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Radio 4,27 Feb 2012,30 mins

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Wordaholics

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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: Natalie Haynes Michael Rosen Arthur Smith Paul Sinha Written by Jon Hunter and James Kettle Producer: Claire Jones. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

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