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Feb 2023
47m 22s

Richard Osman's love of language

Bbc Radio 4
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<p>Richard Osman talks in depth to Michael Rosen about his life in language: from growing up loving TV and sports, to working on Pointless and then writing The Thursday Murder Club. And you can download the longer Word of Mouth podcast version to hear their conversation in full. Download button on the BBC programme page. Link to all the Word of Mouth podca ... Show More
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