Away with Words

It is all grist to the mill for presenter Neil Innes, when he manages to coinbine beer-tasting, golf, music and Morris dancing in this week's AWAY WITH WORDS. Neil's latest fun quest for words and their origins, begins in the seaside town of Southwold, where beach-hut names soon give way to pub names, a visit to Adnam's Brewery, and the language of ale. Neil also swings into action on the fairway (and in the rough) as he gets to grips with some of the peculiar names involved in the game of golf. Ringing the changes, Neil meets some bell-ringers at a nearby church tower. And there is more music-making (and beer-drinking) in the Suffolk town of Woodbridge, where he meets violin maker Russell Stowe, enjoys a performance by Martlesham Brass Band, and watches the East Suffolk Morris Men in action. By which time Neil should be able to work out whether he is fit as a fiddle and can blow his own trumpet. Or whether he needs to be taken down a peg or two!