Editing My Word! (section)

{{Short description|British radio literary quiz show  (1956–1988)}}
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{{See Wiktionary||my word|interjection}}
{{Infobox Radio Show
| show_name  = My Word!
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| imagesize  = 200px
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| format  = Literary humorous [[panel game]]
| runtime  = 30 mins
| country  = United Kingdom
| home_station = [[BBC Home Service]] and [[BBC Radio 4]]
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| starring  = (Chair)<br/><small>[[John Arlott]] (1956–57)<br/>[[Jack Longland]] (1957–77)<br/>[[John Julius Norwich]] (1978–82)<br/>[[Antonia Fraser]] (1982–83)<br/>[[Michael O'Donnell (physician)|Michael O'Donnell]] (1983–88)<br/></small>(Panellists)<br/><small>[[Frank Muir]] (1956–88)<br/>[[Denis Norden]] (1956–88)<br/>[[Isobel Barnett]] (1956–57)<br/>[[Nancy Spain]] (1956–64)<br/>[[E. Arnot Robertson]] (1957–61)<br/>[[Dilys Powell]] (1962–88)<br/>[[Anne Scott-James]] (1964–78)<br/>[[Antonia Fraser]] (1979–88)<br/>[[Irene Thomas]] (1982–83)</small>
| creator  = [[Tony Shryane]] and [[Edward J. Mason]]
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| producer  = [[Tony Shryane]], Bobby Jaye, [[Pete Atkin]], Neil Cargill
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| first_aired = 1956
| last_aired  = 1988
| num_series  = 38
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| opentheme  = ''Alpine Pastures'', by [[Vivian Ellis]]<ref>Lamb, p. 19</ref>
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'''''My Word!''''' is a British radio quiz [[panel game]] broadcast by the [[BBC]] on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] (1956–67) and [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] (1967–88). It was created by [[Edward J. Mason]] and [[Tony Shryane]], and featured the humorous writers [[Frank Muir]] and [[Denis Norden]], known in Britain for the series ''[[Take It From Here]]''. The show was [[Television pilot|pilot]]ed in June 1956 on the Midland Home Service and broadcast as a series on the national Home Service network from 1 January 1957. The series also ran on [[BBC Television]] for one series from July–September 1960.

For decades the programme was also broadcast worldwide via [[BBC World Service]] and was relayed to an international audience though the [[BBC Transcription Services]]. A companion programme, ''[[My Music (radio)|My Music]]'', ran from 1967 to 1993.