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Pitmatic Nov
23 2000
Talk of the town,
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Stroke
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Nov 30 2000
Local talk in the city known variously as Londonderry, Derry and, more recently, as Stroke City |
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Cornwall
Dec 7 2000
Melvyn travels west in search of the increasingly elusive Cornish dialect |
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No Pigeon
Dec 14 2000
Melvyn visits Brixton to discover the most imitated, influential form of spoken English today. |
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Oswestry
Dec 21 2000
Melvyn travels to the Blue Remembered Hills of Shropshire |
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Conclusion
Dec 28 2000
The final programme in the series considers the future of English dialects |
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