Balderdash and Piffle
| Balderdash and Piffle | |
|---|---|
| Created by | BBC |
| Starring | Victoria Coren et al. |
| No. of episodes | 15 (+1 follow-up) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Takeaway Media |
| Running time | 30 Minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Two |
| Release | 2 January 2006 – 6 July 2007 |
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Balderdash and Piffle is a British television programme on BBC in which the writers of the Oxford English Dictionary asked the public for help in finding the origins and first known citations of a number of words and phrases. Presented by Victoria Coren, it was a companion to the dictionary's Wordhunt project.
The OED panel consisted of John Simpson, the Chief Editor of the OED; Peter Gilliver, who was also the captain of the Oxford University Press team in University Challenge: The Professionals; and etymologist Tania Styles, who also appeared in the "dictionary corner" in Countdown.