Away With Words
tv show
13 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired September 15, 1998
Overview
Presenter Neil Innes has fun exploring the origins of well-known words; and phrases in AWAY WITH WORDS. The 13-part series follows him on his travels from Yarmouth to Ely, Southend, Newmarket, Luton, Southwold, Duxford, Ipswich, Norwich, Corby, Bletchley, Cambridge and Colchester. But it won't be a map so much as a dictionary that he will have as a guide as he looks for the unlikely sources of all sorts of everyday names and sayings, and talks to some of the people who can throw light on them.
Episode 10
Season 1 - Episode 10 - 0h 0m
Air Date
November 22, 1998
Overview
Smuggling, seafaring and superstition are all on the agenda when AWAY WITH WORDS presenter Neil Innes finds himself trawling for the origins of more everyday phrases - and lands in deep trouble with the law. Exploring the language of customs and excise along a Suffolk, coastline which is no stranger to smuggling activities, Neil soon finds the long arm of the law reaching out to nab him. Then it is off to the dungeons with him ... in Norwich Castle. There is a garden encounter with Norwich witch, Naomi, before Neil heads back over the county border for a good night's sleepwalking in Woodbridge! Quitting his bedroom at the Suffolk town's Bull Hotel, a pyjama clad Neil is soon breaking all the rules to illustrate some everyday superstitions. Finally, Away with Words sets sail on board the Excelsior, a traditional Lowestoft trawler, built in 1921, where Neil is soon busy learning the ropes, and discovering why sailors were required to "show a leg".