Classic Radio - "My Word!"
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My Word! was a radio panel game broadcast by the BBC on the Home Service (1956–67) and Radio 4 (1967–88).It was created by Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane, and featured comic writers Denis Norden and Frank Muir.
The two teams faced questions devised by Mason, primarily word games and literary quizzes covering vocabulary, etymology, snippets of poetry, and the like. When stumped by a question, the contestants could be sure of receiving generous partial credit for a humorous answer of enough ingenuity.
These home recordings were made from radio broadcasts between 1999 and 2006.
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Reviewer: Thomas888 - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - June 4, 2022
Subject: Simple genius
My Word was a radio show which many might dismiss as pompous trivia, but was actually a delightful celebration of the English language used at its finest. The simplicity, imagination, finesse and true joy, that is still captivating now, delighted audiences around the globe in the wonderful era when radio was the main form of communication. Unfortunately these skills and minds have almost disappeared now, but thankfully they are still available here.
Their pronunciation is excellent. If people practised this distinct pronunciation of words and syllables they would realise that this sense of orderliness, as opposed to the garbled, frantic method used now, leads, to some extent, to establishing not only the same orderliness in thought and mind, but also a sense of peace.
Reviewer: Wil Davis - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - January 2, 2022
Subject: Ah, blessed relief!
I was born in UK but moved to USA in 1983 as part of an arrangement between UK & USA governments to try to increase the I.Q. of both countries! (dismal failure! 😞) Having been spoon-fed such garbage as "Wait wait! Don't tell me!" and other such trash! What a relief to find these original recordings! So a big THANK YOU for saving my sanity!!! 😀 Wil Davis
Reviewer: Curmudgeon831 - favoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - November 20, 2021
Subject: Awesome
Thanks for making these available. I used to listen to these when they were originals, and it brings back great memories. Even those that are incomplete are great to hear.
Reviewer: sdgard - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - December 11, 2020
Subject: A Gem
As all the others here have said. Kudos, kudos, kudos. Listening again with the utmost enjoyment to what I thought was lost to me for all time.
Reviewer: Karel Seeuwen - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - April 16, 2020
Subject: My Word! My Word!
When I was a Kid, I would always make sure i was home to catch, The Goon Show, My Word, and My Music. To quote @Sandy1943's review "It is so nice to listen to a program that is not aimed at the lowest common denominator."
Reviewer: Sandy1943 - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - March 19, 2020
Subject: Great Show
Thank you for making My Word available again. It is so nice to listen to a program that is not aimed at the lowest common denominator.
Reviewer: bogart9 - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - February 12, 2020
Subject: Many, many thanks
This was a fantastic program and a terrible loss to us all when it was no longer broadcast. Thank you so much for uploading these files.
Reviewer: dlettvin - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - June 28, 2019
Subject: Thank you so much
I was devastated when the Beeb rescinded the rights to this show. Frank Muir and Denis Norden are the epitome of erudition and wordplay. I don't discount the knowledge and humor of Anne Scott James, Dilys Powell. et al, but the show was clearly created as a framework for the wordplay and machinations of the gentlemen. I am so glad to have even a short series of their amazing "shaggy dogs'. You deserve the full five stars just for remembering to turn on your recorder.
Reviewer: Dave Gold - favoritefavoritefavoritefavoritefavorite - June 3, 2019
Subject: Thank you!!!
I had recorded close to a decade of My Word via replay radio app, and lost it shortly after My Word went off the air.
Thank you so much for sharing your library!!!
My Word - "A good example is the best sermon", "Stand a little less between me and the sun".ogg download
My Word - "A little touch of Harry in the night", "None but the brave deserves the fair" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "A new broom sweeps clean", "An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own".ogg download
My Word - "A penny plain and tuppence coloured", "'Tis better to have loved and lost" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles", "To innovate is not to reform" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Actions speak louder than words", "If at first you don't succeed".ogg download
My Word - "All my posessions for a moment of time", "Never underestimate the power of a woman" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "All our yesterdays", "Every little movement has a meaning all its own".ogg download
My Word - "Alons enfants de la patrie", "The female of the species is more deadly than the male".ogg download
My Word - "An American in Paris", "The more haste, the less speed".ogg download
My Word - "An infinite capacity for taking pains", "Hail to thee, blithe spirit".ogg download
My Word - "As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool", "Never try to bite off more than you can chew".ogg download
My Word - "At Christmas I no more desire a rose", "Busy as a Bee".ogg download
My Word - "Believe it or not", "Blood is thicker than water".ogg download
My Word - "Cast thy bread upon the waters", "A thing of beauty is a joy forever".ogg download
My Word - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Who was that lady I saw you with last night".ogg download
My Word - "Come into the garden, Maud", "Charity begins at home".ogg download
My Word - "Coming events cast their shadows before", "A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou".ogg download
My Word - "Down among the sheltering palms", "Off we go into the wild blue yonder".ogg download
My Word - "East is East and West is West", "The miners dream of home" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Eureka", "Too marvelous, too marvelous for words".ogg download
My Word - "Fine feathers make fine birds", "We must cling to our legends, sir".ogg download
My Word - "For whom the bell tolls", "Things that go bump in the night".ogg download
My Word - "Get thee behind me, Satan", "A triumph of mind over matter".ogg download
My Word - "Half a loaf is better than no bread", "Dancing with tears in my eyes".ogg download
My Word - "Hallelujiah", "Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner".ogg download
My Word - "He who hesitates is lost", "Dirty British coaster".ogg download
My Word - "History is bunk", "Take it from here".ogg download
My Word - "Honesty is the best policy", "Full-blown poppies overcharged with rain".ogg download
My Word - "How are the mighty fallen", "A policeman's lot is not a happy one".ogg download
My Word - "I am monarch of all I survey", "The Stars and Stripes forever" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "I do like to be beside the seaside", "A happy issue out of all their affections".ogg download
My Word - "I wonder who's kissing her now", "It's a long lane that has no turning".ogg download
My Word - "I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you", "He who hesitates is lost".ogg download
My Word - "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas", "Beggars cannot be choosers".ogg download
My Word - "If music be the food of love, play on", "Charity will cover the multitude of sins" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "In Memoriam", "All the news fit to print".ogg download
My Word - "Kind hearts are more than coronets", "One man's meat is another man's poison".ogg download
My Word - "My word is my bond", "An American in Paris".ogg download
My Word - "Never, never, never, never, never", "Take a pair of sparkling eyes".ogg download
My Word - "No man is an island", "Love is a many-splendoured thing" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Nor iron bars a cage", "He flies through the air with the greatest of ease" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Oh what can ail thee, knight at arms", "The buyer needs a hundred eyes" (poor quality).ogg download
My Word - "Oh, for the touch of a vanished hand", "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Once more into the breach", "I've got a little list".ogg download
My Word - "One good turn deserves another", "The thousand natural shocks which flesh is heir to".ogg download
My Word - "Only connect", "The son and heir of a mongrel bitch" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Onward Christian soldiers", "Red sails in the sunset".ogg download
My Word - "Parting is such sweet sorrow", "There is no accounting for taste".ogg download
My Word - "Pop goes the weasel", "Hard words break no bones".ogg download
My Word - "Putting the cart before the horse", "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden".ogg download
My Word - "Remember that time is money", "The laborer is worthy of his hire".ogg download
My Word - "Rose is a rose is a rose", "Let us now praise famous men" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Rose of Washington Square", "The ends justify the means".ogg download
My Word - "Rule Britannia", "Come into the Garden, Maude".ogg download
My Word - "Ships that pass in the night", "There is no fire without some smoke" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Somewhere over the rainbow", "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Somewhere over the rainbow", "Someday I'll find you".ogg download
My Word - "Tales from the Vienna woods", "By the time I got to Phoenix".ogg download
My Word - "The Count of Monte Christo", "Experience teaches".ogg download
My Word - "The Hotel du Lac", "The walrus and the carpenter".ogg download
My Word - "The Sound of Music", "This was the noblest Roman of them all".ogg download
My Word - "The boy I love is up in the gallery", "It only happens when I dance with you" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "The crown is no cure for the headache", "Honi soit qui mal y pense".ogg download
My Word - "The game is not worth the candle", "I think, therefore I am" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "The game is up", "A nightingale in the sycamore" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "The grandeur that was Rome", "Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "The historian is a prophet looking backward", "Now is the winter of our discontent".ogg download
My Word - "The lady is a tramp", "Women and elephants never forget".ogg download
My Word - "The lady of the lamp", "Sweet are the uses of adversity".ogg download
My Word - "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation", "How doth the little busy bee".ogg download
My Word - "The pirates of Penzance", "He who hesitates is lost".ogg download
My Word - "The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable", "A storm in a teacup".ogg download
My Word - "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden", "Once I had a secret love" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Til the sands of the desert grow cold", "And so to bed".ogg download
My Word - "To err is human", "A farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive", "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".ogg download
My Word - "Toot, toot, Tootsie, goodbye", "Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea" (incomplete).ogg download
My Word - "Treasure Island", "Never give a sucker an even break".ogg download
My Word - "Twelveth Night, or, What You Will", "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen" (incomplete beginning).ogg download
My Word - "Up, up, my friend, and quit your books" and "One good turn deserves another".ogg download
My Word - "What shall we do with a drunken sailor", "Fools who came to scoff remain to pray".ogg download
My Word - "What's the good of a home if you're never in it", "The moment I saw you".ogg download
My Word - "Where are the snows of yesteryear", "I feel no pain, dear mother, now".ogg download
My Word - "Where the blue of the night meets the gold of the day", "Tis better to have loved and lost".ogg download
My Word - "You can't have your cake and eat it too", "Here we come gathering nuts in May".ogg download
My Word - "A good example is the best sermon", "Stand a little less between me and the sun".mp3 download
My Word - "A little touch of Harry in the night", "None but the brave deserves the fair" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "A new broom sweeps clean", "An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own".mp3 download
My Word - "A penny plain and tuppence coloured", "'Tis better to have loved and lost" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles", "To innovate is not to reform" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Actions speak louder than words", "If at first you don't succeed".mp3 download
My Word - "All my posessions for a moment of time", "Never underestimate the power of a woman" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "All our yesterdays", "Every little movement has a meaning all its own".mp3 download
My Word - "Alons enfants de la patrie", "The female of the species is more deadly than the male".mp3 download
My Word - "An American in Paris", "The more haste, the less speed".mp3 download
My Word - "An infinite capacity for taking pains", "Hail to thee, blithe spirit".mp3 download
My Word - "As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of a fool", "Never try to bite off more than you can chew".mp3 download
My Word - "At Christmas I no more desire a rose", "Busy as a Bee".mp3 download
My Word - "Believe it or not", "Blood is thicker than water".mp3 download
My Word - "Cast thy bread upon the waters", "A thing of beauty is a joy forever".mp3 download
My Word - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Who was that lady I saw you with last night".mp3 download
My Word - "Come into the garden, Maud", "Charity begins at home".mp3 download
My Word - "Coming events cast their shadows before", "A jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou".mp3 download
My Word - "Down among the sheltering palms", "Off we go into the wild blue yonder".mp3 download
My Word - "East is East and West is West", "The miners dream of home" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Eureka", "Too marvelous, too marvelous for words".mp3 download
My Word - "Fine feathers make fine birds", "We must cling to our legends, sir".mp3 download
My Word - "For whom the bell tolls", "Things that go bump in the night".mp3 download
My Word - "Get thee behind me, Satan", "A triumph of mind over matter".mp3 download
My Word - "Half a loaf is better than no bread", "Dancing with tears in my eyes".mp3 download
My Word - "Hallelujiah", "Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner".mp3 download
My Word - "He who hesitates is lost", "Dirty British coaster".mp3 download
My Word - "History is bunk", "Take it from here".mp3 download
My Word - "Honesty is the best policy", "Full-blown poppies overcharged with rain".mp3 download
My Word - "How are the mighty fallen", "A policeman's lot is not a happy one".mp3 download
My Word - "I am monarch of all I survey", "The Stars and Stripes forever" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "I do like to be beside the seaside", "A happy issue out of all their affections".mp3 download
My Word - "I wonder who's kissing her now", "It's a long lane that has no turning".mp3 download
My Word - "I wouldn't leave my little wooden hut for you", "He who hesitates is lost".mp3 download
My Word - "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas", "Beggars cannot be choosers".mp3 download
My Word - "If music be the food of love, play on", "Charity will cover the multitude of sins" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "In Memoriam", "All the news fit to print".mp3 download
My Word - "Kind hearts are more than coronets", "One man's meat is another man's poison".mp3 download
My Word - "My word is my bond", "An American in Paris".mp3 download
My Word - "Never, never, never, never, never", "Take a pair of sparkling eyes".mp3 download
My Word - "No man is an island", "Love is a many-splendoured thing" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Nor iron bars a cage", "He flies through the air with the greatest of ease" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Oh what can ail thee, knight at arms", "The buyer needs a hundred eyes" (poor quality).mp3 download
My Word - "Oh, for the touch of a vanished hand", "You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Once more into the breach", "I've got a little list".mp3 download
My Word - "One good turn deserves another", "The thousand natural shocks which flesh is heir to".mp3 download
My Word - "Only connect", "The son and heir of a mongrel bitch" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Onward Christian soldiers", "Red sails in the sunset".mp3 download
My Word - "Parting is such sweet sorrow", "There is no accounting for taste".mp3 download
My Word - "Pop goes the weasel", "Hard words break no bones".mp3 download
My Word - "Putting the cart before the horse", "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden".mp3 download
My Word - "Remember that time is money", "The laborer is worthy of his hire".mp3 download
My Word - "Rose is a rose is a rose", "Let us now praise famous men" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Rose of Washington Square", "The ends justify the means".mp3 download
My Word - "Rule Britannia", "Come into the Garden, Maude".mp3 download
My Word - "Ships that pass in the night", "There is no fire without some smoke" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Somewhere over the rainbow", "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Somewhere over the rainbow", "Someday I'll find you".mp3 download
My Word - "Tales from the Vienna woods", "By the time I got to Phoenix".mp3 download
My Word - "The Count of Monte Christo", "Experience teaches".mp3 download
My Word - "The Hotel du Lac", "The walrus and the carpenter".mp3 download
My Word - "The Sound of Music", "This was the noblest Roman of them all".mp3 download
My Word - "The boy I love is up in the gallery", "It only happens when I dance with you" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "The crown is no cure for the headache", "Honi soit qui mal y pense".mp3 download
My Word - "The game is not worth the candle", "I think, therefore I am" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "The game is up", "A nightingale in the sycamore" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "The grandeur that was Rome", "Oh, that this too, too solid flesh would melt" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "The historian is a prophet looking backward", "Now is the winter of our discontent".mp3 download
My Word - "The lady is a tramp", "Women and elephants never forget".mp3 download
My Word - "The lady of the lamp", "Sweet are the uses of adversity".mp3 download
My Word - "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation", "How doth the little busy bee".mp3 download
My Word - "The pirates of Penzance", "He who hesitates is lost".mp3 download
My Word - "The unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable", "A storm in a teacup".mp3 download
My Word - "There are fairies at the bottom of our garden", "Once I had a secret love" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Til the sands of the desert grow cold", "And so to bed".mp3 download
My Word - "To err is human", "A farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "To travel hopefully is better than to arrive", "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".mp3 download
My Word - "Toot, toot, Tootsie, goodbye", "Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea" (incomplete).mp3 download
My Word - "Treasure Island", "Never give a sucker an even break".mp3 download
My Word - "Twelveth Night, or, What You Will", "Nobody knows the trouble I've seen" (incomplete beginning).mp3 download
My Word - "Up, up, my friend, and quit your books" and "One good turn deserves another".mp3 download
My Word - "What shall we do with a drunken sailor", "Fools who came to scoff remain to pray".mp3 download
My Word - "What's the good of a home if you're never in it", "The moment I saw you".mp3 download
My Word - "Where are the snows of yesteryear", "I feel no pain, dear mother, now".mp3 download
My Word - "Where the blue of the night meets the gold of the day", "Tis better to have loved and lost".mp3 download
My Word - "You can't have your cake and eat it too", "Here we come gathering nuts in May".mp3 download
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