Hosted by BBC Radio 5 Live · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 15 episodes
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Nicky Campbell navigates us through the grey areas and red lines of what we can and can't say, and how we keep up. Don't Say A Word is a Factory Originals and 6Foot6 production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live. Host: Nicky CampbellProducers: Fiona Cotteril, Ben Sutherland, Lewis Borg-Cardona.Sound design and Audio Mix: Ben FirthMusic:Kirsty Campbell-Ritchie, Kate Robbins, Lyndon Livingstone at Razorshop Productions, Sam Parker, Amanda Harkett, Nicky Campbell, Mark Adams, Remi Harris. The track "A Better World" is performed by Jubba White.Editor: Mark Sandell For the BBC:Content producer: Lauren FergusonCommissioning Executive: Will CooperManaging Editor: Julie CullenLead Commissioning Editor: Richard Maddock
BBC Radio 5 Live hosts Nicky Campbell's Don't Say A Word, a society show with 15 episodes published.
The language and terminology of the gender debate navigated and explained. What politicians hear on the doorstep and what they say to sound human. Is 'Double Dutch' the same as being 'All Greek', and should we end the Me
Show notesA Middle East conflict lexicon, red pills and blue pills- how the language of conspiracy theories has been influenced by The Matrix -and FFS!- why swearing is good for you.
Show notesWhitewash or celebration? The “Michael” movie is reviewed. Plus: from breadcrumbing to ghosting via the Ick - The A to Gen Z of the language of love, attraction and rejection, and how it’s changing.
Show notesWhy Love Thy Neighbour meant something very different in the 1970s, and how American series like the Cosby Show made our tv screens a lot less racist. Plus, the debate over pronouns – inclusive and respectful yes, but ca
Show notesAre “Blackface” and “Whiteface” equally offensive? Michael Gove tells us how not to let words get you kicked out of the Commons, how Samuel Pepys got voted out of school after 350 years, and have we got better at tolerat
Show notesA considered exploration of the N Word: is it ever acceptable to say it or sing it, and why do some want it reclaimed while others want it banned for ever? Guests including 1Xtra’s Richie Brave, journalist and commentato
Show notesDoes who you make jokes about depend on whether you are punching up or down? Where are all the working dads? And it’s like -we like- filler words.
Show notesA word from our censors… Has Mary Poppins suddenly become offensive or have our tastes changed? How writing about sex has become more revealing, and why “taking advantage” doesn’t do victims justice. Host: Nicky Campbell
Show notesDon’t say the wrong words: how a German warplane nearly brought down one Liverpool comedian, and remember the good old days when witch hunts actually meant hunting witches? Broadcasting legend Sara Cox wonders why no-one
Show notesMaking an impression - but are there rules on who you can and can’t mimic? Have you got a problem with “problematic”, and the obituary writers who don’t suffer fools gladly... Host: Nicky Campbell Producers: Fiona Cotter
Show notesAre there double standards on the radio: why won’t you hear Gary Glitter any more, but you will hear Michael Jackson? Also, is Seinfeld funny or problematic - or both? And help! Is saying Man Overboard all at sea? Host:
Show notesHey DJ, here are some requests: don’t play that, or that, and definitely NOT that! Why “battling” cancer isn’t always the right way to look at it, is it ever ok to ban a book, and the word you’re looking for isn’t vagran
Show notesA tale of two eras: should Charles Dickens be cancelled? Should a disabled character always be played by a disabled actor? And paperback re-writer Stuart Maconie forgives some problematic Beatles lyrics... Host: Nicky Ca
Show notesHow do you decide a right laugh from a wrong one? Why it might be a problem asking where someone is really from? Join us for a brainstorm to decide if that word is ok and can the case for the prosecution be a rap lyric?
Show notesNicky Campbell navigates us through the grey areas of what we can and can’t say.
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Nicky Campbell's Don't Say A Word is hosted by BBC Radio 5 Live. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 15 episodes.
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