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A Word in Your Era

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Host

Rory McGrath

Co-host

Voiceover: Steve Punt

Broadcast

Channel X and BBC North for BBC2, 27 September to 15 November 1992 (8 episodes in 1 series)

Synopsis

Just-for-laughs debating game where three comedians dress up as characters from history and deliver a justification as to why they are the best. Possibly some kind of audience vote at the end to determine a winner.

Why Tony Slattery decided to dress up as Lassie, we'll gloss over.

Inventor

Dominic Brigstocke

Trivia

Recorded at the BBC's Oxford Road studios in Manchester.

British Comedy Guide entry

See also

The Balloon Game