Balderdash and Piffle (2006)
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Quick Facts
- Premiered
- Jan 2006
- Runtime
- 30 mins
- Language
- English
- Status
- Ended
- Official Site
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Networks
BBC Two
Storyline
Balderdash and Piffle is a companion to the Oxford English Dictionary's Wordhunt, in which the writers of the dictionary asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known citations of a number of words and phrases. The OED panel consists of John Simpson, the Chief Editor of the OED., Peter Gilliver, who was also the captain of the Oxford University Press team in University Challenge - the Professionals, and Tania Styles, who has also appeared in "dictionary corner" in Countdown.
Episodes
Cast
Victoria Coren Mitchell
Presenter