The Wit of Cricket at Home and Abroad..., Barry Johnston
The Wit of Cricket at Home and Abroad..., Barry Johnston
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The Wit of Cricket at Home and Abroad

Author: Barry Johnston

Narrator: Barry Johnston, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Peter Baxter, Robert Powell

Unabridged: 1 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/02/2010


Synopsis

From the producers of the Number One bestselling CD 'The Wit of Cricket', here is their latest collection of the funniest cricket stories at home and abroad, recorded live at Great Brickhill Cricket Club in Bedfordshire.

Featuring a rare live recording by the late cricket commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins, who was a brilliant after-dinner speaker, here are dozens of hilarious anecdotes about the Ashes, overseas tours, sledging, Test Match Special, and much more!

Christopher Martin-Jenkins commentated on TMS from 1973 to 2012, and was cricket correspondent of the BBC, the Daily Telegraph and The Times, as well as President of the MCC in 2011; Peter Baxter was the producer of TMS on BBC radio for 34 years; Barry Johnston is the son of Brian Johnston and compiled The Wit of Cricket book; Robert Powell is an award-winning actor and former President of the Lord's Taverners.

(P)2010 Barn Productions

About Barry Johnston

Barry Johnston is an author, editor and producer. He appeared with the vocal group Design on more than 50 TV shows in the 1970s, including Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies and Benny Hill. He presented the breakfast show on KLOA-AM in California and also a daily programme on BBC Radio Sussex. He now runs Barn Productions and produced the award-winning audiobooks Johnners at the Beeb and The Wit of Cricket. He is an editor and compiler for major publishers and also his own books including the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Letters Home 1926-1945, and is the author of biographies of Kenneth Horne and of his father, Brian Johnston.

About Robert Powell

Robert Powell is the reader of SELECTIONS FROM ISAIAH (audio). He is a well-known film and TV actor who has appeared on the small screen in comedy alongside Jasper Carrot and on the big screen as none other than Jesus of Nazareth.


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