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Michael Rosen presents Radio 4's open door on the world of words and the way we speak.
Email:
word.of.mouth@bbc.co.uk
Write to:
Word of Mouth,
BBC Radio 4,
Bristol BS8 2LR
Phone:
08700 100400
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LISTEN AGAIN |
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PRESENTER |
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"As a child, I was surrounded by people talking about words and language, my
parents and brother spoke several languages. What's more the house always
seemed to be full of people telling stories and jokes, many of which turned
on some word-play or other.
I've been writing poems and stories since I was sixteen and if that doesn't
sensitise you to how language is used then nothing will. So with all that,
to present Word of Mouth feels like being at home. I love it."
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PROGRAMME DETAILS |
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Michael Rosen arrives with his guests Dylan Winter, Bella Bathurst, John Dowling and Matt Harvey, carrying between them a dentist’s chair, a smuggler’s hat containing a pound of tea, the collected poems of Donald Rumsfeld and an eidophusicon. If that sounds like codswallop, he’ll be talking about that too (apparently it was invented by Hiram C. Codd).
'Keep It or Bleep It' gathers up the words and phrases you want to preserve for posterity, or throw out once and for all.
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