My Word - Series 15 Omnibus (Part Two)

The final six episodes of the fifteenth series of the radio comedy panel show My Word, originally broadcast on the BBC Home Service in early 1966, featuring Frank Muir, Denis Norden, Dilys Powell and Anne Scott-James alongside host Jack Longland.

Due to the unchanging cast and paucity of info on recordings, it's difficult to determine the sequence of My Word episodes even with contemporary radio listings, so some guesswork has been used in the arrangement of this omnibus.

0:00 - Series 15 Episode 10, 11th January 1966
Definitions: Exotic, Chittack, Jobbernowl, Wheatear
Mythology: Aeolus, Hebe, Who strangled two serpents as a newborn, Hymen
Origins: Sky Pilot, Work One's Ticket, All Tee'd Up, All Wool & A Yard Wide
Foreign Words: Kebab, Pamplemousse, Moussaka, Goulash
Phrases: "Next of kin...", "The last of the mohicans..."

27:28 - Series 15 Episode 11, 18th January 1966
Definitions: Crosse, Bleb, Quiff, Trepang
Mythology: Jason's fifty heroes, Hyacinthus, Cornucopia, Nyx
Quotations: "The vilest deeds, like poison weeds, bloom well in prison air...", "As someday it may happen that a victim must be found; I've got a little list...", "This fortress built by Nature for herself against infection and the hand of war...", "The noble Duke of York, he had ten thousand men..."
Slang: Awful Place, Go Bent, Chopper, Cool Off
Phrases: "Hope springs eternal in the human breast...", "I shot an arrow into the air..."

55:20 - Series 15 Episode 12, 25th January 1966
Definitions: Dobbin, Aye-Aye, Hocus, Leotard
Mythology: Augean Stables, Hippocrene, Who murdered his brother after laughing at the city walls, Pyramus & Thisbe's end
Quotations: "O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms, alone and palely loitering?", "There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, but the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see'...", "Few and short were the prayers we said, and we spoke not a word of sorrow...", "Keep the home fires burning while your hearts are yearning..."
Phrases: "Ta ra ra boom-de-ay...", "Should auld acquaintance be forgot..."

1:22:56 - Series 15 Episode 13, 1st February 1966
Definitions: Securiform, Zebu, Valance, Conquistador
Mythology: Man who spied on a naked goddess, The outcome of his spying, Thespians, Parents of Achilles
Origins: Junkers, Egg On, Holystone, Jeep
Abbreviations: E&OE, V-1/V-2, Exor, BWTA
Phrases: "For men may come and men may go, but I go on forever...", "The remedy is worse than the disease..."

1:50:38 - Series 15 Episode 14, 8th February 1966
Definitions: Oxyopia, Mammee, Miscreant, Malmaison
Mythology: Ferryman of the Styx, Who solved the riddle of the Sphinx, Ancaeus, Whose girdle did Hercules steal?
Origins: Go To The Devil, Guinea Pig Director, Pumps, A Bit Hipped
Who, Why & What: The Four Freedoms; PM; Patron Saint Of Archers, Pinmakers & Soldiers; Led His Regiment From Behind
Phrases: "They also serve who only stand and wait...", "Do not cross that bridge until we come to it..."

2:18:22 - Series 15 Episode 15, 15th February 1966
Definitions: Sesame, Unbosom, Tyro, Tic Polonga
Mythology: Themis, Sisyphus, Mithridates, Who Rode Pegasus
Quotations: "Ill fares the land, to hast'ning ills a prey...", "Standing on the bridge at midnight, she says 'farewell, blighted love'...", "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us, do we not die?", "There's a great text in Galatians; once you trip on it, entails..."
Origins: Knows The Ropes, Platonic Love, Footpad, Albert
Phrases: "Events repeat themselves...", "The lamps are going out all over Europe..."