Susie Dent

Have you ever wondered why football managers all speak the same way, what a cabbie calls the Houses of Parliament, or how ticket inspectors discreetly request back-up? We are surrounded by hundreds of tribes, each speaking a distinct language honed through years of conversations on the battlefield, in A&E, or at 10,000ft in the air. Susie Dent, best known as the Dictionary Corner expert on Channel 4's Countdown, takes us on a whirlwind tour of Britain, revealing its secret languages and finding out in the process what really makes us tick.