Language, Linguistics, Lexicography

Last Edited: 19-Jul-2011 A Global British Comedy Collaborative document. Edited by John Lucas

General Language

Fry's English Delight

Date Title Cast Parameters Location Status
19-May-2003
20-May-2003
21-May-2003
22-May-2003
23-May-2003
 As Easy as ABC
  1. Getting Sorted
  2. A Isn’t for Apple
  3. Latecomers to the Alphabet Ball
  4. Letters Have Birthdays
  5. The Perfect B
 Lynne Truss
Produced by Angela Hind
 14:01, 6578, S
13:53, 6512, S
13:51, 6499, S
13:25, 6293, S
13:32, 6347, S
 PC D/L
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26-Sep-2006
 Funeral Sentences
The Language of Death		 Produced by Alan Hall
 28:13, 26465, S
 BBC 4 web
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07-Apr-2006
20-Dec-2006
 Alpha Bravo Yankee Zulu
The Phonetic Alphabet		 Researched by Leo Sedgley
Produced by David Roper
 28:13, 26467, S
 BBC 4 web
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04-Jan-2000
to
07-Jan-2004
R7:
16-Oct-2006
to
19-Oct-2006
 Art of Rhetoric
  1. Rules of Rhetoric
  2. Politicians and Persuasion
  3. Moving Minds
  4. Speech and Spin
 Simon Hoggart
Produced by Sue Foster and Simon Elmes
 13:41, 12833, S
13:48, 12938, S
13:31, 12683, S
13:48, 12953, S
 BBC 4 web
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R7:
03-Jul-2006
to
06-Jul-2006
 As Soon as I Open My Mouth
  1. Potato, Potahto
  2.  
  3. Street Talk, Posh Talk
  4. Wha D’ye Say
 Kim Normanton
Produced by Tessa Watt
 14:51, 13923, S
14:48, 12878, S
14:43, 13806, S
14:40, 13766, S
 BBC 4 web
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01-Apr-2008
 Rise of the Footnote Ben Schott, Terry Pratchett and Lynne Truss
Produced by Nicola Barringer		 28:15, 26486, S BBC 4 web G
08-Mar-2011

Calibrated Conundrums -- puzzling scientific terms

 Lynne Truss
Produced by Erica Wright		 27:50, 26098, S BBC R4 G

Linguistics

Date Title Cast Parameters Location Status
03-Dec-2002
to
31-Dec-2003
repeated 4 & 7:
23-Aug-2004
to
27-Aug-2004		 Cutting a Dash
  1. The Endangered Apostrophe
  2. Changing Gear, The Comma
  3. And Another Thing: Colons and Semicolons
  4. Listen to Me When I’m Writing!
  5. Punctuating the Future
 Lynne Truss
Produced by Penny Vines
 14:02, 13161, S
13:51, 12989, S
14:08, 13260, S
13:58, 13100, S
13:56, 13078, S
 BBC 7 Web
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25-Sep-2002
02-Oct-2002
09-Oct-2002		 Lost for Words
  1. Australian Aboriginal Languages
  2. Hawaiian Language Preservation
  3. What Is Being Lost?
 Gavin Esler
Produced by Amber Dawson/
Adam Fowler
 27:59, 6561, m
27:54, 6541, m
27:54, 6540, m
 PC D/L
 G
1999
R7:
22-Dec-2004		 The Christmas Dictionary Quiz Michael Rosen-Sue Limb,
Lynne Truss-Steve Punt
Frank Delaney, The Nimmo Twins		 28:06, 26355, S BBC 7 web G
06-Jul-2005 Textual Evidence
Forensic Linguistics		 P D James
Produced by Clynos [?] Jones		 27:39, 25924, S BBC 4 web G
03-Jan-2006
 The Joy of Gibberish
 Stephen Fry
Produced by Ian Guardhouse
 28:13, 26459, S
 BBC 4 web G
01-Feb-2006
08-Feb-2006		 Say What You Think
Why learning languages is easy or difficult		 Mark Lythgoe
Produced by Michaelle Martin		 28:02, 26288, S
28:06, 26356, S		 BBC 4 web G

Routes of English

Date
 Episode Title
 Cast
 Parameters
 Location
 Status
06-Jul-2000
 S01e01
 Home
        
13-Jul-2000
 S01e02
 The Dawn of English
        
20-Jul-2000
 S01e03
 France and English
        
27-Jul-2000
 S01e04
 Taba Russell Davies Inn to Canterbury
        
03-Aug-2000
 S01e05
 The Power of English and the English of Power
        
10-Aug-2000
 S01e06
 Import/Export
        
17-Aug-2000
 S02e01
 Coining It
        
24-Aug-2000
 S02e02
 Language at Play
        
31-Aug-2000
 S02e03
 A Better Class of Language
        
07-Sep-2000
 S02e04
 Unspeakable English
        
14-Sep-2000
 S02e05
 Freezing the River
        
21-Sep-2000
 S02e06
 A World of Many Englishes
        
23-Nov-2000
 S03e01
 Pitmatic
        
30-Nov-2000
 S03e02
 Stroke City
        
07-Dec-2000
 S03e03
 Cornwall
        
14-Dec-2000
 S03e04
 No Pigeon
        
21-Dec-2000
 S03e05
 Oswestry
        
28-Dec-2000
 S03e06
 Conclusion
        
06-Sep-2001
 S04e01
 What Is Spanglish?
        
13-Sep-2001
 S04e02
 Raj to Riches English
        
20-Sep-2001
 S04e03
 The Hurricane Speaks
        
27-Sep-2001
 S04e04
 Beyond the Cringe (Australian)
 Melvyn Bragg
Simon Elmes
 27:48, 6520, m
 PC D/L
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04-Oct-2001
 S04e05
 The Long Trek to Freedom
        
11-Oct-2001
 S04e06
 Whose English Is It, Anyway?
 Melvyn Bragg
Simon Elmes
 28:01, 6568, m
 PC D/L
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26-Dec-2001
 Special
 Talking Posh
 Melvyn Bragg
Bela Bannerman
 28:04, 6581, m
 PC D/L
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24-Jan-2005
 Special
 Churchill’s Roar
 Melvyn Bragg
Produced by Simon Elmes
 27:48, 26068, S
 BBC 4 web
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05-May-2006
 Special
 Inside English – Do You Know What You Are Saying?
 Melvyn Bragg
Produced by Tom Alban
 27:53, 26154, S
 BBC 4 web
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Word of Mouth

Word 4 Word

Date
 Title
 Cast
 Parameters
 Location
 Status
19-Jan-2005
 Pilot
 Experience of dialect
 Dermot Murnaghan
Simon Elmes
 42:02, 39420, S
 BBC 4 web
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03-Aug-2005
 S01e01
 New Kids on the Block?
 Dermot Murnaghan
Simon Elmes
Produced by Lawrence Grizzell
 41:54, 39295, S
 BBC 4 web
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10-Aug-2005
 S01e02
 Strong Language
 Dermot Murnaghan
Simon Elmes
Produced by Lawrence Grizzell
 42:17, 39642, S
 BBC 4 web
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17-Aug-2005
 S01e03
 Estuary English
 Dermot Murnaghan
Simon Elmes
Produced by Lawrence Grizzell
 42:16, 39629, S
 BBC 4 web
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24-Aug-2005
 S01e04
 Correctness
 Dermot Murnaghan
Simon Elmes
 42:17, 39642, S
 BBC 4 web
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31-Aug-2005
 S01e05
 Under the Influence
 Dermot Murnaghan
Simon Elmes
 41:50, 39236, S
 BBC 4 web
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07-Aug-2005
 S01e06
 Friends, Neighbours and Big Brothers
 Dermot Murnaghan
Simon Elmes
 41:42, 39101, S
 BBC 4 web
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Lexicography

Date

Title

Cast

Parameters

Location

Status

19-Jul-2003
26-Jul-2003

Swallowing the Dictionary
75th Anniversary of the OED

Richard Coles
Produced by Nick Eutakin

27:50, 13054, m
28:03, 13150, m

PC D/L

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29-May-2005
05-Jun-2005
12-Jun-2005

Hail to the Harmless Drudge
250th Anniversary of Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary

Simon Winchester, Alan Downie, Joe Farrell
Produced by Simon Dee

14:12, 13315, S
13:46, 12915, S
13:57, 13095, S

BBC 4 web

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23-Oct-2007

A Dewey Decimal

Shaun Wallace
Produced by James Cook

28:18, 26544, S

BBC 4 web

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