The Word (TV series)
| The Word | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Channel 4 |
| Directed by |
Luke Campbell Julia Knowles |
| Presented by |
Terry Christian Mark Lamarr Dani Behr Alan Connor Amanda de Cadenet "Huffty" Katie Puckrik Jasmine Dottiwala Michelle Collins Ryan McBride |
| Theme music composer | 808 State |
| Opening theme | Olympic (Euro Bass Mix) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 104 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jane Buchanan |
| Producer(s) | Sean Borg Paul Ross Tamsin Summers Asif Zubairy |
| Running time | 60 Mins |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 |
| Original release | 10 August 1990 – 24 March 1995 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Girlie Show |
The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom.
Its presenters included Mancunian radio presenter Terry Christian, comedian Mark Lamarr, Dani Behr, Katie Puckrik, Jasmine Dotiwala, Alan Connor, Amanda de Cadenet and "Huffty". Originally broadcast in the old Tube time slot of 6 pm Friday evenings, The Word's main live show was shifted to a late-night timeslot from 9 November 1990, with a compilation sister show fronted by Mark Lamarr in the week. The magazine format allowed for interviews, live music, features and even game shows. The flexible late-night format meant that guests could do just about anything to be controversial.
There was also an 'I'll do anything to be on television' section called "The Hopefuls" in which people ate worms, bathed in maggots, licked sweat off fat people, intimately kissed old people, and did generally repulsive things in order to get featured on the programme.
The show was the brainchild of Charlie Parsons and was originally produced for series 1 and 2 by the production company 24 Hour Productions, which later became Planet 24.
The first series of the show was broadcast live (with no delay) originally from London Studios in the LWT building on the South Bank and then from Limehouse Studios, Wembley (1991–1992). When those studios closed the show moved to Teddington Studios.
Paul Ross was the series editor on series 3 and 4, and became executive producer for series 5. Director Martin Cairns directed many of the stunt film clips for which the programmes became famous. Some receiving warnings on content from C4. Jo Whiley worked as a researcher–band booker and is credited as having given Nirvana their historic and notorious first TV appearance.
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