S2 | Balderdash & Piffle

S2E1: One Sandwich Short of a Picnic | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren presents this series about words. Investigating the words we use for madness, former nurse Jo Brand...

S2E2: Man's Best Friend | Balderdash & Piffle

This episode investigates the many uses we have for the word 'dog'. How and when did we come by 'dog', and what makes it an ins...

S2E3: Euphemisms: The Lace Curtain of Language | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren, Artur Smith and Michael Portillo investigate the euphemisms for sex, death, war and goin...

S2E4: Dodgy Dealings | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren, Suggs and Neil Oliver investigate words for dodgy dealers, rapscallions and other sorts of scallywag.

S2E5: X Rated | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren, Burlesque star Immodesty Blaise and Roland Rivron investigate dictionary entries about sex and what they tell us about ou...

S2E6: Put Downs and Insults | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren, John Sergeant, Denis Healey, Ian McMillan and Mike Harding enlighten us on words such as wazzock, prat and ...

S2E7: Who Were They? | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren, Adam Hart-Davis, Marcel Theroux and Simon Hoggart head off on the trail of the real people whose names have been i...

S2E8: Fashionistas | Balderdash & Piffle

Victoria Coren leads the hunt for the word-origins of various footwear.