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A Word in Your Ear (1993)

A Word in Your Ear poster
Genre
game show
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A game show where contestants test their word skills by guessing phrases. Gordon Burns hosts the series as players compete to find the right expressions.

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What happens

A Word in Your Ear is a game show that originally aired on Tyne Tees Television from 8 August 1990 to 20 December 1991, then on BBC1 from 19 April 1993 to 14 October 1994 and finally on The Family Channel from 1995. It is hosted by Gordon Burns. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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