Four surviving episodes concluding the twenty-first series of the BBC Radio Four comedy panel show My Word, originally broadcast in late 1970, featuring Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Dilys Powell and Anne Scott-James with host Jack Longland.
0:00 - Series 21 Episode 5, 5th November 1970
Definitions: Palmiped, Nattier Blue, Somatic, Ghoul
Origins: Hock, Puce, Percheron, Adelphi
Characters: Charles Swann & Odette De Crécy, Stephen Dedalus, Arthur Corkran, Nicholas Nickleby's Father
Phrases: "Where there's a will, there's a way...", "They also serve who only stand and wait..."
25:40 - Series 21 Episode 6, 12th November 1970
Definitions: Aviate, Pyknic, Wilding, Baldmoney
Odds & Ends: Costa Brava & Costa Del Sol, Margaretha Zelle, Mardi Gras, Swedish Match King
Origins: Crisis, Lucky Break, Furtive, Havoc
Phrases: "Look before you leap...", "I ain't got nobody and there's nobody cares for me..."
51:20 - Series 21 Episode 11, 17th December 1970
Definitions: Gobbledegook, Pupa, Rosace, Arriviste
Who, Why & What: World's Southernmost Town, Mothering The Cups, James Bothwell, Twitchbell
Differences: Lashcar & Lasher, Tawdry & Bawdry, Pemmican & Pentagram, Pizzicato & Pixilated
Phrases: "It matters not that you win or lose, but how you play the game...", "Circumstances alter cases..."
1:17:00 - Series 21 Episode 13, 31st December 1970
Definitions: Galatea, Piolet, Pincette, Pinole
Quotations: "Do noble things, not dream them all day long...", "Alone and palely loitering...", "All's right with the world...", "Great chieftain o' the puddin-race..."
Who, Why & What: Noblesse Oblige, Sideburns, Miniature, Lancelot Brown
Phrases: "His word is as good as his bond...", "Not with a bang but with a whimper..."