Editing My Word! (section)

==Series history==
A one-off pilot programme was broadcast by the Midland region of the [[BBC Home Service]] on 6 June 1956.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/87c871b9b8c7883a8fced6fa4d9033d4 "The Home Service, Wednesday, 6 June"], ''Radio Times'', 3 June 1956, p. 30</ref> When the series was launched on the national BBC network in January 1957, an edited edition of the pilot preceded the 14 new episodes.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/68dce9995c08499f82876d2e237ee6c4 "The Home Service, Tuesday 1 January"], ''Radio Times'', 30 December 1956, p. 24</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: left, margin-right: 0,"
! scope="col" |Series
! scope="col" |Dates
! scope="col" |Episodes
! scope= "col" |Host
! scope= "col" |Regular panel
! scope= "col" |Notes/guests
|-
| 1
|1 Jan–21 May 1957
|Pilot<br>show + 14
| [[John Arlott]]
| [[Isobel Barnett]] (pilot and episodes 2, 3 and 4),<br>[[E. Arnot Robertson]] (episodes 1 and 5–14),<br>[[Frank Muir]], [[Denis Norden]], [[Nancy Spain]]
| [[Pamela Frankau]]<br>[[Ted Kavanagh]]{{refn|Pamela Frankau deputised for Arnot Robertson in the 7 May episode; Ted Kavanagh stood in for Denis Norden on 7 and 14 May.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&order=asc&q=%22My+Word%22&yf=1957&yt=1957#search "My Word, 1957"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>|group=n}}
|-
| 2
| 5 Aug–25 Oct 1957
|10
| [[Jack Longland|Jack{{space}}Longland]]
| Muir, Norden, Robertson, Spain
|
|-
| 3
| 30 Apr–26 Aug 1958
|13
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Robertson, Spain
|
|-
|Christmas<br>special
|25 Dec 1958
|1
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Robertson, Spain
|
|-
|4
|6 May 1959–15 Jul 1959
|11
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Robertson, Spain
|
|-
|5
|22 Dec 1959–22 Mar 1960
|13
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Robertson, Spain
|
|-
|6
|22 Sep–16 Dec 1960
|13
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Robertson, Spain
|
|-
|7
|4 Jun–30 Jul 1961
|9
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Robertson, Spain
|
|-
|8
|17 Sep 1961–5 Nov 1961
|8
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Robertson,{{refn|Arnot Robertson died on 21 September, after the recording of this series. The later episodes were broadcast posthumously.<ref name=gbcc/>|group=n}} Spain
|
|-
|Christmas<br>special
|25 Dec 1961
|1
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, [[Dilys Powell]], Spain
|
|-
|9
|1 Jul–30 Sep 1962
|13
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Spain
|
|-
|10
|2 Apr–25 Jun 1963
|13
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Spain
|
|-
|11
|26 Nov 1963–25 Feb 1964
|14
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Spain
|
|-|-
|"My Bard"
|24 April 1964
|1
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Spain
|Shakespeare<br>quatercentenary special
|-
|12
|1 May–12 Jun 1964
|7
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, [[Anne Scott-James]], Spain{{refn|Nancy Spain died in an air crash on 21 March 1964, and the two episodes she had recorded shortly before were broadcast posthumously as the first two of series 12. The Shakespeare special had been recorded in 1963.<ref name=gbcc/>|group=n}}
|
|-
|13
|30 Oct–18 Dec 1964
|8
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|14
|11 May–27 Jul 1965
|12
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|15
|9 Nov 1965–16 Feb 1966
|15
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|16
|6 Sep–27 Dec 1966
|16
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|17
|4 Apr– 18 Jul 1967
|15
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|[[Lionel Hale]]{{refn|Lionel Hale stood in for Norden, 2 and 23 May and for Frank Muir, 9 May.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=%22My+Word%22+AND+%22Lionel+Hale%22#search "My Word, Lionel Hale"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>|group=n}}
|-
|18
|17 Jan–15 Apr 1968
|15
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|19
|11 Nov 1968–13 Jan 1969
|10
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|20
|28 Sep–21 Dec 1969
|13
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|Dickens edition
|26 Sep 1970
|1
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
|21
|15 Oct–31 Dec 1970
|13
|Longland
|Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|[[John Wells (satirist)|John Wells]]{{refn|Deputising for Norden, 29 October and 5 November.<ref name=wells>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=%22My+Word!%22+AND+%22John+Wells%22#search "My Word – John Wells"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>|group=n}}
|-
| 22
| 27 Sep–27 Dec 1971
| 14
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
| 23
| 1 Oct–24 Dec 1972
| 13
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
| 24
| 2 Oct–25 Dec 1973
|
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
| 25
| 1 Oct–23 Nov 1974
| 13
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
| 26
| 30 Sep–30 Dec 1975
| 14
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
| Wells{{refn|Standing in for Muir, 18 October and for Norden, 30 December.<ref name=wells/>|group=n}}<br>[[Katherine Whitehorn]]{{refn|Standing in for Anne Scott-James, 25 October 1975.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=0&q=%22My+Word%22+AND+Whitehorn&media=all&yf=1923&yt=2009&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00#search "28 October 1975"]. BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref> |group=n}}

|-

| 27
| 5 Oct–28 Dec 1976
| 13
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
| 28
| 5 Oct–28 Dec 1977
| 13
| Longland
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
|
|-
| 29
| 27 Sep–20 Dec 1978
| 13
| [[John Julius Norwich]]
| Muir, Norden, Powell, Scott-James
| [[Barry Took]]{{refn|Substituting for Muir.<ref name=took>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?order=asc&q=%22My+Word%22+AND+%22Barry+Took%22#search "My Word! Barry Took"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>|group=n|name=took}}
|-
| 30
| 26 Sep–19 Dec 1979
| 13
| Norwich
| [[Antonia Fraser]], Muir, Norden, Powell
| Took{{refn|group=n|name=took}}
|-
| 31
| 28 Sep–21 Dec 1980
| 13
| Norwich
| Fraser, Muir, Norden, Powell
| Took {{refn|Substituting for Norden.<ref name=took/>|group=n}}
|-
| 32
| 30 Dec 1981–24 Mar 1982
| 13
| Norwich
| Fraser, Muir, Norden, Powell
| Took{{refn|group=n|name=took}}
|-
| 33
| 8 Dec 1982–2 Mar 1983
| 13
| Fraser
| Muir, Norden, Powell, [[Irene Thomas]]
|
|-
| 34
| 22 Nov 1983–31 Jan 1984
| 13
| [[Michael O'Donnell (physician)|Michael O'Donnell]]
| Fraser, Muir, Norden, Powell
|
|-
| 35
| 4 Dec 1984–5 Mar 1985
| 13
| O'Donnell
| Fraser, Muir, Norden, Powell
| [[Edward Blishen]]{{refn|Standing in for Norden in two episodes in February 1985. A recording of one of these episodes survives.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/bbcmyword "165 Limbo"], Internet Archive. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>|group=n}}
|-
| 36
| 31 Dec 1985–25 Mar 1986
| 13
| O'Donnell
| Fraser, Muir, Norden, Powell
| [[Libby Purves]], [[Gay Search]]<br>[[Joan Bakewell]], [[P. D. James]] and<br>[[Victoria Glendinning]]{{refn|Successively deputising for Antonia Fraser, one episode apiece.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&q=%22My+Word%22&media=all&yf=1986&yt=1986&mf=1&mt=12&tf=00%3A00&tt=00%3A00#search "My Word, 1986"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>|group=n}}
|-
| 37
| 17 Jun–4 Aug  1987
| 8
| O'Donnell
| Fraser, Muir, Norden, Powell
|
|-
| 38
| 8 Aug–26 Sep 1988
| 8
| O'Donnell
| Fraser, Muir, Norden, Powell
| Search and Glendinning{{refn|Standing in for Fraser on 15 and 22 August 1988 respectively.<ref>[https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?adv=1&order=asc&q=%22My+Word%22&svc=9371569&yf=1988&yt=1988#search "My Word! 1988"], BBC Genome. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>|group=n}}
|}
:Source: [[BBC Genome]] and Global British Comedy Collaborative.<ref name=bbc/><ref name=gbcc>[http://www.thegbcc.info/w-cy/My_Word.html "My Word!"], Global British Comedy Collaborative. Retrieved 3 May 2021</ref>