us through the A-Z of the alphabet.
13 Oct 2015,·28 mins
