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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For a definition of the interjection «my word», see the Wiktionary entry my word.
| Genre | Literary humorous panel game |
|---|---|
| Running time | 30 mins |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Home Service and BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | (Chair) John Arlott (1956–57) Jack Longland (1957–77) John Julius Norwich (1978–82) Antonia Fraser (1982–83) Michael O’Donnell (1983–88) (Panellists) Frank Muir (1956–88) Denis Norden (1956–88) Isobel Barnett (1956–57) Nancy Spain (1956–64) E. Arnot Robertson (1957–61) Dilys Powell (1962–88) Anne Scott-James (1964–78) Antonia Fraser (1979–88) Irene Thomas (1982–83) |
| Created by | Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason |
| Produced by | Tony Shryane, Bobby Jaye, Pete Atkin, Neil Cargill |
| Original release | 1956 – 1988 |
| No. of series | 38 |
| Opening theme | Alpine Pastures, by Vivian Ellis[1] |
My Word! is a British radio quiz 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 the humorous writers Frank Muir and Denis Norden, known in Britain for the series Take It From Here. The show was piloted in June 1956 on the Midland Home Service and broadcast as a series on the national Home Service network from 1 January 1957. The series also ran on BBC Television for one series from July–September 1960.
For decades the programme was also broadcast worldwide via BBC World Service and was relayed to an international audience though the BBC Transcription Services. A companion programme, My Music, ran from 1967 to 1993.
Background and first broadcasts[edit]
In 1956, Edward J. Mason and Tony Shryane, respectively the writer and producer of the popular radio soap opera The Archers, decided that by way of a change they would devise and produce what Frank Muir called «a new kind of not-very-academic literary quiz».[2] The Aeolian Hall in London was booked for the recording of a pilot show, but at the last minute two of the four panellists were unexpectedly unavailable. Shryane sought the help of Muir and his writing partner Denis Norden, scriptwriters of the popular BBC comedy series Take It From Here, who were based in a nearby office. They thought of themselves as writers rather than performers, but at Shryane’s urgent request they agreed to stand in for the absentees.[3] Muir was partnered by Isobel Barnett – a panel show regular – and Norden by the journalist Nancy Spain. Mason set the questions, and the chairman was the cricket commentator and poet John Arlott, who was billed as «umpire». The pilot was well received by the audience in the hall and by listeners to its first transmission. The BBC commissioned a series, which was transmitted in early 1957. Muir and Norden had no intention of becoming regular panellists, but Shyrane persuaded them.[3]
Arlott did not return for the second series, which began in August 1957. He was succeeded by Jack Longland, known to BBC listeners as the chairman of the panel show Country Questions and a regular team member on Round Britain Quiz and panellist on Any Questions?[4] Although, unlike Arlott, Longland had no particular association with cricket he too was billed as umpire until 1962, after which he was billed as «in the chair», as were his successors.[5]
Later series[edit]
The programme ran for 38 series, until 1988. Muir and Norden were in every series, always on opposing teams. As Muir’s partner, Barnett was succeeded during the first series by the novelist and critic E. Arnot Robertson. On Robertson’s death in 1961 the film critic and Greek scholar Dilys Powell took her place until the show finished, when she was aged 87. Norden’s first partner was Nancy Spain; after her death in 1964 she was succeeded by the journalist Anne Scott-James, and then from 1979 by the historian Antonia Fraser. In the one season in which Fraser took the chair her place as Norden’s teammate was taken by Irene Thomas.[6]
After 20 years in the chair, Longland retired from the programme at the end of the 1977 series. He was succeeded by John Julius Norwich for four series, followed by Fraser for a single series and finally Michael O’Donnell for the last five series, from late 1983 to 1988.[6]
From time to time guests substituted for absent regulars. Neither Spain nor Powell ever missed a broadcast during their time as panellists, but Robertson and Scott-James missed one apiece, their absences covered respectively by Pamela Frankau and Katherine Whitehorn.[6] Lionel Hale (one of the intended contestants in the pilot show)[7] deputised for both Muir and Norden in 1967 as did John Wells in 1975 and Barry Took on four occasions between 1978 and 1982. Ted Kavanagh took Muir’s place for two programmes in 1957, and Edward Blishen stood in for Norden in two episodes in 1985. Fraser’s absences between 1986 and 1988 were covered by Joan Bakewell, Victoria Glendinning, P. D. James, Libby Purves and Gay Search.[8]
After Mason’s death in 1971 Longland took over responsibility for compiling the questions, and was joined in that role by Peter Moore in 1972. After Longland’s retirement Moore continued to set the questions until 1987. For the final season, in 1988, O’Donnell combined the roles of chairman and question-setter.[6]
Content[edit]
The two teams faced questions devised, for the first 21 series, by Mason, of whom Muir wrote:
One thing which Denis and I learned, and appreciated, during those early years of My Word! was how much the success of the show depended on the inconspicuous skill of the man who compiled it, Edward J. Mason. He had a gift for the common touch which is rare in areas like literary quizzes. He worked within the general awareness of listeners who had been to school; most of his poetic questions were to do with poems in Palgrave’s Golden Treasury, most quotations were semi-familiar and in most books of quotations. We reckoned that 80 per cent of listeners felt that, given a bit of time for thought, they could answer almost 80 per cent of the questions.[9]
Mason and his successors provided word games and literary quizzes covering vocabulary, etymology, snippets of poetry, and the like. In many series the opening round consisted of obscure words for the panellists to define: examples ranged from such words as auscultation, bumblepuppy, cabless and crinkum-crankum to defenestration, hebetude, hobbledehoy and katydid to lallation, macaronic, palmiped and rahat lokum, or scrimshaw, tatterdemalion, unau and widdershins.[10][n 1]
In the final round, each team was asked to give the origin of a famous phrase or quotation. In early shows, once the real answers were given, Muir and Norden were invited to explain the origin of the phrase less seriously, in the form of a feghoot. An early example was the quotation «Dead! And never called me mother!» from a stage adaptation of East Lynne, which became the exclamation of a youth coming out of a public telephone box which he had discovered to be out of order.[11] Later the first part of the round was dropped in favour of having the chairman simply announce the accepted origin of each phrase, thus opening up new fields of phrases that would have been too well known or too obscure to be posed as questions. In later series Muir and Norden chose their own phrases in advance of each programme, and their stories became longer and more convoluted.[11]
The stories became a popular segment of the quiz. Examples included Norden’s tale in which a young woman and a young man found themselves happily trapped in a sauna despite earlier assurances from the landlord that the faulty lock had been repaired: «Least said, soonest mended» became «Lease said sauna’s mended».[12] In another, «There’s many a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip» became a story about Édouard Manet in a drunken doze in a beauty spot between a carp pond and Lover’s Leap – «There’s Manet asleep ‘twixt the carp and the leap».[12] In another, Muir confessed to forging fan letters purportedly from Monica Dickens, Val Gielgud, Asa Briggs and Fay Compton, so that «I am monarch of all I survey» became «I am Monica, Val, Asa, Fay».[13] A Norden story explaining «Charity shall cover the multitude of sins» became a lament for his diminishing capacity for alcohol and consequent need to enunciate extremely carefully after drinking spirits: «Clarity shall cover the multitude of gins».[14]
Series history[edit]
A one-off pilot programme was broadcast by the Midland region of the BBC Home Service on 6 June 1956.[15] When the series was launched on the national BBC network in January 1957, an edited edition of the pilot preceded the 14 new episodes.[16]
- Source: BBC Genome and Global British Comedy Collaborative.[6][10]
Syndication and spin-offs[edit]
Over the years My Word! was syndicated through the BBC Transcription Services in more than 35 countries including not only Anglophone locations such as Australia and the US, but in countries including Chile, Germany and Russia.[25] A televised version of the programme ran in Britain for a series of ten episodes on BBC Television from 10 July to 11 September 1960. The team and host were the same as for the radio series of that year; the producer was Barrie Edgar.[26] A companion radio programme, My Music, ran from 1967 to 1993. When it was mooted, Muir and Norden told Shryane that they were too busy to take on another series, but they allowed themselves to be persuaded and became permanent features on the programme.[27] In 1972 and 1973 the two shows joined forces to present Christmas specials, My Word! It’s My Music, with Longland and Steve Race as co-hosts and the regular My Word team joined by Ian Wallace and David Franklin (1972), and Wallace and John Amis (1973).[28]
Between 1974 and 1989, Muir and Norden published five collections of their My Word! stories, and in 1991 an omnibus edition of the five volumes was issued:
- You Can’t Have Your Kayak and Heat It. Eyre Methuen. 1973. ISBN 978-0-41-330660-9.
- Upon My Word!. London: Eyre Methuen. 1974. ISBN 978-0-41-332660-7.
- Take My Word for It. London: Eyre Methuen. 1978. ISBN 978-0-41-706230-3.
- Oh, My Word!. London: Eyre Methuen. 1980. ISBN 978-0-41-347510-7.
- You Have My Word. London: Methuen. 1989. ISBN 978-0-41-361810-8.
- The Utterly Ultimate ‘My Word!’ Collection. London: Mandarin Paperbacks. 1991. ISBN 978-0-74-930824-7., a collection of all five volumes.
Notes, references and sources[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ auscultation: listening, with ear or stethoscope, to the sound of the movement of heart, lungs, or other organs; bumblepuppy: a game played with bats or rackets in which two players strike a ball attached to a post by a string in opposite directions; cabless: unable to get a taxi; crinkum-crankum: full of twists and turns; defenestration: being thrown from a window; hebetude: dullness; hobbledehoy: a clumsy or awkward youth; katydid: an American grasshopper; lallation: a speech impediment in which the letter «r» is sounded as «l»; macaronic: describing a burlesque form of verse in which vernacular words are mixed with those of another language; palmiped: web-footed; rahat lokum: Turkish delight; scrimshaw: ivory or bone, decorated with engraved designs; tatterdemalion: a ragamuffin; unau: the South American two-toed sloth; widdershins: anticlockwise. (OED)
- ^ Pamela Frankau deputised for Arnot Robertson in the 7 May episode; Ted Kavanagh stood in for Denis Norden on 7 and 14 May.[17]
- ^ Arnot Robertson died on 21 September, after the recording of this series. The later episodes were broadcast posthumously.[10]
- ^ Nancy Spain died in an air crash on 21 March 1964, and the two episodes she had recorded shortly before were broadcast posthumously as the first two of series 12. The Shakespeare special had been recorded in 1963.[10]
- ^ Lionel Hale stood in for Norden, 2 and 23 May and for Frank Muir, 9 May.[18]
- ^ Deputising for Norden, 29 October and 5 November.[19]
- ^ Standing in for Muir, 18 October and for Norden, 30 December.[19]
- ^ Standing in for Anne Scott-James, 25 October 1975.[20]
- ^ a b c Substituting for Muir.[21]
- ^ Substituting for Norden.[21]
- ^ Standing in for Norden in two episodes in February 1985. A recording of one of these episodes survives.[22]
- ^ Successively deputising for Antonia Fraser, one episode apiece.[23]
- ^ Standing in for Fraser on 15 and 22 August 1988 respectively.[24]
References[edit]
- ^ Lamb, p. 19
- ^ Muir, p. 209
- ^ a b Muir, pp. 209–210
- ^ «Jack Longland», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ «My Word: Longland: Umpire», BBC Genome. Retrieved 2 May 2021
- ^ a b c d e «My Word!», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ Muir, p. 210
- ^ «The Home Service, Tuesday 1 January», Radio Times, 30 December 1956, p. 24; «My Word, 1957»; BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021; «My Word, Lionel Hale» BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021; «My Word! Barry Took»; BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021; «My Word, 1986»; BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021; «My Word! 1988», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ Muir, p. 232
- ^ a b c d «My Word!», Global British Comedy Collaborative. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ a b Muir, pp. 210–215
- ^ a b Muir, pp. 212–213
- ^ BBC TS Transcription at 21m 29s
- ^ Muir and Norden, p. 13
- ^ «The Home Service, Wednesday, 6 June», Radio Times, 3 June 1956, p. 30
- ^ «The Home Service, Tuesday 1 January», Radio Times, 30 December 1956, p. 24
- ^ «My Word, 1957», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ «My Word, Lionel Hale», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ a b «My Word – John Wells», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ «28 October 1975». BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ a b «My Word! Barry Took», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ «165 Limbo», Internet Archive. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ «My Word, 1986», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ «My Word! 1988», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ Muir, p. 214
- ^ «My Word! BBC Television», and «My Word! BBC Television», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
- ^ Muir, pp. 214–215
- ^ «My Word! It’s My Music», BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021
Sources[edit]
- Lamb, Andrew (2006). British Light Music Classics. London: Hyperion Records. OCLC 294847217.
- Muir, Frank (1998). A Kentish Lad: The Autobiography of Frank Muir. London: Corgi. ISBN 978-0-55-214137-6.
- Muir, Frank; Denis Norden (1991). The Utterly Ultimate ‘My Word!’ Collection. London: Mandarin Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-74-930824-7.
External links[edit]
- BBC Ends US Distribution
- «My Word». London: RadioEchoes. 297 episodes.
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The detectives recall the story Lucy Phelps gave about her missing husband and young son.By BBC Radio
Una investigación de la BBC descubrió que muchas mujeres que consultan centros de orientacion sobre el embarazo reciben información falsa y consejos poco éticos destinados a evitar que se realicen un aborto.By Daily Easy Spanish
Could your culture influence sadness? We talk about sadness and teach you vocabulary.By BBC Radio
Las autoridades japonesas solicitaron a los residentes de la isla de Hokkaido «evacuar inmediatamente», pero retractaron la orden más tarde.By Daily Easy Spanish
Los cambios al sisteman de reclutamiento han sido calificados de inconstitucionales. Quienes no se presenten serán castigados.By Daily Easy Spanish
Some people are worried that advances in AI could lead to a rise in exam cheating.By BBC Radio
听众 “刺猬” 想知道 “because of、due to、owing to” 和 “for” 有何不同。这些连接词都能引出事情发生的原因。它们当中有些较为正式，有些则常用于口语交流中。在它们中，哪个词后面必须接从句？哪个词后面要接名词或代词？哪个词作连接词的用法已经不常见？听节目，学习这四个连接词的用法和区别。By BBC Radio
Vitaly Votanovsky empezó a documentar las muertes de soldados rusos en la guerra de Ucrania vigilando los cementerios de su región natal. Huyó del país el 4 de abril tras recibir numerosas amenazas de muerte.By Daily Easy Spanish
Los documentos ofrecen una imagen detallada de la guerra en Ucrania y proporcionan información sobre China y sus aliados.By Daily Easy Spanish
We discuss Death in Paradise and Beyond Paradise Death in Paradise is available on Britbox in the US Beyond Paradise is available on Britbox in the US Discussion of Death in Paradise begins at :32 Discussion of Beyond Paradise begins at 30:52 Murder Most English now has a shop where you can purchase merchandise with our logo. You can find it at htt…
主持人菲菲本想给同事 Rob 一个惊喜，为他办一个生日聚会，但活动却没能如期举行 ，反而惹得 Rob 恼羞成怒。菲菲用表达 “go off on one” 来向 Neil 描述了 Rob 的反应。这是什么意思？生日聚会上究竟发生了什么？听节目，学习 “go off on one” 的意思和用法。By BBC Radio
Neuropsychiatrist Anthony David talks to Michael about the dialogue that takes place between him and his patients.Producer Sally HeavenBy BBC Radio 4
Learn an informal expression about becoming suddenly very angry.By BBC Radio
«You didn’t eat all the chocolate, did you?» Learn how to use ‘did you’ — a question tag.By BBC Radio
El gobierno de Afganistán ha puesto en marcha una dura campaña para acabar con los drogadictos en las calles en un país en el que se calcula que existen 3,5 millones de adictos.By Daily Easy Spanish
Tim and Tom share their thoughts on yesterday’s crucial victory for Almería against Valencia. The lads talk about the match, the goals, the tactics, the atmosphere in the stadium and the decisive factors that resulted in a win for the home team. There is also time for talk about the toilet facilities, the prohibition of critical messages on Valenci…
El sistema utiliza cámaras «inteligentes» y otras herramientas para identificar y enviar «documentos y mensajes de advertencia a las infractoras de la ley del hiyab», indicaron las autoridades.By Daily Easy Spanish
El asesinato a cuchillazos del fundador de Cash App, Bob Lee, en las calles de San Francisco alimenta la ola de dudas y pesimismo acerca de la famosa ciudad estadounidense.By Daily Easy Spanish
Después de una década separada de su madre, Songmi Park le contó a la BBC cómo fue el trayecto que hizo para poder llegar a Corea del Sur.By Daily Easy Spanish
Tras años de violencia, los históricos Acuerdos de Viernes Santo pusieron fin a tres décadas de conflicto en Irlanda del Norte.By Daily Easy Spanish
Estados Unidos dice estar «vigilando las acciones de Pekín» mientras prosiguen las maniobras militares chinas en torno a Taiwán.By Daily Easy Spanish
La mujer -víctima de trata de seres humanos- fue encontrada encerrada en una choza con una cadena al cuello.By Daily Easy Spanish
El viernes falleció mientras dormía Ben Ferencz, a los 103 años. Ferencz logró condenar a 22 oficiales nazi.By Daily Easy Spanish
El hermético club es noticia luego de que se conociera que el juez Clarence Thomas lo visitó.By Daily Easy Spanish
Un juez en Texas ordenó paralizar la administración del fármaco; mientras que otro en Washington prohibió interrumpir su suministro. Te contamos cómo actúa esta píldora abortiva y qué tan seguro es su uso.By Daily Easy Spanish
El jefe de Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, dijo que los palestinos no se quedarán «con los brazos cruzados» ante la agresión israelí.By Daily Easy Spanish
Los dos senadores hacían parte del Congreso estatal de Tennessee quienes habían apoyado una marcha a favor del control de armas en EE.UU. Una tercera senadora, quien también protestó, no fue expulsada.By Daily Easy Spanish
Las imágenes de la policía israelí enfrentándose con jóvenes palestinos al interior del tercer lugar sagrado más importante para los musulmanes han generado reacciones en todo el mundo árabe.By Daily Easy Spanish
Monaguillos, miembros del coro y menores de organizaciones juveniles de la Iglesia son las principales víctimas.By Daily Easy Spanish
Las autoridades rusas tenían bajo su custodia a Masha Moskaleva, una niña que fue separada de su padre luego de haber hecho un dibujo que «desacreditaba» al ejército ruso.By Daily Easy Spanish
Vladlen Tatarsky, que murió el domingo en un ataque con explosivos, era uno de los «corresponsales de guerra» rusos encargados de contar la situación en Ucrania. Pero no era el único.By Daily Easy Spanish
Bob Lee tenía 43 años y fue encontrado por la policía con varias heridas provocadas por un arma blanca.By Daily Easy Spanish
Con un estilo firme pero sin estridencias, la mandataria taiwanesa intenta preservar la autonomía de Taipei frente a Pekín, evitando confrontaciones innecesarias.By Daily Easy Spanish
La exmodelo de Playboy fue mencionada en los documentos acusatorios presentados por la fiscalía distrital contra el expresidente, que enfrenta un juicio criminal en Nueva York.By Daily Easy Spanish
Learn about the world of novelty vegetables.By BBC Radio
Donald Trump has become the first ex-US president to be arrested.By BBC Radio
一位听众来信询问：在 “中国长城” 的英文名称 “The Great Wall of China” 中，为什么名词 “wall” 用单数，而在 “castle walls（城堡围墙）” 中却使用复数 “walls”？本期 “你问我答” 节目将回答这个问题，并讲解什么是名词单复数以及它们的使用方法。By BBC Radio
El expresidente de Estados Unidos se presentó este martes ante un juez de Nueva York para responder a una acusación criminal que involucra el pago a una ex actriz pornográfica. Trump se declaró no culpable de los 34 cargos que se le imputan.By Daily Easy Spanish
Una corte de Nueva York presentó 34 cargos en su contra por presuntamente falsificar registros comerciales. Si fuese hallado culpable y le imponen una pena máxima, el expresidente podría ir a la cárcel.By Daily Easy Spanish
La histórica cita en la corte de Nueva York del expresidente estadounidense también es un evento de campaña política, apuntan los analistas.By Daily Easy Spanish
La invasión rusa de Ucrania sirvió de detonante para que el país nórdico ingresara a la Alianza Atlántica.By Daily Easy Spanish