Nigel Rees (born June 5, 1944, near Liverpool) is a British author and presenter, best known for devising and hosting the Radio 4panel gameQuote Unquote and for his keen interest in the use and misuse of the English language. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Northwest England, on the north side of the Mersey estuary. ... A game show is a radio or television program involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Quote Unquote is a light-hearted panel game broadcast on BBC Radio 4 based on quotations. ... A quotation is a fragment of a human expression that is inserted into another human expression. ... The meanings of words in the English language often change over time. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
During his career he has also co-presented the Today programme, performed sketch comedy in The Burkiss Way and been a regular guest in Dictionary Corner on Countdown. Today, commonly referred to as the Today programme in order to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Burkiss Way was a BBC Radio 4 sketch comedy series that ran from August 1976 to November 1980. ... Countdown is a British game show formerly presented by Richard Whiteley (1982-2005), and currently Des Lynam (2005-), with the assistance of Carol Vorderman, and shown daily on Channel 4. ...
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