Susie Dent: Word Perfect

Susie Dent's new word show traces the odd corners of English, from collective nouns and fridge-foraging vocabulary to the language's many terms for being drunk.

Following The Secret Life of Words, Susie Dent returns with a fresh collection of facts and stories from the language. The show asks whether English has a word for going to the fridge for the umpteenth time in search of something new, why a group of crows is called a murder while owls form a parliament, and how many words we need for being drunk. Dent illustrates her picks with examples that show how unpredictable, wayward and inventive the mother tongue can be.