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Radio 4,28 Mar 2015,60 mins

Lern Yerself Scouse

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Writer Paul Farley cooks a pot of Scouse for a party of eminent Liverpudlians to explore the complex flavours and disputed origins of the Scouse accent. In the company of Willy Russell, Gillian Reynolds, Michael Angelis and Roger McGough, Paul explores a rich archive of Scouse voices, charting some of the recent mutations in the accent. Producer: Emma Harding First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2015.

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