Your Next Listen: Unspeakable
Phil Wang and Susie Dent challenge guests to invent new words and help create the new ultimate Unspeakable dictionary. With guests Ivo Graham, Harriet Kemsley and Nish Kumar.
Ever struggled to find the right word for a feeling or sensation? On the BBC Radio 4 comedy Unspeakable, comedian Phil Wang and lexicographer Susie Dent invite celebrity guests to invent new linguistic creations, to solve those all too relatable moments when we're lost for words.
In this episode, introduced by host Phil Wang, we hear Nish Kumar's word for people who forget movies, Harriet Kemsley's description for when an accident happens to you and nobody sees it, and Ivo Graham's word for the most horrible place to sit on a train.
This is episode 3 from series 3 of Unspeakable - if you like what you hear, you can find more on BBC Sounds. Just search for ‘Unspeakable’.
Hosts: Phil Wang and Susie Dent
Guests: Ivo Graham, Harriet Kemsley and Nish Kumar
Created by Joe Varley
Writers: Matt Crosby and James Farmer
Recorded by Jerry Peal
Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producers: Joe Varley and Akash Lockmun
A Brown Bred production for BBC Radio 4
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