Test Match Special - 50 Not Out

First broadcast in 2007 to mark the 50th anniversary of Test Match Special.
Rory Bremner looks back at fifty years of BBC Radio coverage of test match cricket in this country.
The programme has seen a rich variety of commentators, including the poetic elegance of John Arlott, the japes of Brian Johnston and the exuberance of Jonathan Agnew. For some the atmosphere has resembled that of an elite club, but for thousands of others the experience has been as vivid a depiction of summer as the smell of cut grass.

[@gazcass2945]

I was working in Saudi Arabia when I sent Jonners the story about the umpire appealing (48 mins),, never heard this before one of my friends told me he read it out, first time hearing it 30 years later,,!
Love the show, hope it never gets to PC, it's perfect as it is, the sound of summer.

[@dkf4063]

Absolutely brilliant

[@sairamc734]

Extraordinary voices of TMS.

[@splitdog]

Great! Thanks so much for these TMS uploads! I was hoping someone had recorded them and here you are. Much appreciated.

[@jonoheaps7352]

Absolutely brilliant. What a bard John Arlott was. If only he could've been around to describe the plethora of shots and deliveries in the game these days. Oh, the metaphoric feast he would've made of it all! Thanks for uploading. A wonderful journey.

[@mrkipling2201]

The early days of TMS shows you how much of a different game cricket was back then compared to nowadays. Cricket was a game played and described by gentlemen. A rather staid and stuffy game. Imagine what they would have thought of T20 cricket!! Or even one day cricket!! Watching ramp shots and reverse switch hits!!

[@spacepirate7743]

again thank you team for uploading...these uploads bring me so much joy ❤️❤️

[@davemann3141]

Good doc but stop the impressions

[@CricketEngland]

It narrated by Rory Bremner who is an well known British impersonator that’s why he is doing it

[@CricketEngland]

He is also a big cricket fan

[@Sreeprayag]

Thanks for the wonderful upload once more