My Word - Series 36 Omnibus (Part Two)

Three episodes concluding the thirty-sixth series of the BBC Radio Four comedy panel show My Word, originally broadcast in early 1986, featuring Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Dilys Powell and Antonia Fraser with host Michael O'Donnell. Gay Search stands in for the absent Antonia Fraser in episode 5. 0:00 - Series 36 Episode 5, 28th January 1986 Garland Of Flowers: Rose, Tigerlily, Larkspur, Daisies; Violet Pallid Blue; Marguerite Gautier; Sporting Grocer Distinctions: Instinct & Intuition, Meticulous & Pernickety, Delusion & Illusion, Sensual & Sensuous Creative Impulses Double Definitions: Patently Obvious & Cargo Inventory, Achieve Agreement & High-Backed Bench, Sieve & Conundrum, Sensual Perception & Fleet Street Shock Phrases: "I wonder who's kissing her now...", "It's a long lane that has no turning..." 27:05 - Series 36 Episode 6, 4th February 1986 Allsorts: Islands Of Langerhans, Do Nine Men Interpret Nine Men I Nod, Harry S Truman, Quite Excellent & Quite Good Distinctions: Authentic & Genuine, Revenge & Vengeance, Convince & Persuade, Further & Farther Historical Events Trinomials: All The Bits & Pieces, Excommunicatory Impedimenta, Cary Grant & Gregory Peck, Temperamentally Temperate Phrases: "There's no business like showbusiness...", "If they asked me, I could write a book..." 54:12 - Series 36 Episode 7, 11th February 1986 What's In Common: Gromp, Boondock, Squidger, Squopping; Johan G. Zinn, Michel Begon, Alexander Garden; Gilbert, Richard, Edmund, Margaret, Joan, Anne; Clinkers, Conker Bells, Daglets, Spickets, Tankles Origins: Steal One's Thunder, Hooligan, Lackadaisical, Toodle-oo Eponyms Rhyming Chiming: In Jumbled Confusion, Ill-Tempered Disagreement, Suspiciously Underhand Behaviour, Lovably Rotund Phrases: "Treasure Island...", "Never give a sucker an even break..."