AuthorBrian Johnston
NarratorVarious
Duration1h 56m
CategoriesAdult Non-Fiction, Sport
PublisherAudio Go Ltd
VersionUnabridged
Brian Johnston - aka "Johnners" - the BBC's long-time cricket commentator, is the umpire in this test of wit and general knowledge, as two teams try to score the highest number of runs under his watchful eye. In these four episodes, team captains Tim Rice and Willie Rushton are joined by Stephen Fry, Paul Merton, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Bill Tidy, Caroline Quentin, Bernard Cribbins and Robin Bailey. But which questions will they go for? The easier "single" worth just one run? Or will they try the harder question and attempt a "boundary" (four runs)? Can the batting team reach six questions (an "over") before the other team gets a go? And there's every chance that calls of "Howzat!" or "Bouncer!" can interrupt play... With questions that include trivia and unusual facts, hear the stumps fly and the wickets fall in these four wonderful episodes. Brian Johnston, Tim Rice & Willie Rushton feature in four classic episodes of the general knowledge quiz based on the rules of cricket.
Author: Brian Johnston
Author Brian Johnston
Narrator Brian Johnston
Duration 2h 52m
Barry Johnston presents a retrospective of his father's career as a much-loved BBC broadcaster. Jovial Johnners was the doyen of cricket commentators, as well as a consumer of chocolate cake, a reporter, presenter, quizmaster and much-loved voice at State occasions. For nearly 50 years the ever-affable, always enthusiastic Brian Johnston brought wa...
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Author: Tommy Caldwell
Author Tommy Caldwell
Narrator Johnathan Mcclain
Duration 13h 30m
Penguin Audio presents The Push by Tommy Caldwell, read by Johnathan McClain. A dramatic, inspiring memoir by legendary rock climber Tommy Caldwell, the first person to free climb the Dawn Wall of Yosemite's El Capitan. On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell, along with his partner, Kevin Jorgeson, summited what is widely regarded as the hardest climb...
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Author: Marcus Speller
Author Marcus Speller
Narrator The Authors
Duration 7h 26m
Downloaded over ten million times a year the Football Ramble podcast has established itself as the essential, independent voice of football punditry. The weekly podcast has resonated with supporters around the world and their sold-out live shows have been a massive hit. This book is a collaboration from all four presenters and will tackle the real...
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Author: Peter Crouch
Author Peter Crouch
Narrator Peter Crouch
Duration 7h 40m
You become a footballer because you love football. And then you are a footballer, and you're suddenly in the strangest, most baffling world of all. A world where one team-mate comes to training in a bright red suit with matching top-hat, cane and glasses, without any actual glass in them, and another has so many sports cars they forget they have le...
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Author: Tom Gregory
Author Tom Gregory
Narrator Tom Gregory
Duration 4h 31m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Boy in the Water written and read by Tom Gregory. Eltham, South London. 1984: the hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottom. Fast-forward four years. Photographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bri...
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Author: Henry Winter
Author Henry Winter
Narrator Charlie Anson
Duration 14h 3m
'England invented football, codified it, became champions of the world in 1966 but humiliatingly then forgot how to play the greatest game of all. England took their eye off a ball they arrogantly thought they owned, allowing other nations to run off with it.' It has been Fifty Years of Hurt since Bobby Moore lifted the World Cup trophy at Wembl...
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Johnner's Cricketing Gaffes, Giggles and Cakes
Author: Brian Johnston
Author Brian Johnston
Narrator Brian Johnston
Duration 1h 10m
A compelation of cricketing moments including the letter from William H Tit, the streakers commentaries "cheeky performance and waving her flag and other things", the chocolate cake mouthfuls, Johnners numerous scoring mix ups, the resemblance between Fred Truemand and a turnip, cricket for the blind, Jim'll Fix it voiceover, Ned Sherrin interviewi...
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Manchester's Finest: How the Munich Air Disaster Broke the Heart of A Great City
Author: David Hall
Author David Hall
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
Duration 10h 51m
On 6 February 1958, British European Airways flight 609 crashed in a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from an icy runaway in Munich. On board were the Manchester United football team as well as a number of journalists and other passengers. News of the disaster sent shockwaves around the world. For people who lived in Manchester at the time...
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The World of Cycling According To G
Author: Geraint Thomas
Author Geraint Thomas
Narrator Tom Blumberg
Duration 8h 39m
Like no other cycling book, from no other rider. Sit back or saddle up as double Olympic gold medallist and multiple world champion Geraint Thomas gives you a warts and all insight into the life of a pro cyclist. Along the way he reveals cycling's clandestine codes and secret stories, tales from the peloton, the key characters like Wiggins, Hoy and...
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Author: Raynor Winn
Author Raynor Winn
Narrator Anne Reid
Duration 11h 1m
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Salt Path by Raynor Winn, read by Anne Reid. Just days after Raynor learns that Moth, her husband of 32 years is terminally ill, the couple lose their home and their livelihood. With nothing left and little time, they make the brave and impulsive decision to walk the 630 miles of the sea-swept South Wes...
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