Scrabble: A Night on the Tiles
Arts and culture series. Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance online. 'Lana Botney' discovers why the word game leaves the nation spellbound.
Scrabble is experiencing a renaissance. The younger generation have rediscovered the game online - through the copyright busting Scrabulous - and they're having night after night on the tiles.
LANA BOTNEY sets out to discover why the word game leaves us spellbound, tracing its surprising history, meeting the American tournament Word Freaks, and paying a visit to the SAS-style training camp that the Nigerian government trains their players at.
With triple word score contributions from Moby, Richard Herring, Lynn Barber and Noreena Hertz.
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The Creation of Scrabulous
Duration: 04:34
Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
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Air
Alone In Kyoto
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Common
Be
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Mr. Scruff
Blackpool Roll
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Sufjan Stevens
Chicago
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David Holmes
Come Get I Got It
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EELS
Flyswatter
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Carl Orff
Gassenhauer
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Carl Orff
Guten Morgen, Spielman
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Will Cohen
IMAGINE TITLE MUSIC
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Vince Guaraldi Trio
Linus & Lucy
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Aphex Twin
Nannou 2
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The Shins
New Slang
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Raga Khamaj
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Amadou & Mariam
Sabali And Also Bozas
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Ali Farka Touré
Savane
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Craig Ventresco
Scaulding Hot Coffee
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Tommy Dorsey
Song of India
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Belle and Sebastian
Step Into My Office Baby
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Tin Hat Trio
The Cornet or Old World
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Explosions in the Sky
The Only Moment We Were Alone
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Emily Kaitz
The Scrabble Song
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David Holmes
Up Above the Rock
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Explosions in the Sky
What Do You Go Home To?
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Stretch
Why Did You Do It?
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Willis
Word Up
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Nightmares on Wax
You Wish
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Lambchop
Your F***ing Sunny Day
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Belle and Sebastian
The Boy With The Arab Strap
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Malcolm Middleton
Zero
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alan Yentob |
| Participant | Moby |
| Participant | Richard Herring |
| Participant | Lynn Barber |
| Participant | Noreena Hertz |
| Producer | John MacLaverty |
| Director | John MacLaverty |
| Executive Producer | Janet Lee |
Broadcasts
- Tue 22 Dec 200922:35BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
- Tue 22 Dec 200923:35BBC One Wales & Scotland only
- Wed 23 Dec 200923:50BBC One Northern Ireland
- Tue 9 Dec 201423:05BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
- Tue 9 Dec 201423:35BBC One Northern Ireland HD, Wales HD, Northern Ireland & Wales only
