Word of Mouth

Last Edited: 03-Oct-2019 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas
Broadcast source is BBC Radio Four unless otherwise indicated. Recordings are good unless otherwise indicated.
Original idea by Frank Delaney, programme started in 1992.
1997-1999 1999-2002 2002-2004 2005-2006 2007-2008

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1997-1999

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
18-Oct-1997 rpt	Snne01	In the Mood	Russell Davies	-
25-Oct-1997 rpt	Snne02	The Persistent Past	Russell Davies	-
01-Nov-1997 rpt	Snne03	Already, So Soon, My Life	Russell Davies	-
08-Nov-1997 rpt	Snne04	The Naming of Parts	Russell Davies	-
15-Nov-1997 rpt	Snne05	Did You Come Far?	Russell Davies	-
22-Nov-1997 rpt	Snne06	Can You Hear Me Mother?	Russell Davies	-
25-Dec-1997	Special	Word of Mouth’s Christmas Cracker	Russell Davies	-
06-Jan-1998	Snne01	A Fresh Start: The Words of 1998 – Language of Diplomacy – Not in Front of the Children –Nursery Schools – Lonely Hearts	Russell Davies	29:13, 41087, S
13-Jan-1998	Snne02	Cast the Net and Sale Away: Greetings – Email – January Sales – Swearing and Oaths -- Exits	Russell Davies	28:53, 40631, S
20-Jan-1998	Snne03	Sick as a Parrot: Sweet Brand Names – Post Match Interviews – Gruntled, Couth, Shevelled – Full Monty	Russell Davies	28:54, 40652, S
27-Jan-1998	Snne04	Close Enough for Jazz: Private Languages – Knots and Ropes – Yes, No Interlude – Jazz Terms	Michael Rosen, Russell Davies	29:03, 40854, S
03-Feb-1998	Snne05	The New Look	Russell Davies	-
10-Feb-1998	Snne06	As Time Goes By	Russell Davies
31-Mar-1998	Special	The People’s Lexicon	Russell Davies	-
09-Apr-1998	Snne01	It’s a Cert!	Michael Rosen	-
16-Apr-1998	Snne02	Unaccustomed As I Am…	Michael Rosen	-
23-Apr-1998	Snne03	Babel/Babble	Michael Rosen	-
30-Apr-1998	Snne04	Back Page KO	Michael Rosen	-
07-May-1998	Snne05	Language of the Medical Profession	Michael Rosen	-
14-May-1998	Snne06	The Way that You Say It	Michael Rosen	-
21-May-1998	Snne07	Say It with Flowers	Michael Rosen	-
06-Aug-1998? 09-Aug-1998 rpt?	Snne01	Summer Breeze	Michael Rosen	-
13-Aug-1998	Snne02	All the World’s a Stage	Michael Rosen	-
20-Aug-1998	Snne03	Ulla!	Michael Rosen	-
27-Aug-1998	Snne04	Song, Slang and Southend	Michael Rosen	-
03-Sep-1998	Snne05	Old McDonald	Michael Rosen	-
10-Sep-1998	Snne06	Werds R Us	Michael Rosen	-
17-Sep-1998	Snne07	Getting the Words Out	Michael Rosen	-
24-Sep-1998	Snne08	Mantras	Michael Rosen	-
01-Oct-1998	Snne09	The New Re-PUB-lic	Michael Rosen	-
08-Oct-1998	Snne10	Wol Wantok (One World Talk)	Michael Rosen	-

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
24-Dec-1998	Snne01	Word of Mouth’s Festive Phrasebook	Michael Rosen	-
31-Dec-1998	Snne02	-	Michael Rosen	-
07-Jan-1999	Snne03	Morsels of Execration	Michael Rosen	-
14-Jan-1999	Snne04	Running Dogs and Capitalist Lackeys	Michael Rosen	-
22-Jul-1999	Snne01	Past, Present and Fast Forwards	Michael Rosen	-
29-Jul-1999	Snne02	The Super Duper Ultra Edition	Michael Rosen	-
05-Aug-1999	Snne03	Organic	Michael Rosen	-
12-Aug-1999	Snne04	…And All I Got Was This Lousy T-shirt	Michael Rosen	-
19-Aug-1999	Snne05	Backpackers GOOD, Tourists BAD	Michael Rosen	-
26-Aug-1999	Snne06	Eheu Fugaces!	Michael Rosen	-
02-Sep-1998	Snne07	-	Michael Rosen	-
09-Sep-1999	Snne08	Term Time Terminology?	Michael Rosen	-
16-Sep-1999	Snne09	Term Time Terminology?	Michael Rosen	-
23-Sep-1999	Snne10	A Real Gem	Michael Rosen	-
30-Sep-1999	Snne11	Every Time We Say Good-bye	Michael Rosen	-
07-Oct-1999	Snne12	Punch-Drunk	Michael Rosen	-

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1999-2002

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
23-Dec-1999	Snne01	Season’s Greetings	Michael Rosen	-
30-Dec-1999	Snne02	Spirit of the Dance	Michael Rosen	-
06-Jan-2000	Snne03	Making Ends Meet	Michael Rosen	-
13-Jan-2000	Snne04	Crowning Glory	Michael Rosen	-
09-Mar-2000	Snne01	A Bit of a Flutter	Michael Rosen	-
16-Mar-2000	Snne02	Brave New Words	Michael Rosen	-
23-Mar-2000	Snne03	Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum	Michael Rosen	-
30-Mar-2000	Snne04	Get Out and Get Under	Michael Rosen	-
06-Apr-2000	Snne05	Heavens Above	Michael Rosen	-
13-Apr-2000	Snne06	Proceeding in a Westerly Direction	Michael Rosen	-
20-Apr-2000	Snne07	Let Me See What I Can Do	Michael Rosen	-
27-Apr-2000	Snne08	Name that Tune	Michael Rosen	-
03-Aug-2000	Snne01	Gotta Ticket for the Clue-Train	Michael Rosen	-
10-Aug-2000	Snne02	Loving the Alien?	Michael Rosen	-
17-Aug-2000	Snne03	Now Here’s the Good News	Michael Rosen	-
24-Aug-2000	Snne04	Full of Flavour	Michael Rosen	-
31-Aug-2000	Snne05	Could You Possibly Pass Me the Salt?	Michael Rosen	-
07-Sep-2000	Snne06	The Bottle of Britain	Michael Rosen	-
14-Sep-2000	Snne07	What’s Cooking?	Michael Rosen	-
21-Sep-2000	Snne08	Chocks Away!	Michael Rosen	-
28-Sep-2000	Snne09	Crock of Gold	Michael Rosen	-
05-Oct-2000	Snne10	Going for Broke	Michael Rosen	-
14-Dec-2000	Snne01	Best Boys and Zip Pans	Michael Rosen	-
21-Dec-2000	Snne02	National Press in Slug-Fest	Michael Rosen	-
28-Dec-2000	Snne03	Seasonal Cheers	Michael Rosen	-
04-Jan-2001	Snne04	-	Michael Rosen	-
11-Jan-2001	Snne05	To Correct on Not To Correct	Michael Rosen	-
18-Jan-2001	Snne06	Faff, Banter and Bop	Michael Rosen	-
06-Jul-2001	Snne01	To Boldly Go	Michael Rosen	-
13-Jul-2001	Snne02	Rustling Leaves	Michael Rosen	-
20-Jul-2001	Snne03	No Pain No Gain	Michael Rosen	-
27-Jul-2001	Snne04	Putt Up or Shut Up	Michael Rosen	-
03-Aug-2001	Snne05	Words from on High	Michael Rosen	-
10-Aug-2001	Snne06	Classification Blues	Michael Rosen	-
17-Aug-2001	Snne07	Don’t Say It	Michael Rosen	-
24-Aug-2001	Snne08	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Paragraphs	Michael Rosen	-
31-Aug-2001	Snne09	In Care	Michael Rosen	-
07-Sep-2001	Snne10	Love, Death and a Large Fish	Michael Rosen	-
14-Sep-2001	Snne11	-	Michael Rosen	-
21-Sep-2001	Snne12	It’s a Wrap	Michael Rosen	-

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
07-Dec-2001	Snne01	No Offence! Operation Noel	Michael Rosen Mark Berman	27:52, 6535, m
14-Dec-2001	Snne02	Whatever! – Cat Names	Michael Rosen Julia Adamson	28:08, 6595, m
21-Dec-2001	Snne03	What’s Your Handle? -- Lingo of Panto --Stammering	Michael Rosen Valetti Holt-Fente	27:37, 6476, m
28-Dec-2001	Snne04	Sitting on Sigmund – Hairdressing – Middle English	Michael Rosen Mark Berman	27:44, 6503, m
04-Jan-2002	Snne05	A New Dawn – Language of Water – New Zealand English	Michael Rosen Bela Bannerman	27:47, 6516, m
11-Jan-2002	Snne06	Pass It On – Heritage Industry – January words	Michael Rosen Julia Adamson	27:41, 6489, m
18-Jan-2002	Snne07	Mouth Watering – Nicespeak – Theatre idioms	Michael Rosen Mark Berman	28:00, 6564, m
25-Jan-2002	Snne08	How You Say? – Garbage – Stanley Unwin	Michael Rosen Bela Bannerman	27:47, 6514, m
01-Feb-2002	Snne09	The Queen’s English – Australian English – Art Exhibitions	Michael Rosen Simon Elmes	27:57. 6555, m

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12-Apr-2002	Snne01	-	Michael Rosen	-
19-Apr-2002	Snne02	Bullseye – Talking with Foxes – Cable Language	Michael Rosen Julia Adamson	28:11, 6609, m
26-Apr-2002	Snne03	Penguins and Yomping – Euphemisms – Resignations	Michael Rosen Neil George	28:15, 6625, m
03-May-2002	Snne04	Bishop to C4 – Buddha – Legalese	Michael Rosen Maria Burgess	27:57, 6554, m
10-May-2002	Snne05	Zoom – Americanisms – Proverbs	Michael Rosen Neil George	27:34, 6465, m
17-May-2002	Snne06	Des Res (estate agents) – Shires – Tourist Boards	Michael Rosen Marilyn Harris	27:54, 6540, m
24-May-2002	Snne07	Assessment Tools	Michael Rosen	-
31-May-2002	Snne08	The Axis of Evil	Michael Rosen	-
09-Aug-2002	Snne01	10th Anniversary Edition	Michael Rosen, (Frank Delaney et. al.) Simon Elmes	27:56, 6548, m
16-Aug-2002	Snne02	Oh Yeah	Michael Rosen	-
23-Aug-2002	Snne03	Bronzed – Dead Metaphors – Enron	Michael Rosen Mark Berman	27:44, 6503, m
30-Aug-2002	Snne04	Hungerford’s Burden – Experts – Naming Your Band	Michael Rosen Laurence Grisell	27:30, 6447, m
06-Sep-2002	Snne05	Naming Autobiographies – Station Announcements – TUC conference	Michael Rosen Laurence Grisell	27:54, 6542, m
13-Sep-2002	Snne06	Iain Duncan Smith – Promenade – Computerized Voice Systems – Podunk	Michael Rosen Marilyn Harris	27:54, 6542, m
20-Sep-2002	Snne07	Political Slogans – Lying – Quite Ill – Schoolyard Language	Michael Rosen Sarah-Jane Hall	27:50, 6527, m
27-Sep-2002	Snne08	Sabre Rattling – Small Furries -- Ecclesiastical Change	Michael Rosen Anne-Marie Cole	27:49, 6523, m

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2002-2004

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
06-Dec-2002	Snne01	Winter Draws On – Fashion Talk – Homophones – Alan Walker Reed (OK)	Michael Rosen Sarah Johnson	28:00, 13132, S
13-Dec-2002	Snne02	-	Michael Rosen	-
20-Dec-2002	Snne03	Napoleonic Competition – Mobile talk – Football commentary – Yule Decorations	Michael Rosen Sarah Johnson	27:35, 12931, S
27-Dec-2002	Snne04	-	Michael Rosen	-
03-Jan-2003	Snne05	Curing colds – Rhotics – Creativity – Fish Names	Michael Rosen Mark Berman	27:51, 13063, S
10-Jan-2003	Snne06	Driving test – Grammar Battleground – Queen’s English	Michael Rosen Neil George	27:52, 13068, S
17-Jan-2003	Snne07	Language change (17th century vs. today) – Basketball – libel and slander – Phrasal verbs	Michael Rosen Julia Adamson	27:50, 13049, S
24-Jan-2003	Snne08	Let’s Make Up – OK redux – Middle England – French Mistranslations	Michael Rosen Jane Wray	27:50, 13048, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
04-Apr-2003	Snne01	Stars, Bars and Blighty – Mild Swear Words but not in Welsh – Finnish Silence	Michael Rosen Alison Vernon-Smith	31:12, 14628, S
11-Apr-2003	Snne02	Le Sport Merveilleux (English for foreign footballers) – Feminism – Poetry of War	Michael Rosen Michael Namblin	27:45, 13013, S
18-Apr-2003	Snne03	A Bit of the Other: Spring Love – BBC English – Hippy talk	Michael Rosen Simon Elmes	27:43, 13000, S
25-Apr-2003	Snne04	Bridal Talk – Anglo-American Confusions – Freedom	Michael Rosen Michael Namblin	27:42, 12988, S
02-May-2003	Snne05	Flattery – May Day – Private Language/Idiolect -- Prepositions	Michael Rosen Claire Chonker	27:32, 12901, S
09-May-2003	Snne06	Tea and Sandwiches – Common Obsolescent Phrases – Bottom Trends	Michael Rosen Marilyn Harris	27:42, 12987, S
16-May-2003	Snne07	Do Yer Know What I Mean? – Linguistic Bugbears – “Nice” – Lie detectors/language	Michael Rosen Jane Wray	27:55, 13088, S
23-May-2003	Snne08	You Say Tomato: Anglo-American Confusion – Art Deco – Jazz Titles – Defective Verbs	Michael Rosen Neil George	27:44, 13002, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
08-Aug-2003	Snne01	It’s All Going Swimmingly	Michael Rosen	-
15-Aug-2003	Snne02	Oxymoron – Wigs and merkins – Clean Language – Ira Gershwin	Michael Rosen Michael Namblin	27:37, 12946, S
22-Aug-2003	Snne03	It’s Not Cricket – Forbidden words – euro or euros	Michael Rosen Tom Alban	27:40, 12974, S
29-Aug-2003	Snne04	Dog Days and Nights – Beatle Lyrics – Contested Language – Shakespeare Glossary	Michael Rosen Michael Namblin	27:45, 13009, S
05-Sep-2003	Snne05	Losing accents at school – American political language – tranklement – Interpol – Movie ratings	Michael Rosen Simon Elmes	27:37, 12950, S
12-Sep-2003	Snne06	Grammar / Molesworth – Spaniards in the Works – architects and buildings	Michael Rosen Maria Burgess	27:56, 13095, S
19-Sep-2003	Snne07	Viral attack: hacking language – clippings – Coup d’etat – bed coverings	Michael Rosen Maria Burgess	28:01, 13139, S
26-Sep-2003	Snne08	Come Together: Beatles competition – subtitles – dressing room talks – military occupations	Michael Rosen Paul Coperack	27:57, 13109, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
05-Dec-2003	Snne01	Back to Basics – Feet – political words – survey of current English dialects	Michael Rosen Tom Alban	27:48, 13038, S
12-Dec-2003	Snne02	What Is the Point? – naughty bits – Prime Ministers’ scripts – seasonal period foods/greetings	Michael Rosen Neil George	27:58, 19665, S
19-Dec-2003	Snne03	Cats and Dogs: Rain words – Brummie – Patois	Michael Rosen Paul Coperack	27:58, 19673, S
26-Dec-2003	Snne04	Epics – Speed Dating – Language of Youth – Whatever	Michael Rosen Neil George	28:02, 19720, S
02-Jan-2004	Snne05	Armour – Icons – Adjectivitis – “We got him”	Michael Rosen Tom Alban	28:03, 19733, S
09-Jan-2004	Snne06	Neologisms of Another Age – IQ tests – Ned culture – Head and Heart	Michael Rosen Jane Wray	28:14, 19856, S
16-Jan-2004	Snne07	Dude – DJ’s names – S.J. Perelman Centenary – Chocolate	Michael Rosen Sarah-Jane Hall	27:50, 19577, S
23-Jan-2004	Snne08	Putdowns – Weaving – German borrowings from English – Body idioms competition	Michael Rosen Tom Alban	28:00, 19693, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
02-Apr-2004	Snne01	Diplomatic language – parts of speech (“Like” and adverbialisation) – words of farewell – Alistair Cooke	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	28:00, 26131, S
09-Apr-2004	Snne02	50th Anniversary of Rock around the Clock – Describing Jesus – Public statements – Naming of Wars	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:38, 25920, S
16-Apr-2004	Snne03	Wood words – Falconry – Dialects dying? – Police words	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	, , S
23-Apr-2004	Snne04	I Don’t Know – Stargazing – British Film – African Names	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:37, 25900, S
30-Apr-2004	Snne05	Move Over Darling – Sailing By – Medicospeak – Metrosexual	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:50, 26108, S
07-May-2004	Snne06	Naming the Opposition: Insurgent – Abracadabra – Alan Bennett at 70 – Surreal	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:55, 26181, S
14-May-2004	Snne07	Breakin’ Convention – Over Hill and Dale – Hinglish – Funny Talk	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:50, 26103, S
21-May-2004	Snne08	Listener’s New Words – Going Nuclear – Curate’s Egg – In the Moog	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:43, 25999, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
06-Aug-2004	Snne01	Photographers / Paparazzi – Recently Defunct Words Contest – Tanorexic – Summer Songs – Surfers	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:53, 26146, S
13-Aug-2004	Snne02	The Agones (verbal legacy of the ancient games) – Dead Words – Travel Guidebooks – Latin vs. vernacular vs. local plant names	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:50, 26099, S
20-Aug-2004	Snne03	Fundamentalism – What’s in a Name? – Curses! – All that Jazz	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:48, 26074, S
27-Aug-2004	Snne04	Actresses – Timber! – Vulnerable – Bon Mot	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:34, 25853, S
03-Sep-2004	Snne05	Wifi – Dismal Days – Deodorant – In the Glasshouse	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:50, 26103, S
10-Sep-2004	Snne06	Terror – Listener Questions – Jeremy Clarke – Pasta	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:54, 26161, S
17-Sep-2004	Snne07	Bereavement Words – Just the Job? – Gobbledygook – Trouser Talk	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:04, 25387, S
24-Sep-2004	Snne08	Going for Gold (Olympic Slogans) – In Memoriam – Right! – Party Conference words	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:53, 26143, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
03-Dec-2004	Snne01	Patois (with Jean Binta Breeze) – Music (with Marshall Marcus) – Plain English (with John Lister) – Bees (with Bee Wilson)	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:47, 26055, S
10-Dec-2004	Snne02	Nationalism – Napoli/Naples – The Passive Voice – Chav	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:49, 26082, S
17-Dec-2004	Snne03	Smittling – Lunch or Dinner – Scientific metaphors – Bells – Competition	Michael Rosen Frances Burns	27:32, 25822, S
24-Dec-2004	--	No programme	-	-
31-Dec-2004	Snne04	With Terry Jones, Michael Quinion, Lynda Mugglestone, Miles Kington	Michael Rosen Paul Dodson	27:56, 26194, S
07-Jan-2005	Snne05	Fitness terms, salt words, school mottos, used car dealers	Michael Rosen Frances Burns	27:35, 25876, S
14-Jan-2005	Snne06	Ballroom dancing words, tabloids, more counting sheep, snow sports	Michael Rosen Frances Burns	27:41, 25955, S
21-Jan-2005	Snne07	Bullets and guns, management speak, haitch, counting	Michael Rosen Frances Burns	27:50, 26100, S

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2005-2006

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
01-Apr-2005	Snne01	Superstitions and April Fool – Pet names – Human rights – Greatest words	Michael Rosen Sarah Davies	27:32, 25822, S
08-Apr-2005	Snne02	Eidophusicon – Election jargon – Cod/Codd – Dentistry – Smugglers and wreckers – Found poetry	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:04, 26320, S
15-Apr-2005	Snne03	Drinking Beer – Johnson’s Dictionary 250th Anniversary – Japanese – Punning	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:03, 26298, S
22-Apr-2005	Snne04	Found poetry – black slang dictionary – naming colours – South Asian names	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:59, 26237, S
29-Apr-2005	Snne05	Election speeches in other languages – Awards Season – Keep It or Bleep It – Proverbs in various languages – Morris dancing	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:01, 26270, S
06-May-2005	Snne06	Holocaust – Gey peeli-wally – Punning signs – scripted people	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:03, 26313, S
13-May-2005	Snne07	Soho: rhyming slang, immigrant words, bohemian lingo; Private Eye; Tin Pan Alley; musicians’ slang and group names; tee shirts	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:03, 26299, S
20-May-2005	Snne08	Globish – the value of vowels – text message poetry – keep it or bleep it – bird watchers – found poetry finale – consecutive two-letter words	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:59, 26240, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
05-Aug-2005	Snne01	When words fail us – malapropisms – summer novelty hits from the Continent – WOMBAC – language of electronic gaming	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:50, 26110, S
12-Aug-2005	Snne02	Food words and phrases	Matt Harvey Miles Ward	27:42, 25974, S
19-Aug-2005	Snne03	Political speech writers – WOMBAC – food writers revisited – bananas and banana words – evolution of politically correct phrases	Michael Rosen Miles Ward	27:50, 26095, S
26-Aug-2005	Snne04	Romany words – hobos – Coronation Street – Arab – job interviews	Michael Rosen Miles Ward	27:46, 26036, S
02-Sep-2005	Snne05	“Mate” in Australian Parliament – WOMBAC – Cornish language– synaesthesia– “A” for ox	Michael Rosen Sally Heaven and Toby Field	27:55, 26180, S
09-Sep-2005	Snne06	Paleontological nomenclature – book review words – why the Blues are blue – Talkaoke	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:51, 26117, S
16-Sep-2005	Snne07	Bumper stickers – Psychotherapy – Skydiving	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:04, 26318, S
23-Sep-2005	Snne08	Language of Breaking up – digests of books – weather forecasting – Adding words from other languages – WOMBAC winners	Michael Rosen Miles Ward	27:29, 25769, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
02-Dec-2005	Snne01	Iran elections – Islamic words – American words: Sport vs. war – eBay listings – aphorisms	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:02, 26295, S
09-Dec-2005	Snne02	David Cameron’s language – the Outer Banks – aphorisms – John Lennon’s words	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:56, 26198, S
16-Dec-2005	Snne03	Theatrical Words – Pantomime – Stage Names	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:02, 26293, S
23-Dec-2005	Snne04	Talking to Father Christmas – Naming of Toys – Conversations with Angels – Cracker jokes	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:03, 26300, S
30-Dec-2005	Snne05	Great Word of Mouth New Year Pub Quiz	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:49, 26088, S
06-Dec-2005	Snne06	Special Equestrian Edition	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:00, 26255, S
13-Dec-2005	Snne07	Sir Min(g/z)is Campbell, bingo lingo, buzzword bingo, Offlish, Empress of the Style Invitational	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:46, 26046, S
20-Dec-2005	Snne08	Language personalities – BSL – the smallest language – words for sadness	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:07, 26363, S
27-Dec-2005	Snne09	Language of computers –British National Corpus and 100 million words – talking computers – dictionaraoke – aphorism winner	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:10, 26410, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
04-Apr-2006	Snne01	Blogging – Keyboard characters – Like a Hole in the Head – Football overseas	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	28:12, 26451, S
11-Apr-2006	Snne02	Poker and Bridge – Crossword setters and pseudonyms – King James Bible – updating religious language	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	28:02, 26292, S
18-Apr-2006	Snne03	Bluetooth words – Centenary of San Francisco Earthquake – Kenning and advertising – songwriters and suburbia	Matt Harvey Mark Smalley	28:15, 26486, S
25-Apr-2006	Snne04	Trademarks – Welsh national database of terms – Public announcements and stressed prepositions	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	28:00, 26258, S
02-May-2006	Snne05	Trade unions – Rock music journalism – Comedy catch phrases	Michael Rosen Sally Heaven and Tony Field	28:02, 26294, S
09-May-2006	Snne06	Limericks for every word – sound effects in comics – talking to aliens – talking to teenagers	Michael Rosen Sally Heaven and Tony Field	28:11, 26424, S
16-May-2006	Snne07	Examinations – Libraries – Language of rows – Onomatiophobia	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:05, 26340, S
23-May-2006	Snne08	Naming things after people – Hand gestures – fizzy drinks – Simile Contest	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:03, 26312, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
08-Aug-2006	Snne01	Ceasefire – Spanglish and Franglais – Language of opinion polls – Etymology unknown	Matt Harvey Peter Everett	28:02, 26287, S
15-Aug-2006	Snne02	Preserving linguistic purity – Holiday postcards – Classic chat-up lines	Matt Harvey Peter Everett	28:04, 26318, S
22-Aug-2006	Snne03	Tamper – Funniest accent in Britain – Auctioneers – Animal noises in other languages	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:01, 26282, S
29-Aug-2006	Snne04	Fitness – Writers into adjectives – Computer telling jokes – Etymology unknown – goolie-chit	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:42, 25978, S
05-Sep-2006	Snne05	Organic – oozlebart – squinting and Australian accent – a new national anthem	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:09, 26402, S
12-Sep-2006	Snne06	Deadline – Nicknames on the Docks – Function creep on mobile – Tony Blair’s language	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:03, 26302, S
19-Sep-2006	Snne07	London Fashion Week	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:05, 26329, S
26-Sep-2006	Snne08	Bung – prison slang – death euphemism – new national anthem	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:51, 26113, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
05-Dec-2006	Snne01	Hinglish – Polonium – There Ought to be a Name for It – Biomedical terms	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:46, 26046, S
12-Dec-2006	Snne02	Diamonds – Burkini – Body words – Offensive language	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:45, 26028, S
19-Dec-2006	Snne03	Step relations – Whitewash – Hanukkah – Perfume names	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:20, 25641, S
26-Dec-2006	Snne04	Down at the dump – Board games – Couch potato – Scouting centenary – singular plural	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:21, 25658, S
02-Jan-2007	Snne05	Word of the year – political words	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:56, 26197, S
09-Jan-2007	Snne06	WW I recordings of Alois Brandl – backslang – square dance calling	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:36, 25880, S
16-Jan-2007	Snne07	Chimera – blend-words – nifty tags – voice training and the belly	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:48, 26075, S
23-Jan-2007	Snne08	Radio DJs – glossalalia – There Ought to be a Name for It	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:50, 26100, S

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2007-2008

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
10-Apr-2007	Snne01	Language of war – 21st century proverbs – English as a second language – origin of Easter – eggcorns	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:48, 26068, S
17-Apr-2007	Snne02	Subatomic physics – depression – proverbs – helping people with speech disorders	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:43, 25990, S
24-Apr-2007	Snne03	Edu babble – elocution teachers – proverbs – snappy church slogans	John Lloyd Jolian Jenkins	27:58, 26229, S
01-May-2007	Snne04	Verbifying – cremains – Word of the Day – Jane Austen’s Latinate words – Pun-off competition	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:43, 25998, S
08-May-2007	Snne05	Circus words – being persuasive – portrait photographers – proverbs	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:48, 26073, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
07-Aug-2007	Snne01	Teenspeak – speaking with children	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:43, 25995, S
13-Aug-2007 19-Sep-2007 rpt	Snne02	Words and power – religious and philosophic words in politics	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:30, 25789, S
21-Aug-2007 01-Jan-2007	Snne03	Stickability – New Words – Football chants	John Lloyd Chris Ledgard	27:56, 26190, S
28-Aug-2007	Snne04	Carnival – language of meditation – stuttering and cluttering – legal language	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	28:10, 26419, S
04-Sep-2007	Snne05	Bilingualism – rugby and cricket microphones on the pitch	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	28:12, 26447, S
11-Sep-2007	Snne06	Meme – typewriters – Spanglish	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:52, 26139, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
20-Nov-2007	Snne01	Gaelic television -- words leaving the language -- SEO -- country music	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:42, 25974, S
27-Nov-2007	Snne02	Neologisms and the OED -- brand names -- inventing a language -- book titles	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:42, 25983, S
04-Dec-2007	Snne03	Playground rhymes	Michael Rosen Mark Smalley	27:59, 26239, S
11-Dec-2007	Snne04	Primary school literacy -- Dictionary of Slang -- military operation names	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:43, 25998, S
18-Dec-2007	Snne05	Belgium's Word Wars	Michael Rosen Simon Elmes	27:47, 26055, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
01-Apr-2008	snne01	Bad language	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	27:40, 25951, S
08-Apr-2008	snne02	Euphemisms, Malapropisms, Doctor Word -- may vs. might, Aphasia	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	27:33, 25831, S
15-Apr-2008	snne03	Romany, uncomfortable words, accents in Pop music, changes in meaning	Peggy Reynolds Beth O'Dea	27:30, 25795, S
22-Apr-2008	snne04	Nicknames, Given Names	John Lloyd Chris Ledgard	27:46, 26040, S
29-Apr-2008	snne05	Speech bubbles, cartoons, graphic novels, Dr Word	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:55, 26173, S
06-May-2008	snne06	Life and Death, forensic linguistics, aviation	Michael Rosen Sally Heaven	27:55, 26183, S
13-May-2008	snne07	China -- teaching Mandarin in the UK, other languages, Dr Word	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:55, 26181, S
20-May-2008	snne08	John Jamieson and the Scots Language	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:57, 26314, S

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Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
05-Aug-2008	snne01	Standups Taking Abuse -- Terms of Abuse in 11 countries -- Prime Minister's Questions -- Shakespeare's Insults -- Apologies -- Dr Word	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:38, 25922, S
12-Aug-2008	snne02	Vocal pitch and men's and women's voices -- Dr Word	Peggy Reynolds Jolyon Jenkins	27:51, 26112, S
19-Aug-2008	snne03	Language guardians -- blogs -- French words and phrases we are misusing -- Dr Word	Peggy Reynolds Chris Ledgard	27:58, 26224, S
26-Aug-2008	snne04	Whistling language -- global warming -- Foreign Accent Syndrome	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	26:40, 25001, S
02-Sep-2008	snne05	"um"  and "er" -- Dr Word	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:44, 26007, S
09-Sep-2008	snne06	Medical communications, pain	Michael Rosen Sarah Langham	27:58, 26223, S
16-Sep-2008	snne07	selling, money, credit crunch	Michael Rosen Sarah Langham	27:34, 25849, S
25-Nov-2008	snne01	Animal communication	Michael Rosen Beatrice Fenton	27:36, 25885, S
02-Dec-2008	snne02	When speech breaks down	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:52, 26129, S
09-Dec-2008	snne03	Conversation	Michael Rosen Beatrice Fenton	27:48, 26077, S
16-Dec-2008	snne04	learning and speaking more than one language	Michael Rosen Isobel Eaton	27:59, 26242, S
23-Dec-2008	snne05	place names	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:35, 25870, S
30-Dec-2008	snne06	Pirates' language	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:54, 26169, S
06-Jan-2009	snne07	Importing Words into and Exporting words from English	Michael Rosen Beatrice Fenton	27:42, 25983, S
13-Jan-2009	snne08	Bad language and football, footballers teaching foreign languages, rap preserving the Berber language	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:53, 26155, S

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2009

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
07-Apr-2009	1	Spelling	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	28:03, 26300, S
14-Apr-2009	2	Storytelling	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	27:58, 26235, S
21-Apr-2009	3	Latin makes a comeback, the word "like", literacy on radio	Michael Rosen John Byrne	27:59, 26248, S
28-Apr-2009	4	A map of Portsmouth using the vernacular, British Museum map of dialects, the Northumbrian burr	Michael Rosen John Byrne	27:46, 26041, S
05-May-2009	5	Snark - being snide on the Internet	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:45, 26025, S
12-May-2009	6	Theatre of the Mind - Elizabethan Theatre, Radio Drama	Michael Rosen Beatrice Fenton	27:58, 26229, S
14-Jul-2009	1	Music	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:32, 25824, S
21-Jul-2009	2	hypnosis, brainwashing and the recruiting language of cults	Chris Ledgard Beatrice Fenton	28:01, 26276, S
28-Jul-2009	3	we really are different in different languages	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:35, 25860, S
04-Aug-2009	4	Giving a presentation'	Chris Ledgard Jolyon Jenkins	27:58, 26222, S
11-Aug-2009	5	The dentist's chair, the taxi rear seat, the hairdresser's salon	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:40, 25950, S
18-Aug-2009	6	The Plain English Campaign	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:45, 26017, S
17-Nov-2009	1	the rise and fall of the language that became synonymous with communism	Michael Rosen Sarah Jane Hall	28:08, 26390, S
24-Nov-2009	2	coded language	Michael Rosen Beatrice Fenton	27:30, 25786, S
01-Dec-2009	3	whether English is one language or a thousand	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:50, 26107, S
08-Dec-2009	4	consultants who will teach you how to speak more clearly	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:38, 25920, S
15-Dec-2009	5	George Orwell's rules for writing about politics	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:49, 26083, S
22-Dec-2009	6	why jokes are funny	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:47, 26052, S
29-Dec-2009	7	silence	Michael Rosen Mark Harrison	27:52, 26129, S
05-Jan-2010	8	invented and constructed languages	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	28:04, 26325, S
12-Jan-2010	9	lying	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	27:56, 26192, S
23-Mar-2010	1	apologies	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	27:53, 26151, S
30-Mar-2010	2	style guides and word power	Michael Rosen Jolyon Jenkins	28:00, 26260, S
06-Apr-2010	3	the language of the natural world	Michael Rosen Paul Dodgson	27:51, 26120, S
13-Apr-2010	4	voiceoverland	Chris Ledgard Sarah Langham	28:00, 26251, S
20-Apr-2010	5	the Chinese and English languages	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:50, 26095, S
27-Apr-2010	6	language used by and about disabled people	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:55, 26183, S
04-May-2010	7	flavour and taste	Michael Rosen Jack Rampling	27:43, 25990, S
17-May-2010	8	the language of football	Michael Rosen Beatrice Fenton	27:29, 25775, S
20-Jul-2010	1	ways in which deaf people communicate	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:59, 26238, S
27-Jul-2010	2	the world of the inner monologue	Chris Ledgard Miles Warde	27:48, 26075, S
03-Aug-2010	3	the rise in popularity of storytelling	Chris Ledgard Paul Dodgson	27:57, 26218, S
10-Aug-2010	4	the value of dumbing down	Chris Ledgard Miles Warde	27:37, 25899, S
17-Aug-2010	5	Body Language	Chris Ledgard Beatrice Fenton	27:29, 25771, S
24-Aug-2010	6	the search for translators for London 2012	Chris Ledgard Miles Warde	27:51, 26117, S
31-Aug-2010	7	maintaining global linguistic diversity	Chris Ledgard Paul Dodgson	27:50, 26102, S
07-Sep-2010	8	Voices for Posterity	Chris Ledgard Beatrice Fenton	27:28, 25762, S
21-Dec-2010	1	the first history of English exhibition at the British Library	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:52, 26140, S
28-Dec-2010	2	the language of travel and tourism	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:51, 26113, S
04-Jan-2011	3	the last fifty years of the song-lyric	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:43, 26000, S
11-Jan-2011	4	the microphone	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:54, 26160, S
18-Jan-2011	5	Approval -- Disapproval	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:57, 26219, S
25-Jan-2011	6	the sub-editor	Michael Rosen Peter Everett	27:53, 26143, S

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2011

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
22-Mar-2011	1	ESOL English language classes	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:53, 26143, S
29-Mar-2011	2	Language Endangerment Conference	Michael Rosen Beatrice Fenton	27:51, 26116, S
05-Apr-2011	3	language and sport	Michael Rosen John Byrne	27:45, 26026, S
12-Apr-2011	4	politeness	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:40, 25952, S
19-Apr-2011	5	Academic English	Chris Ledgard	27:58, 26235, S
26-Apr-2011	6	Speakers' Corner	Chris Ledgard Beatrice Fenton	27:41, 25957, S
03-May-2011	7	the art of the interview	Michael Rosen John Byrne	27:50, 26097, S
10-May-2011	8	the mysterious art of shorthand	Michael Rosen Luke Hollands	27:28, 25764, S
19-Jul-2011	1	Students are no longer choosing to study modern foreign languages	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:23, 25632, S
26-Jul-2011	2	Surnames	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:37, 25839, S
02-Aug-2011	3	Les Barker, a Mancunian who's fallen in love with the Welsh language	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:34, 25797, S
09-Aug-2011	4	talking newspapers	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:41, 25904, S
16-Aug-2011	5	Voice Recognition	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:17, 25543, S
23-Aug-2011	6	Counting Word Incidences	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:45, 25970, S
30-Aug-2011	7	English As a Lingua Franca	Chris Ledgard	27:24, 25645, S
07-Sep-2011	8	Being overheard	Chris Ledgard	27:35, 25816, S
20-Dec-2011	1	Bonds and Bailouts - the language of the financial markets	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:50, 26045, S
27-Dec-2011	2	But I've Got a Degree!	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:45, 25965, S
03-Jan-2012	3	Comparing the way we bring up children and train dogs	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	28:00, 26201, S
10-Jan-2012	4	Stories from other cultures	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	28:00, 26198, S
17-Jan-2012	5	Public speaking, show and tell	Michael Rosen Toby Field	27:20, 25574, S
24-Jan-2012	6	Teens and TV, literally	Michael Rosen Toby Field	27:26, 25675, S
20-Mar-2012	1	a load of nonsense	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:51, 26067, S
27-Mar-2012	2	Textspeak	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:43, 25944, S
03-Apr-2012	3	The Queen's Speech	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:20, 25578, S
10-Apr-2012	4	Academic stand-up and cognitive development	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:46, 25988, S
17-Apr-2012	5	how trademark law can control the language of the games	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:33, 25780, S
24-Apr-2012	6	Losing Your Parents' Language	Michael Rosen Beth O'Dea	27:58, 26170, S
01-May-2012	7	Interpreting	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:33, 25788, S
08-May-2012	8	Chugger Chat	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:52, 26073, S
17-Jul-2012	1	Asking the Right Question	Chris Ledgard Producer: Polly Procter	27:48, 26016, S
24-Jul-2012	2	Talking a Good Game	Chris Ledgard Producer: Toby Field	24:28, 22908, S
31-Jul-2012	3	The Language of Carers	Chris Ledgard Producer: John Byrne	27:42, 25931, S
07-Aug-2012	4	Brussels - A Language Story	Chris Ledgard	27:47, 26003, S
14-Aug-2012	5	Preaching	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:33, 25789, S
21-Aug-2012	6	listening to speech through noise	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:39, 25878, S
28-Aug-2012	7	Reading aloud	Chris Ledgard	27:46, 25986, S
04-Sep-2012	8	Conflict Resolution	Chris Ledgard Beth O'Dea	27:58, 26166, S
18-Dec-2012	1	Under the Influence	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:51, 26064, S
25-Dec-2012	2	the giving and receiving of compliments	Chris Ledgard John Byrne	27:33, 25779, S
01-Jan-2013	3	Stenography	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:50, 26053, S
08-Jan-2013	4	The language of bereavement and grief	Michael Rosen John Byrne	27:37, 25843, S
15-Jan-2013	5	Autism and Learning Difficulties	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:53, 26092, S
22-Jan-2013	6	Audio Books	Michael Rosen John Byrne	27:24, 25753, S

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  2013

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
19-Mar-2013	1	The University of Babel	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:55, 26148, S
26-Mar-2013	2	The Persuaders	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:52, 26101, S
02-Apr-2013	3	Speaking to Yourself	Michael Rosen Sally Heaven and Sarah Langan	27:41, 25988, S
09-Apr-2013	4	Language in India; politics and passion	Chris Ledgard	27:50, 26077, S
16-Apr-2013	5	Language and Politics in India	Chris Ledgard	27:53, 26161, S
23-Apr-2013	6	Instructions Instructions	Presenter: Michael Rosen Producer: Perminder Khatkar	27:31, 25786, S
30-Apr-2013	7	Accents Will Happen	Presenter: Michael Rosen Producer: Perminder Khatkar	27:32, 25802, S
07-May-2013	8	Names	Presenter: Michael Rosen Producer: Melvin Rickarby	27:31, 25774, S
14-May-2013	9	English and German	Michael Rosen Chris Ledgard	27:52, 26104, S
16-Jul-2013	1	How do you talk to an alien?	Chris Ledgard	27:37, 25850, S
23-Jul-2013	2	Babel	Chris Ledgard	27:27, 25689, S
30-Jul-2013	3	D is for Dictionary	Chris Ledgard Producer: Sarah Langan	27:49, 26030, S
06-Aug-2013	4	Misophonia, Mondegreens and Miscommunication	Chris Ledgard Producer: Sarah Langan	27:43, 25948, S
13-Aug-2013	5	Fashion	Chris Ledgard Producer: Sarah Langan	28:03, 26247, S
20-Aug-2013	6	Language Games	Chris Ledgard Producer: Melvin Rickarby	27:51, 26068, S
27-Aug-2013	7	Language Laws	Chris Ledgard Producer: Melvin Rickarby	27:55, 26120, S
03-Sep-2013	8	The Rise of the Political Soundbite	Chris Ledgard Producer: James Cook	27:54, 26116, S
17-Dec-2013	1	Prime Suspects	Michael Rosen Producer: Alasdair Cross	27:38, 25863, S
24-Dec-2013		no programme
30-Dec-2013	2	Kids TV	Michael Rosen Producers: Milly Chowles and Sarah Langan	27:24, 25648, S
31-Dec-2013	3	Baby Talk	Michael Rosen Sarah Langan	27:41, 25910, S

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2014

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
07-Jan-2014	4	Chimps and Language	Michael Rosen Producer: Mark Smalley	27:39, 25877, S
14-Jan-2014	5	Office Jargon	Michael Rosen Sarah Langan	27:59, 26190, S
21-Jan-2014	6	How accurate are scientific metaphors?	Michael Rosen Producer: James Cook	28:00, 26198, S
28-Jan-2014	7	Talking Terrorism	Michael Rosen Producer: Alasdair Cross	27:36, 25828, S
01-Apr-2014	1	Creating Characters	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:44, 25953, S
08-Apr-2014	2	Journalese	Michael Rosen Producer: Maggie Ayre	27:36, 25837, S
15-Apr-2014	3	Social Register	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:57, 26163, S
22-Apr-2014	4	Scots	Michael Rosen Producer: Maggie Ayre	27:47, 26000, S
29-Apr-2014	5	Time	Michael Rosen Producer: Perminder Khatkar	27:35, 25812, S
06-May-2014	6 podcast	Words That Wound	Michael Rosen Producer: Perminder Khatkar	27:09, 25472, S
13-May-2014	7 podcast	Reader, I Marinated Him - the language of food	Michael Rosen Producer: Tim Dee	27:39, 25936, S
15-Jul-2014	1 podcast	Weighing Your Words	Chris Ledgard	27:14, 25539, S
22-Jul-2014	2 podcast	Message in a Bottle	Chris Ledgard Produced by Stephen Garner	27:41, 25915, S
29-Jul-2014	3 podcast	Newspeak	Chris Ledgard produced by Isobel Eaton	27:54, 26107, S
05-Aug-2014	4	How the Telephone Rewired Us	Chris Ledgard Produced by Stephen Garner	27:28, 25706, S
12-Aug-2014	5	The Online Me	Gemma Cairney Producer Milly Chowles	27:21, 25600, S
19-Aug-2014	6	Talking About Cancer	Graham Joyce Producer Beth O'Dea	27:29, 25724, S
26-Aug-2014	7	Is the Double Entendre in Rude Health?	Arthur Bostrom Produced by Stephen Garner	27:42, 25922, S
02-Sep-2014	8	Speaking, Listening and the English GCSE	Chris Ledgard Producer Beth O'Dea	27:48, 26080, S
16-Dec-2014	1 podcast	First Words: How do children develop language?	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:18, 25606, S
23-Dec-2014	2 podcast	Ebola: How should we talk about it?	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:11, 25492, S
30-Dec-2014	3 podcast	Why do we laugh?	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:42, 25977, S

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2015

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
06-Jan-2015	4 podcast	How Is English Going to Change in the future?	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:26, 25723, S
13-Jan-2015	5 podcast	Philip Pullman and Michael Rosen talk about language and writing	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:51, 26127, S
20-Jan-2015	6 podcast	Are you really Somali? Using language to determine country of origin	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:21, 25655, S
27-Jan-2015	7 podcast	Prof Tanya Byron on the language parents use to talk to their children	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:38, 25917, S
07-Apr-2015	1 podcast	Landscape Language	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:33, 25837, S
14-Apr-2015	2 podcast	The Pedant	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:42, 25976, S
21-Apr-2015	3 podcast	A Language Without Words	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:21, 25658, S
28-Apr-2015	4 podcast	Naming Family Relationships - Step, Half or 'Blended'?	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:50, 26105, S
05-May-2015	5 podcast	Colour Words	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:12, 25506, S
12-May-2015	6 podcastt	Young Women as Linguistic Innovators	Michael Rosen Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery	27:12, 25515, S
19-May-2015	7 podcast	Food Connections Festival	Michael Rosen Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery	27:18, 26141, S
26-May-2015	8 podcast	Non-Verbal Communication	Michael Rosen Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery	27:09, 26003, S
15-Sep-2015	1 podcast	Number Words	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:08, 25452, S
22-Sep-2015	2 podcast	Reading: Print v eBooks	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:51, 26108, S
29-Sep-2015	3 podcast	Romance and Romanticism	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:41, 25951, S
06-Oct-2015	4 podcast	Inventing Brand Names	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:50, 26091, S
13-Oct-2015	5 podcast	The Alphabet	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:37, 25891, S
20-Oct-2015	6 podcast	Gorilla gorilla gorilla: Latin names for animals and plants	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:45, 26008, S
27-Oct-2015	7 podcast	Language Evolution: A Gene for Language?	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mary Ward-Lowery	27:44, 25998, S

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2016

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
19-Jan-2016	1	Slang	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:33, 25780, S
26-Jan-2016	2	How Shakespeare Spoke	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:50, 26036, S
02-Feb-2016	3	The Top 20 Words in English	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer:	27:35, 25809, S
09-Feb-2016	4	Taking Turns in Conversation	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:09, 25408, S
16-Feb-2016	5	Mouthpiece: Turning the Spoken Word into Songs	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:50, 26043, S
23-Feb-2016	6	Talking or texting?	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:33, 25775, S
01-Mar-2016	7	Tip of the Tongue	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Melvin Rickarby	27:34, 25792, S
05-Apr-2016	1	Steven Pinker on Language	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:48, 26019, S
12-Apr-2016	2	House Names	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:52, 26072, S
19-Apr-2016	3	Metaphors for the Past: From Dinosaurs to Victorian Values	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:26, 25672, S
26-Apr-2016	4	PR - How Not To Do It	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:52, 26079, S
03-May-2016	5	Roald Dahl's Language	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:52, 26078, S
10-May-2016	6	Snuck and Sung: Irregular Verbs	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:43, 25935, S
17-May-2016	7	Andrew Graham-Dixon on the naming of art movements	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:27, 25681, S
24-May-2016	8	Punctuation	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:46, 25990, S
06-Sep-2016	1	Break Ups and Brexit	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Kirsty McQuire	27:43, 25942, S
13-Sep-2016	2	Lost Words and Secret Connections	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Kirsty McQuire	27:39, 25872, S
20-Sep-2016	3	Directions -- North South East and West	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	28:00, 26202, S
27-Sep-2016	4	Small Talk	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:35, 25810, S
04-Oct-2016	5	Snotrils and Jumpolines: Kids' Invented Words	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:46, 25987, S
11-Oct-2016	6	Reading: The Science and the Pleasure	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:32, 25772, S
18-Oct-2016	7	Susie Dent on Language	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:24, 25648, S

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2017

Date	Episode	Title	Cast	Parameters
31-Jan-2017	1	Words Roadshow in Birmingham	Michael Rosen, Esther Asprey Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:27, 25680, S
07-Feb-2017	2	Pet or Pest? The revealing words we use about animals	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:37, 25838, S
14-Feb-2017	3	Intonation: The Music of Speaking	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:48, 26015, S
21-Feb-2017	4	Emoji: The Future of Language?	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:54, 26119, S
28-Feb-2017	5	Like, Totally Awesome: The Americanisation of English	Michael Rosen, Matthew Engel, Lynne Murphy Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:56, 26139, S
11-Apr-2017	1	Frenchified: The Influence of French on English	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	26:52, 25134, S
18-Apr-2017	2	How Countries Got Their Names	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:04, 25333, S
25-Apr-2017	3	Jacqueline Wilson talks to Michael Rosen about language	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:58, 26245, S
02-May-2017	4	Cucks, snowflakes and virtue signalling: the new US political lexicon	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:20, 25586, S
09-May-2017	5	The Postbag Edition	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Sarah Addezio	27:34, 25870, S
16-May-2017	6	Game On: The Language of Video Games	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Sarah Addezio	27:41, 25904, S
23-May-2017	7	David Walliams Special	Michael Rosen, David Walliams Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:52, 26077, S
12-Sep-2017	1	Eat My Words: How to Describe Food Flavours	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:49, 26103, S
19-Sep-2017	2	Malorie Blackman on Language	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:49, 26090, S
26-Sep-2017	3	Are we all speaking football?	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Sally Heaven	27:37, 25845, S
03-Oct-2017	4	Autism and Communication	Michael Rosen Producer: Sally Heaven	27:33, 25778, S
10-Oct-2017	5	Wild Words	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:25, 25653, S
17-Oct-2017	6	Language and Our Genes with Dr Steve Jones	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Sally Heaven	27:19, 25569, S
24-Oct-2017	7	Pub Names	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:29, 25714, S
16-Jan-2018	1	Hello! Is it me you're looking for? - The art of greetings	Michael Rosen, David Walliams Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:54, 26179, S
23-Jan-2018	2	Michael Gets Voice Training	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:48, 26075, S
30-Jan-2018	3	Best wishes, kind regards or none of the above?	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Sally Heaven	27:29, 25788, S
06-Feb-2018	4	Naming Diseases	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Sarah Addezio	27:34, 25860, S
13-Feb-2018	5	Language and Gender Identity	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:37, 25902, S
20-Feb-2018	6	Haggard Hawks	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Mair Bosworth	27:45, 26036, S
10-Apr-2018	1	Words Apart	Michael Rosen Producer: James Cook and Beth O'Dea	27:33, 25843, S
17-Apr-2018	2	Not My Type	Michael Rosen Producer: Rebecca Ripley	27:44, 26017, S
24-Apr-2018	3	Naming Emotions	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:46, 26045, S
01-May-2018	4	Me, Myself & AI	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Eliza Lomas & Sally Heaven	27:36, 25830, S
08-May-2018	5	The Words That Saved Me	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Sally Heaven	27:51, 26056, S
15-May-2018	6	How to talk like a Samaritan	Michael Rosen Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:44, 26016, S
22-May-2018	7	Shop Names	Michael Rosen, Laura Wright Producer: Beth O'Dea	27:50, 26038, S

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