Radio 4 requests more Unspeakable
Radio 4 has ordered two more series of its word-based panel show Unspeakable, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal.
Hosted by Phil Wang and lexicographer Susie Dent, the show challenges guests to dream up new words to describe universal, shared concepts and experiences that until now have lacked names.
Previous panellists have included Stephen Fry, Jo Brand, Jack Dee, Lucy Beaumont, Ed Gamble, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Lou Sanders, Maisie Adam, Miles Jupp, Roisin Conaty, Amy Gledhill, Slim, Catherine Bohart, Laura Smyth, Ria Lina and Sunil Patel.
New episodes are recording on 26th March, 2nd April and 15th April at the Backyard Comedy Club in London, with free tickets available via SRO Audiences.
Unspeakable's format owes a nod to The Meaning Of Liff, Douglas Adams and John Lloyd's 1980s "dictionary of things that there aren't any words for yet", but which used existing place names rather than inventing new words,
The Radio 4 show was devised by producer Joe Varley, who helped develop Murder In Successville and the British version of Drunk History, and is produced through his company Brown Bred Productions.
Meanwhile, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown mainstay Dent is teaming up with Alan Carr to front a new Channel 4 reality show attempting to uncover "the country's most gifted and unsung minds".
Secret Genius is being backed by high-IQ society Mensa, with the six part series seeking out super-intelligent people in ordinary places to take part in "immersive and ambitious challenges" to test their brain power. Viewers will also be encouraged to play along to discover if they too have what it takes to be a genius.