25/01/2011
Michael Rosen joins the 'back bench' of a newspaper as the presses get ready to roll.
Michael Rosen visits the newsroom of 'The Sun' to meet the sub-editors, who are widely regarded as some of the most skilled and creative wordsmiths in the newspaper business. He investigates puns, euphemisms, splash-headlines, intros and page-three captions. He looks at the newsroom jargon, from back-benches to sub-decks. And he discovers - among other things - that 'romps' are the new 'nookie'.
Producer: Peter Everett.
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- Tue 25 Jan 2011 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 31 Jan 2011 23:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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