Test match special

edited by Peter Baxter ; with contributions from Jonathan Agnew .

ISBN 10: 0563539062 / ISBN 13: 9780563539063

Published by BBC Books, 2007

About this Item

Test match special - 50 not out : the official history of a national sporting treasure.

Seller Inventory # U9780563539063

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Test match special
• Publisher: BBC Books
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0563539062
• ISBN 13: 9780563539063
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

In 1957, a whole day's play of a Test Match was broadcast on BBC Radio for the first time with the slogan 'Don't miss a ball, we broadcast them all'. This book celebrates 50 years of Test Match Special with anecdotes, stories, reminiscences and champagne moments of five decades of cricket commentary. Sprinkled throughout are "My First TMS match" articles by top-class writers and commentators such as Jonathan Agnew, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Henry Blofeld, Bill Frindall, Simon Mann, Vic Marks, Mike Selvey and Angus Fraser. Edited by Peter Baxter, the organizing brain behind TMS and the producer for 29 years, this is a comprehensive and celebratory account of this most respected and prestigious brand in cricket.

About the Author

Peter Baxter first worked on Test Match Special as a production assistant 40 years ago and became the programme's producer in 1973. Born in Derby in 1947 and educated at Wellington College, Peter joined the BBC in 1965 after a short spell in the British Forces Broadcasting Service in Aden. As well as cricket, Peter was rugby producer for eight years, produced the coverage of the annual University Boat Race for 10 years and has worked on almost every other type of radio outside broadcast - sporting or otherwise. He lives in north Buckinghamshire with his two children.