Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

Radio 4,3 mins

Where does the emoji come from?

Radio 4 in Four

Available for over a year

Is their ancestor really the Egyptian hieroglyph? Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright are joined by Professor Vyv Evans to talk all things emoji. First broadcast on Word of Mouth, 21 February 2017.

Programme Website
More episodes