Hello and welcome to White Wine Question Time, the podcast that asks its guest three thought-provoking

questions all washed down with three glasses of wine. And my guest this week is a man who

loves to talk and so would you if you were the owner of such an extensive vocabulary. In fact,

he talks like a character straight out of Bridgerton, breathlessly lovable, flurry of tongue,

and almost childlike in his enthusiasm for well pretty much everything. At 34, he's charmed his

way into our hearts behind the reception desk of E4's Celebsco dating, and is currently showing

off his culinary talents in the celebrity best home cook kitchen. He grew up as the son,

grandson and great-grandson of teachers at the prestigious independent Bradfield College,

and later moved to nearby Pangbourne College before attending the Royal Academy of Music,

which led him into the world of show business. He's appeared in pantomimes and theater productions

all over the world as well as auditioning for the voice where sadly none of the judges turned for him,

but their loss was our game. His podcast, Tom Reed Wilson has words with, sees him firing on all

well-read cylinders as he explores his love of words with celebrity guests. I've just listened to

the Jennifer Saunders one, I could not recommend it more. Give it a go. In fact, such is his love of words,

but every day on Instagram, he treats well, every day as a school day with a word of the day post,

a daily literature lesson teaching us the meaning and origins of words like for quantitative

suffix. Frankly, coconut you'd be amazed, shambles, lodite, delf, skirmish and my most recent

favourite, pix niffian. Count down, you need this man in your dictionary corner. Let's dial him up.

I can't wait. It's Tom Reed Wilson.

Oh, what an intro goodness me. Well, I felt the pressure because obviously I've, you know,

I as do you, I have to applaud you, Tom, because your research on your podcast with your guests

is second to none. So you forced me to raise my bar this week and I drank three glasses of fine

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