My Word - Series 31 Omnibus (Part Two)

Описание: Four episodes concluding the thirty-first series of the BBC Radio Four comedy panel show My Word, originally broadcast in late 1980, featuring Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Dilys Powell and Antonia Fraser with host John Julius Norwich. In episode 9, Gillian Reynolds replaces the absent Antonia Fraser.

0:00 - Series 31 Episode 6, 2nd November 1980
Definitions: Zonesthesia, Misodoctakleidist, Insecable, Discalceate
What's In Common: Nimptopsical, Cherubimical, Bibacious; Samuel Pepys, A Provincial Lady, A Nobody; Tug Of War, Rowing, Retiring Before Royalty; Three-Leaf Clover, Over The Falls, Non-Stop Lift, Around The World
Three Word Quotations: The Moving Finger, Showery Flowery Bowery, An Empty Dream, A Cannon Ball
Original Titles: The Sea Cook, Mag's Diversions, First Impressions, Tenderness
Phrases: "Half a loaf is better than no bread...", "I'm dancing with tears in my eyes..."

26:55 - Series 31 Episode 9, 23rd November 1980
Victorian Vulgarisms: Fly A Flag Of Distress, Horse With Devotional Habits, Monkey's Allowance, Louse Trap
Two Out Of Three: Susanna Hall, Judith Quiney; Dog, Walnut Tree; Isosceles, Equilateral; Officers & Gentlemen, Men At Arms
Miscellaneous Monosyllables: Parts Of Body, Clothing, Farm Animals, Tools
Poetical Pairings: Starry Skies, Unfathomed Caves, Innumerable Bees, Mazy Motion
Phrases: "A sadder and a wiser man...", "Nothing succeeds like success..."

54:15 - Series 31 Episode 11, 7th December 1980
Phobias: Dromophobia, Iatrophobia, Amaxophobia, Belonephobia
Bits & Pieces: Hackle, Maiden, Footman, Mother Of All; Helix, Pinna, Anvil, Labyrinth; Scroll, Belly, Bridge, Neck, G-String; First Home, Second Home, Third Home, Point
Literary Fashions: Gunga Din, The Devil, Miss Havisham, Pied Piper
Juvenile Conundrums: Frisbee & Prince of Wales, Cat & Comma, Hurt Child & Thundercloud, Angry Impresario & Julius Caesar's Barber
Verbal Ingenuity: Procrastinate vs Reinforced Concrete, Abracadabra vs Women's Liberation, Idiosyncratic vs Cooking With Garlic, ICBM vs Brigitte Bardot
Identifications
Homophones: Unwelcome Offshoot & Humanitarian First Aid, Interfere & Decoration, Flaxen Cloth & Politically Solicit, Stridulate & Water Cul-De-Sac

1:21:34 - Series 31 Episode 12, 14th December 1980
Odd Man Out: Snails, Sugar, Frogs, Tails Of Puppy Dogs; Alice In Wonderland, Don Quixote, Rubáiyát Of Omar Khayyám, Around The World In Eighty Days; Port, Starboard, Chaplin's Malacca Cane; Foxes, Women, Minister, Red Riding Hood, Expectations
Hiding Places: Baby's Nappy, Christmas Goose, Statue Of The Virgin, Hotel Room Door
Poetical Requests: "Tell me the old old story...", "If I should die, think only this of me...", "And all I ask is a merry yarn...", "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
Double Definitions: Make Known & Strictly Personal, Of Unsound Legality & Valetudinarian, Decline & Detritus, Mass Of Land & Housetrained
Phrases: "All things bright and beautiful...", "Pardon me, boy, is that the Chattanooga choo-choo?"