

"The incredible true story that defined our world."
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.
James Murray

Dr. William Chester Minor

Eliza Merrett

Muncie

Ada Murray

Charles Hall

Church

Benjamin Jowett

Henry Bradley

Dr. Richard Brayne

Frederick James Furnivall

Philip Lyttelton Gell

Max Mueller

Winston Churchill

Alfred Minor

Head Board Member

Defence Attorney Clarke

Parfit

Minor's Father

Henry Liddell

Bailiff #1

Joseph

Tom Coleman

Sir Richard

Lambeth Man

Colonel

Attendant No.1

Clare Merrett

George Merrett

Harold Murray

Gate Guard
Scriptorium Assistant

Elsie Murray

Guard
Eastman Minor