Shows
Luke FordThe Charisma Wars: Fuentes, Tucker and Shapiro in a Post-Liberal, Post-Christian America (11-23-25)01:00 Why So Much Positive Coverage Of Dick Cheney Last Week? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165087
03:40 Hal Brands on US-China 2026, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTpN6nLEo0
06:00 I Like This Trump Peace Plan For Ukraine, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165063
18:00 Porn Stars & The Rootless Elite, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165066
45:00 Rony Guldmann Revisits Liberal Fascism, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165052
59:00 MAGA’s Jew-Hatred Component Are Tiny, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=165046
1:07:00 Unrivaled: Why America Will Remain the World's Sole Superpower by Michael Beckley
1:14:00 Kip joins to talk Nick Fuentes
1:50:00 I thought my career would look like Henry Blofeld's, https://www.yo...
2025-11-233h 47
Spectator Out LoudMax Jeffery, Cosmo Landesman, Henry Blofeld, David Honigmann & Rachel JohnsonOn this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery reports from court as the Spectator and Douglas Murray win the defamation cause brought against them by Mohammed Hijab; Cosmo Landesman defends those who stay silent over political issues; Henry Blofeld celebrates what has been a wonderful year for test cricket; David Honigmann reflects on the powder keg that was 1980s New York, as he reviews Jonathan Mahler’s The Gods of New York; and, following the Oasis reunion, Rachel Johnson reflects on her run ins with the Gallagher brothers. Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.Bec...
2025-08-0828 min
Best of the SpectatorSpectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery, Cosmo Landesman, Henry Blofeld, David Honigmann & Rachel JohnsonOn this week’s Spectator Out Loud: Max Jeffery reports from court as the Spectator and Douglas Murray win the defamation cause brought against them by Mohammed Hijab; Cosmo Landesman defends those who stay silent over political issues; Henry Blofeld celebrates what has been a wonderful year for test cricket; David Honigmann reflects on the powder keg that was 1980s New York, as he reviews Jonathan Mahler’s The Gods of New York; and, following the Oasis reunion, Rachel Johnson reflects on her run ins with the Gallagher brothers. Produced and presented by Patrick Gibbons.
2025-08-0828 min
20 Questions With20 Questions With Henry BlofeldOne of the most iconic voices in sport, indeed one of the most iconic voices in the history of radio, Henry Blofeld shares his reflections on a career behind the mic during which he bore witness to some of the greatest feats in cricketing history. Now 85 and retired from the BBC's Test Match Special commentary team, he recalls the day the legendary John Arlott described the game's first streaker at Lord's (complete with impressions of Arlott and Brian Johnston), remembers some of his favourite players and their top innings, gives his verdict on Ben Stokes and Bazball, and makes...
2025-06-2449 min20 Questions With20 Questions With Henry BlofeldOne of the most iconic voices in sport, indeed one of the most iconic voices in the history of radio, Henry Blofeld shares his reflections on a career behind the mic during which he bore witness to some of the greatest feats in cricketing history. Now 85 and retired from the BBC's Test Match Special commentary team, he recalls the day the legendary John Arlott described the game's first streaker at Lord's (complete with impressions of Arlott and Brian Johnston), remembers some of his favourite players and their top innings, gives his verdict on Ben Stokes and Bazball, and makes...
2025-06-2449 min
Silver Stumps - the Over 60s/70s Cricket PodcastAidan Dennis reporting on the Malta Seniors Cricket FestivalThe Malta Seniors Cricket Festival took place between the 28th of March and the 5th of April at the Marsa sports club under the direction of tournament, founder and director Frank Spiteri and tournament referee Barrie Burns.Eight teams took part in this event which has been going since 2018 and not only provides a fantastic opportunity to play pre-season warm weather cricket but also raises not insignificant money for local charities and this year that included Ron Hedley's prostate cancer awareness walk fund as Ron organised a walk during the event.Aidan Dennis organised the...
2025-04-1732 min
The Final Word Cricket PodcastThe Final Word with Alex TudorSeason 17, Episode 9: A career total of just 10 Test Matches belies the imprint made on the game by Alex Tudor. A quick bowler who burst onto the scene in an Ashes series and made his presence felt right away, he was always good enough to mix it with the best. Injuries curtailed his international career, but his love for cricket – and continued involvement in it – has never ceased. He spoke with Adam and gave a feel for the lovely company he will be on Ambassador’s Cricket Legends Cruise in December along with Graham Gooch, Jonathan Agnew and Henry Blofeld.
2024-11-0758 min
Radio OldieOldie Literary Lunch Recording - Henry Blofeld on Sharing My Love of CricketOur most loved and famous cricket commentator tells The Oldie Literary Lunch on 22nd October 2024 about his love of the game and his worry for the future of cricket and the T20 franchise.
The Oldie Literary Lunch was held on 22nd October 2024 at The National Liberal Club and kindly sponsored by Kirker Holidays. All photos by Neil Spence Photography.
2024-10-2412 minThe Final Word Cricket PodcastThe Final Word with Henry BlofeldSeason 17, Episode 3: Henry Blofeld, or Blowers, as he’s universally known, was a staple of cricket broadcasting in England for half a century. First calling internationals in the early 1970s, he was central to Test Match Special becoming a national institution as a much-loved voice in that famous commentary box. He narrated the game around the world until 2017 when he hung up his BBC mic. Having covered hundreds of Tests, Blowers is a man with thousands of yarns. The master storyteller joined Adam to share a few of those from his wonderful life in cricket....
2024-10-1143 min
Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsJIMMY GREAVES, HENRY BLOFELD & ITV’S PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING – PART 2 OF THE TV LIFE & TIMES OF TOP PA VICTORIA STURGESS.In this edition of Behind the Scenes, Production Assistant (Script Supervisor) Victoria Sturgess shares more stories of her life and times at the sharp end of British television from the late 1960s through to the early ‘90s taking in her move from music and entertainment to LWT’s Sports Department; which led to her working alongside such production luminaries as John Bromley, Ted Ayling,
Patricia Mordecai and John Scriminger. She recalls the glamour of travelling the globe covering football and boxing, those “tiresome” golf and pool tournaments, the joy of Tarby’s FA Cup Final Celebrity Bar, plus that staple of
W...
2024-08-101h 01
The Premier League Cricket ClubThe Premier League Cricket Show - Match Week 8 - Henry Blofeld has rolled back the years!Welcome to episode 32 of The Premier League Cricket Show, the ultimate cricket destination for dynamic discussions, exclusive guests, and unmatched insights from around the peak of the club cricket pyramid where we will follow not only the 32 ECB Premier Leagues but also all the NCCA (National Counties, formerly Minor Counties) action.It's Match Week 7 in the ECB Premier Leagues, with lots of cricket for Ian Livo & Hugh Newsome to talk about, with guest Ash Thorpe of Chester Le Street CC in the North East Premier League and also Durham CCC commentatorThanks for listening and i...
2024-06-111h 02
The Guerilla Cricket PodcastThe Bear and The Bishop Ep69Sæll og velkominn til Biskups og Björn I’m not sure you can ever fully trust Google Translate, but that should be Icelandic for “Hello and welcome to the Bishop and Bear”. If you happen to speak fluent Icelandic and it accidentally says something else, I can only apologise. Blame the landlord not the barman. There is a reason we have gone full Icelandic though. Our guest on the Barstool of Bravado this week is Kit Harris. Not only assistant editor of Wisden but also author the extraordinary “From Lords to the...
2024-03-021h 03
Copie CarboneBruno Von GarsseLe Blitz Oliv + Bruno : Blofeld, UpdateLa fabrique des tubes Séb : Kasabian, Days Are ForgottenLud : David Mc Williams, Days Of Pearly SpencerOliv : New Musik, While you waitAlex : Pleasure Game, Le DormeurLes sommets du plat pays Oliv : SA 42 : Pleasure and CrimeTravelling sonore Lud : Dutronc, le responsableBlast Séb : Jamiroquai, Travelling Without MovingLe Sens du Sillon ...
2024-02-241h 59
Sport ShackMy Favourite Sporting CommentatorsPaul is back for another entertaining episode, this time joined by Miss Olivia to discuss his favourite commentators from over the past 50 years. Some of who he will pay tribute to include.
- A legend in Australian sports broadcasting who has excelled in calling a wide range of sports, especially athletics and Aussie Rules and has earned the nickname “Mr Olympics”.
- Another legend of Australian sports broadcasting who has excelled in calling sport on both the radio and TV and his daughter who is following in her father’s footsteps.
- Ray Hadley...
2024-02-101h 08
Paul Murray LivePaul Murray Live, Wednesday 5 JulyJacinta Price joins the show to dissect Linda Burney’s lies about the Voice, Renters now faring better than home owners amid the cost of living crisis. Plus, legendary cricket commentator Henry Blofeld discusses the heated Ashes series.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-07-0648 min
The BV: from the heart of DorsetThe BV talks to broadcast legend Henry BlofeldThe February BV podcast begins, as always, with this month's letter from the editor and all the reader's letters - moving on to two interviews; one with the principal of Kingston Maurward college, and the other with Henry 'Blowers' Blofeld.
Letter from the editor, Laura Hitchcock
Reader's letters
Following a local outcry based on inaccurate information, Jenny Devitt speaks to Luke Rake, principal of Kingston Maurward College about the rumours surrounding the cancelation of apprenticeships
Legendary cricket commentator and broadcaster, Henry Blofeld OBE, known amongst his many fans as Blowers and famed for his plummy...
2023-02-1733 min
Mix Sport on Hertfordshire's Mix 92.6Henry Blofeld – My Dear Old Things’National Treasure Henry Blofeld may no longer be in the cricket commentary box but he is really busy with his ... Read more
2023-01-1700 min
98 Not Out - The Cricket PodcastBest of the Guests - Volume 2 This week, we bring you "Best of the Guests: Vol 2", the second in a series, where we are looking back at some of the star guests we have had on the show over the three years we have been running. In this episode, we feature our chats with Graham Gooch, Gordon Greenidge, Daryl Mitchell, Chris Woakes, Steve Harmison, Chris Lewis, Mark Pougatch, Monty Panesar, Ebony Rainford Brent, Isa Guha and Henry Blofeld.
2022-06-301h 33
98 Not Out - The Cricket Podcast"My Dear Old Things" - a catch up with HENRY BLOFELDUnbelievably, it's already five years since legendary commentator and national treasure Henry Blofeld retired from the BBC TMS box. Here, we find out what "Blowers" has been unto since and get him to recount some wonderful recollections including doing Jaegerbombs with Shane Warne, driving a vintage Rolls Royce from London to Bombay, dinner with The Queen and Prince Philip, as well as being caught naked in a hotel lobby during a Trent Bridge Test match?!?!?! If this serves as a taster, you can get the full version as Henry embarks on a nationwide tour "My Dear Old Things" and t...
2022-05-2621 min
Last WordLord Rogers (pictured), April Ashley MBE, Joan Didion, Ray IllingworthMatthew Bannister onLord Rogers of Riverside, the influential architect who designed the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyds Building in London.April Ashley, the transgender model who partied with pop stars and aristocrats during the Swinging Sixties and campaigned for changes to the law on gender identity.Joan Didion, the American writer best known for her memoir 'The Year of Magical Thinking' written after the deaths of her husband and daughter.Ray Illingworth, the Yorkshire-born cricketer who captained England to two successive Ashes victories.Producer: Neil George
2022-01-0728 min
Oborne & Heller on CricketTwo festive offerings from Henry BlofeldThe incomparable Henry Blofeld switches on the festive lights as the guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast. Henry explains his choice of the nailbiting finishes in the cricket matches beautifully described in his latest book Ten To Win… And The Last Man In. He also describes his recently-completed project: a three-part documentary of his full and vivid life.For more information on At Home With Henry visit: simonfielder.com/productions/at-home-with-henry/To purchase Ten To Win... And The Last Man In visit: waterstones.com/bo...
2021-12-1457 min
Get Best-Selling Audiobook Titles for Your LibraryTen to Win...and the Last Man In | Henry BlofeldPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/60622 to listen full audiobooks.
Publisher's Summary: After entertaining countless radio listeners around the world for decades, who better to convey the breathless drama of a Test match cliffhanger than Henry Blofeld? Now, in Ten to Win...and the Last Man In, he has personally selected 30 matches featuring unforgettable finishes and brought them vividly to life again in his own inimitable way.
Title: Ten to Win...and the Last Man In
Author: Henry Blofeld
Narrator: Henry Blofeld
Format: mp3
Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
Release date: 11-25-21
2021-11-259h 32
Hodder BooksTEN TO WIN... AND THE LAST MAN IN written and read by Henry Blofeld - audiobook extractIs there anything in sport to compare with the sustained excitement of a cricket match, especially a Test match, in which the advantage continually fluctuates one way and then the other, and when the match enters its last few minutes, all four results are still possible?
After entertaining countless radio listeners around the world for decades, who better to convey the breathless drama of a Test match cliff-hanger than Henry Blofeld? Now, in Ten to Win...and the Last Man In, he has personally selected 30 matches featuring unforgettable finishes and brought them vividly to life again in his own inimitable...
2021-11-1604 min
The EditionNanny Boris: the PM’s alarming flight from liberalismWhat are the pros and cons of vaccine passports?(00:33) Also on the podcast: Is it time for restaurant kitchens to ditch their toxic masculinity?(18:00) And finally... Cricket, what does the new tournament, the Hundred mean for the sport?(30:14)With: Fraser Nelson; Melanie Phillips; Olivia Potts; the chef and owner of Darjeeling Express, Asma Khan; Freddie Wilde, an analyst for Cricvis and legendary sports journalist Henry Blofeld. Presented by Lara PrendergastProduced by Sam HolmesBecome a Spectator subscriber today to access this podcast without adverts. Go to spectator.co.uk/adfree to find o...
2021-07-1542 min
The Milk BarJason Forrest in The Milk Bar - Episode623Recorded for release w/c 31st May 2021
This week Henry Blofeld and Dame Zandra Rhodes chat about keeping the mind busy in our older age, Andrew Collins chats about Great! films, Peter Chant lets us know about the Festival at the edge, Suresh Bawa talks about the work of Promise Dreams, we hear about the reopening of Scare attractions from Scare Tracks Mickey Stuart and we find out about Tettenhall Wood School's TWS Sports podcast from teacher Adam Millichip.
2021-05-3100 min
We'd Like A Word18. Literary agents (part 1) Piers Blofeld & James WillsLiterary agents (part 1): Piers Blofeld of Sheil Land & James Wills, managing director of Watson Little discuss with We'd Like A Word presenters, Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, how to get an agent for fiction or non-fiction, how to keep an agent, & mistakes to avoid. They also dish up some behind the scenes gossip.
Piers has been the agent for Nadine Dorries, Cath Quinn, Jamie Thomson & Pizza Express. No, really. The Pizza Express Cookbook. He's also Stevyn Colgan's agent. James is agent for Christopher Fowler, Martin Edwards, Alex Pavesi, footballer Jamie Carragher & the great Alan Moore - crime fiction...
2021-03-3021 minWe'd Like A Word17. Literary agents (part 2) Piers Blofeld & James WillsLiterary agents (part 2): Piers Blofeld of Sheil Land & James Wills, managing director of Watson Little discuss with We'd Like A Word presenters, Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, how to get an agent for fiction or non-fiction, how to keep an agent, & mistakes to avoid. They also dish up some behind the scenes gossip.
Piers has been the agent for Nadine Dorries, Cath Quinn, Jamie Thomson & Pizza Express. No, really. The Pizza Express Cookbook. He's also Stevyn Colgan's agent. James is agent for Christopher Fowler, Martin Edwards, Alex Pavesi, footballer Jamie Carragher & the great Alan Moore - crime fiction...
2021-03-3020 minWe'd Like A Word16. Literary agents (part 3) Piers Blofeld & James WillsLiterary agents (part 3): Piers Blofeld of Sheil Land & James Wills, managing director of Watson Little discuss with We'd Like A Word presenters, Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, how to get an agent for fiction or non-fiction, how to keep an agent, & mistakes to avoid. They also dish up some behind the scenes gossip.
Piers has been the agent for Nadine Dorries, Cath Quinn, Jamie Thomson & Pizza Express. No, really. The Pizza Express Cookbook. He's also Stevyn Colgan's agent. James is agent for Christopher Fowler, Martin Edwards, Alex Pavesi, footballer Jamie Carragher & the great Alan Moore - crime fiction...
2021-03-3015 min
CRICKET LIFE STORIESAdam Mountford on how to become a sports journalist | Test Match Special | Sports broadcastingBBC Test Match Special and cricket radio producer Adam Mountford discusses his career; working alongside Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Phil Tufnell, and Geoffrey Boycott; and offers advice to those wanting to get into media.
2021-02-2631 minOborne & Heller on Cricket“To take us to tea – and beyond”: the incomparable Henry BlofeldFor over fifty years, there have been few pleasures to compare with spending a cricketing hour with Henry Blofeld. He was the joyous guest of Peter Oborne and Richard Heller in their latest cricket-themed podcast.Henry explains his philosophy as a radio commentator on TMS and elsewhere of making listeners feel part of a real cricketing event. If they hear only the events in the middle “it all becomes rather two-dimensional and not very warm or human.” Hence the buses, pigeons and colourful spectators which made his commentaries world-renowned. After his early nervous start on TMS...
2020-12-211h 01Oborne & Heller on CricketTalking with Human Rights Lawyer Clive Stafford SmithClive Stafford-Smith OBE is a cricket-lover who is also one of the leading human rights lawyers in the world. He is the founder of Reprieve, an organization which specializes in defending people facing execution and victims of rendition, extrajudicial detention and torture in the name of counter-terrorism. As a lawyer practising in the southern United States he personally represented over 300 prisoners sentenced to death: all but six were spared. He won five cases in the (pre-Trump) Supreme Court. He has secured the release of 80 inmates detained without charges at the American facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, i...
2020-10-1957 min
The Antler RambleIn Conversation With Henry BlofeldA wonderful hour of conversation with the living legend himself, Henry Blofeld
2020-06-0854 min
Test Match Special#40from40: Sir Trevor McDonaldSir Trevor McDonald takes a View from the Boundary with Henry Blofeld in 2004, discussing his life and career in broadcasting.
2020-05-1428 min
The Commentary at Home PodcastHaircuts, Lip-Sync and BlowersCharles Dagnall is one of the best known voices on the BBC’s cricket coverage and one of the best know faces on Sky Crickets T20 coverage. Daggers discusses his different haircuts when he was a professional Cricketer, making sweet music and working with Mr Henry Blofeld. He also exclusively interviews , “The Worrier “ from the Garden Cricket Series. There is a classic “Commentary at Home” and Isabelle says hello.
2020-05-1252 min
Saturday LiveGraeme Swann, Michael SheenAasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles are joined by the former England cricketer and legendary spin bowler Graeme Swann. He discusses his sporting career, waltzing on Strictly and his upcoming tour with Henry Blofeld - Dancing Down the Wicket.
Libby Liburd explains how her shows Muvahood and Fighter were inspired by her own personal life experience as a single mother and a female boxer.
Christine Gould leads 50 volunteers at the Buxton Well Dressing Festival. She describes how these intricate mosaics of natural materials are painstakingly put together.
Sarah Jane Douglas is an artist, and proud Munroist number 5864. She...
2019-07-131h 24
Somerset's Cricket Show: ExtrasTrescothick retires and Jack Leach in the studioJack Leach joins Charlie Taylor to give his thoughts on Somerset's season so far. Marcus Trescothick talks about his decision to retire and there's a look at the differing fates of Millfield's cricket department and nearby Glastonbury CC. Plus episode one of The Visit of Oz, Charlie's look at the history of the Women's Ashes. Also Graeme Swann and Henry Blofeld discuss their new tour and the World Cup.
2019-07-041h 50
The Kickabout With Johnny VaughanEpisode 163 – Graeme Swann and Henry BlofeldJohnny & Gav were joined by more cricketing greats this week – Swanny and Blowers danced down the wicket to talk wine, calamari, and much more.
You can hear The Kickabout live on Radio X from 11am every Saturday, and if you want to take the boys Around Your Ground or introduce them to your mates in the Sunday League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen then get in touch on kickabout@radiox.co.uk
2019-06-2240 min
The The One Show ShowEpisode 4.02 - Anneka Rice's Imaginary Agent, I Need My Miniature Cheeses and Hovis ScienceLike a bat out of hell, TTOSS returns to fly into The One Show's face, get caught up in its hair and then bite it, requiring The One Show to have a painful tetanus shot. On today's show. Jon and Marc are joined by BBC Radio legend Phil Williams as Anneka Rice is her own imaginary agent, a housing estate is built on a chemical dump, Henry Blofeld is told to shuddup, some model trains are smashed, a woman sacrifices the planet for some mini-cheeses and the most confusing Hovis-based science experiment ever. It can only be...The The One...
2019-06-1933 min
The The One Show ShowEpisode 4.01 - A Nazi Walking Stick, Blowers Covers Stormzy and Lovely Toxic HousesThe BBC Radio 5 Live broadcasting legend Phil Williams joins Jon Holmes and Marc Haynes to adopt The One Show but then return it to the orphanage, saying it's not right. On today's show: a Nazi walking stick is uncovered, PG Wodehouse gets updated for 2019, Henry Blofeld reading out Stormzy lyrics doesn't go viral, a housing estate is built on a chemical dump and Lee Mack has only one setting; ON. It can only be...The The One Show Show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-06-1836 min
ReplayMurray Meets BlowersColin Murray chats in depth to the legendary voice of Test Match Special, Henry Blofeld.
2019-02-1318 min
2018-09-0900 min
What Makes Us HumanHenry Blofeld: What Makes Us Human?The veteran cricket commentator gives us his take on life.
2018-08-2823 min
Private PassionsHenry BlofeldAhead of this week's first test against India, Michael Berkeley's guest is cricket commentator Henry Blofeld.Henry was a very promising young cricketer, but his prospects of a first-class career were ended by a near-fatal accident at the age of seventeen. He eventually found his way to cricket journalism and ultimately to Test Match Special, where he was a mainstay for nearly fifty years, illuminating each match with his forensic knowledge of the game, as well as entertaining listeners with sightings of snoozing policemen, passing buses, and pigeons on the outfield.But last year Henry...
2018-07-2939 min
Read On - The Audiobook Show from RNIBHenry Blofeld, Neil Oliver and Caroline LennonAs his memoir 'Over and Out' is released as an RNIB Talking Book at the same time as the print version, Red Szell talks to national treasure, Henry 'Blowers' Blofeld.
Caroline Lennon tells us about being a Talking Books narrator and about her life, and death, on The Archers.
And Neil Oliver talks to Robert Kirkwood from the other side of the world about conservation, history and his historical fiction.
2018-04-0657 min
Inheritance TracksHenry BlofeldCricket commentator Henry Blofeld chooses Tit Willow from the Mikado and Bring in the Clowns by Barbra Streisand.
2018-03-1706 minSaturday LiveKim WildeKim Wilde joins presenters Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. She sold ten million albums, and after retiring, having a family and then a successful gardening career, has returned to the stage. She has a new album out and is about to embark on her first UK tour for 30 years. We also have Helen Tse who is a lawyer, writer and restaurateur whose book about her family story, Sweet Mandarin - also the name of her restaurant - has been turned into a play about to open at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. Lutalo Muhammad...
2018-03-171h 24
Radio OldieThe Oldie of the Year Awards 2018In our annual event at Simpson’s in the Strand, awards were presented by Gyles Brandreth, and given to Basil Brush, Geoffrey Palmer, Alan Ayckbourn, Henry Blofeld, April Ashley, Baroness Williams of Crosby and the great Dame Vera Lynn.
2018-02-0734 minSaturday LiveHenry "Blowers" Blofeld, Tom Chaplin, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean, Jess WalkupAasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles chat with cricket commentator Henry "Blowers" Blofeld, Keane singer Tom Chaplin on his solo career, comedian Kiri Pritchard-Mclean & British Antarctic winter base commander Jess Walkup. We also hear interior designer Nicky Haslam's inheritance tracks and from the World Egg Throwing Championships in Lincolnshire.Producer: Paul Waters
Presenters: Aasmah Mir and Rev Richard Coles.
2017-07-011h 24
RadioToday NewsRadioToday News - 30 June 2017Stuart Clarkson has an audio-illustrated look at the big stories from around the radio industry for the week ending Friday 30th June 2017. Includes news of digital pop-up station Radio 1 Vintage; Hursty & Helen's departure from Free Radio breakfast in Herefordshrie & Worcestershire; and Henry Blofeld's retirement from BBC Test Match Special after 45 years.
2017-06-3006 min
Radio Moments - ClipsHenry Blofeld announces retirementHenry Blofeld, 77, has announced he’s to retire from BBC Radio's Test Match Special commentary after 45 years. Here Radio 4’s Today programme salutes his work and talks to the great man, who’s on fine form.
2017-06-2304 min
TechnoKlanglos - Ein Herz Für Techno #3 [SET]Ein Herz für Techno #3!
Ein 2h Set - Melodisch, Deep, Treibend & Herzhaft!
Tracks:
01) Enrico Sangiuliano, Hertz - Start of Madness (Original Mix)
02) Digital Primate, Reinier Zonneveld, Axan - Critical Bomb (Original Mix)
03) Eric Daviz - No Justice (Original Mix)
04) Terra4Beat - Re-Fresh (Klanglos Remix)
05) David Garez - 303 (A.Paul Remix)
06) Klanglos - Continuous Chaos (Original Mix)
07) Matt Mora - Salted Bomb (Lukas Freymuth Remix)
08) Luca Agnelli - Phoenix (Original Mix)
09) Sian - Majestic 12 Warehouse Weapon (Original Mix)
10) Eric Daviz - Esto es Música (Original Mix)
11) MØRS MÅRS - Paranormal (Original Mix)
12) Rebekah - The Riddle (Orig...
2016-11-052h 00
MidweekHenry Blofeld, Emma Johnson, Pedro Algorta, Davis MillerLibby Purves meets commentator Henry Blofeld; clarinettist Emma Johnson; journalist Davis Miller and Pedro Algorta who survived a notorious plane crash in 1972.Davis Miller is a journalist who struck up a 30-year friendship with the heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali. He is co-curator of the exhibition, I Am The Greatest, at London's O2, which showcases Muhammad Ali's life. The exhibition features more than 100 artefacts and rare personal memorabilia including a full size boxing ring and gold boxing gloves given to Elvis Presley and signed by Muhammad Ali in 1973. Davis is also the author of Approaching Ali about his...
2016-03-0941 min
2015-10-3148 min
British Theatre Guide podcastEdinburgh 2014: Horse + Bamboo's Red Riding Hood and Blofeld and Baxter Memories of Test Match SpecialLancashire-based Horse + Bamboo, a company that has specialised in mask and puppet theatre since it was founded in 1978, brings its version of classic fairy tale Red Riding Hood to the Scottish Storytelling Centre for the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe. Performers Jonny Quick and Nix Wood talk to BTG editor David Chadderton about the production and their involvement with the company. The production runs at 1PM until 17 August 2014. For more information about this and the company, see www.horseandbamboo.org. Also in this episode, Philip Fisher talks to legendary cricket broadcasters Henry Blofeld and Peter Baxter...
2014-08-0936 min
Inside Cricket - Fox Sports AustraliaInside Cricket 7th January 2014Simon O'Donnell, Allan Border, Mark Waugh and Aussie opener Chris Rodgers review the historic 5-nil whitewash and look ahead to the decisive series in South Africa. The panel is joined by English commentator, Henry Blofeld.
2014-01-0700 min
Two Jonnies: Kebab DiariesTwo Jonnies: Morning Breath - The one with Henry BlofeldThe Two Jonnies: Morning Breath is recorded as soon as Jonny Greatrex and Jonny Pearson wake up in their swanky hostel accommodation. Assuming Jonny P has been to bed.
Henry Blofeld.
The pair are embarking on their first Edinburgh Festival together, performing their Two Jonnies: Hack and Hacker show every day at 12.30pm at the Why Not? on George Street. Come along if you're free.
Henry Blofeld
Listen to Day Seven for contrition from JP over his drunken antics, more woes for Jonny around Ben Norris, kebab review, flatulence report and – did we mention? – Henry Blofeld will be joining us.
The...
2013-08-0924 min
Front Row: Archive 2013Before Midnight, Conor McPherson, The Duckworth Lewis Method, Rachel WhitereadWith Mark LawsonBefore Midnight is the last instalment in the acclaimed film trilogy that began with Before Sunset and continued with Before Sunrise. Jesse and Celine, who enjoyed brief encounters in Vienna and Paris, are now married with children, but as their summer holiday in Greece comes to an end, the light seems to be going out of their relationship. Antonia Quirke delivers her verdict on one of modern cinema's most famous and enduring couples, played by Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke.Neil Hannon (frontman and founder of The Divine Comedy) and musician Thomas...
2013-06-1828 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 2000-2005Henry BlofeldThis week Sue Lawley's castaway is the cricket commentator Henry Blofeld. Blofeld's become known as much for his musings on pigeons, planes, double decker buses, tea ladies, cakes and his catchphrase 'my dear old thing' as he is for his cricket commentary. As a teenager he showed great promise as a cricketer and was even thought good enough to play for England until his dreams were dashed after a serious accident when his bike hit a bus. He dropped out of Cambridge and toyed with the idea of a career in merchant banking before realising his true...
2003-11-3035 min
Desert Island DiscsHenry BlofeldThis week Sue Lawley's castaway is the cricket commentator Henry Blofeld. Blofeld's become known as much for his musings on pigeons, planes, double decker buses, tea ladies, cakes and his catchphrase 'my dear old thing' as he is for his cricket commentary. As a teenager he showed great promise as a cricketer and was even thought good enough to play for England until his dreams were dashed after a serious accident when his bike hit a bus. He dropped out of Cambridge and toyed with the idea of a career in merchant banking before realising his true...
2003-11-3035 min