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12/05/2026
Season 2026, Episode 1
Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host the long-running words-and-numbers game with impressionist Rory Bremner joining Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner
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Colin Murray
(Host)
Rachel Riley
(Co host)
Susie Dent
(Contributor)
Rory Bremner
(Guest)
Damian Eadie
(Series producer)
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Did You Know..
Colin Murray
(Host)
Born:
March 10, 1977
in
Dundonald, east Belfast
Best Known For:
Co-hosting the Colin and Edith Show on Radio 1
Early-life:
Born on March 10, 1977, and raised on the Ballybean Housing Estate in Dundonald, east Belfast. Expelled from grammar school at 16 for being disruptive in class, Murray was keen on entering a career in journalism, becoming a trainee on The Ulster News Letter and spending a year's fellowship at the Toronto Star. He then set up a pop magazine called Blank and wrote a pop column in the Sunday People.
Career:
He got his big break when he was signed up to co-host Radio 1's Session programme alongside Donna Legge in 1999. His witty one-liners and laidback presenting style proved popular, and the pair often deputised for the likes of John Peel, Steve Lamacq and Mary Anne Hobbs. In 2002, Colin was headhunted to front Channel 4's ill-fated breakfast show RI:SE but left to front the channel's late-night music shows. In late 2003, he was reunited with RI:SE co-host Edith Bowman for The Colin and Edith Show, which pulled in more than five million listeners before the pair went their seperate ways in 2006. Since then, he has presented Five's American football show, NFL Live, and the channel's European Poker Tour Series. He currently presents the channel's coverage of the UEFA Cup and hosts the topical sports-based news show Fighting Talk on BBC Radio Five Live. However, he hasn't forgotten his roots and also presents a late-night weekend show on Radio Ulster.
Quote:
'It used to be that you'd turn on a TV chat show, and you'd learn by the end something about the person. These days, it tends to be just an interviewer cracking bad jokes.'
Trivia:
Murray supports the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team.
Rachel Riley
(Co host)
Born:
January 11, 1986
in
Rochford, Essex
Best Known For:
Countdown.
Early-life:
Rachel Annabelle Riley was born in Rochford, Essex, on January 11, 1986. She studied mathematics at Oriel College, Oxford.
Career:
Riley's big break came in 2008 when she was chosen from more than 1,000 applicants to replace Carol Vorderman on Countdown. She presented her first show alongside Jeff Stelling in January 2009, and reached her 1,000th episode in June 2013. Away from the numbers and letters on Countdown, she began co-hosting The Gadget Show alongside Jason Bradbury in June 2013. She was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing in 2013 and was the fifth celebrity to be eliminated.
Quote:
'I don't want girls to aspire to being famous for the sake of being famous. If I was only known for wearing a dress, that wouldn't have any value for me.'
Trivia:
Riley won £36,000 for charity on a celebrity edition of The Bank Job. She supports Manchester United.
Susie Dent
(Contributor)
Rory Bremner
(Guest)
Born:
April 06, 1961
in
Edinburgh
Best Known For:
Impersonating countless political figures.
Early-life:
Born Roderick Keith Ogilvy Bremner in Edinburgh on April 6, 1961, Rory realised from an early age he wanted to go into comedy, encouraged by the huge amount of performers travelling to his home city on a yearly basis for the Fringe festival. While attending King's College in London where he studied French and German, he decided to go it alone as a stand-up act, and soon caught the attention of the Fringe's organisers, who asked him to perform at the event he had grown up loving.
Career:
As his reputation gathered momentum, Rory was approached to present BBC Radio 4's The Fringe Show, which led to appearances on the station's topical comedy series Week Ending. It was while working on the project he met John Langdon, who went on to be Bremner's permanent co-writer. After a spell on ITV's And There's More, as well as his own BBC Two show, Rory was given his own programme on Channel 4 at the tender age of 24. The impressionist also scored a chart hit with the single Nineteen Not Out. He has gone on to host Rory Bremner, Who Else?, Bremner, Bird and Fortune and provided a plethora of voices for Spitting Image.
Quote:
'I think if there is a God it's very important he has a sense of humour - otherwise you're in for a very miserable afterlife.'
Trivia:
He speaks French and German.
Damian Eadie
(Series producer)
Born:
August 15, 1969
in
Blackpool
