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Test Match Special (known as TMS) is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (long wave), Five Live Sports Extra (digital) and the internet to the United Kingdom and (where broadcasting rights permit) the rest of the world, including England's winter tours to Sri Lanka and New Zealand in 2007/8 which will be available to UK users online. TMS provides ball-by-ball coverage of many Test cricket, One Day International and Twenty20 matches and tournaments involving the England cricket team. old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ...
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A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ...
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in the United Kingdom for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), in 2003. ...
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History of TMS
BBC Radio was the first broadcaster to cover every ball of a Test match. Live cricket had been broadcast since 1927, but originally it was thought that Test match cricket was too slow for ball-by-ball commentary to work. However, Seymour de Lotbiniere ('Lobby'), who was responsible for live sports coverage and who went on to become an outstanding head of outside broadcasts at the BBC, realised that ball-by-ball commentary could make compelling radio. In the mid-1930s he got Howard Marshall to begin commentating on cricket, rather than only giving reports. From the mid-1930s to the 1950s the amount of ball-by-ball commentary gradually increased, but it was not until TMS was launched in 1957 that every ball was covered for their British audience.[1] Of those BBC commentators whose careers wholly preceded TMS, Howard Marshall is the most notable. BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. ...
Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Howard Percival Marshall (born August 22, 1900 in Surrey; died October 27, 1973) achieved distinction in several fields, but is best remembered as a pioneering commentator for live broadcasts of state occasions and sporting events - and in particular cricket Test matches - for BBC radio during the 1930s. ...
Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ...
Robert Hudson was responsible for the launch of TMS, writing to his Outside Broadcasts boss Charles Max-Muller in 1956, proposing broadcasting full ball-by-ball coverage of Tests rather than only covering fixed periods, and suggesting using the Third Programme (as BBC Radio 3 was then known).[2] Robert Hudson (born 30 January 1920) is a former broadcaster for the BBC, primarily on radio but also on television, between 1947 and 1981. ...
A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The BBC Third Programme was the third national radio network broadcast by the BBC, has since become Radio 3, but was originally known (at least within the BBC) as C. The other two were the Home Service (mainly speech based) and the Light Programme, dedicated to light music, usually cover...
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TMS became a fixture on BBC Radio 3 on AM medium wave until Radio 3 lost its MW frequency in early 1992. The programme moved to Radio 3 FM that summer and the following summer the morning play was on Radio 5, switching to Radio 3 for the afternoon session. The start of Radio 5 Live meant that TMS moved to its present home on Radio 4 long wave (198 LW, plus various localised MW frequencies including 720 MW in London). At times of cricket matches, the normal BBC Radio 4 schedule continues on its FM frequencies, whilst longwave is taken over by the cricket. This has, in the past, sparked controversy with some Radio 4 listeners unable to change frequencies. The shipping forecast is, however, retained - but it may be broadcast late. With the advent of digital radio, TMS can also be heard on Five Live Sports Extra, which has the benefit of not being interrupted by the shipping forecast, and also via the Internet. Mediumwave radio transmissions (sometimes called Medium frequency or MF) are those between the frequencies of 300 kHz and 3000 kHz. ...
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The Shipping Forecast is a four-times-daily BBC radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. ...
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Many spectators who are physically present at Test matches listen to TMS via headphones attached to portable radios, and there is an occasional "dialogue" between the commentators and those present at the ground. Many television viewers watch the action on their TV sets with the sound turned down and with TMS commentary.
From 1973-2007, Test Match Special was presided over by Peter Baxter, the TMS Producer. However half-way through the 2007 summer Baxter retired and was replaced by Adam Mountford, previously the Five Live cricket producer. Aged just one when Peter Baxter began his involvement with TMS, Mountford claims to love the current format, and promises to develop the technology available when listening to TMS through the BBC red button.[1] Test Match Special (known as TMS) is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 (long wave), Five Live Sports Extra (digital) and the internet to the United Kingdom and (where broadcasting rights permit) the rest of the world, including Englands winter tours to Sri Lanka and New Zealand...
Calypso-tinged theme music from the track "Soul Limbo" by the American soul band Booker T. & the M.G.'s is played at the beginning and end of TMS coverage each day. The music was originally used as the theme for cricket coverage on BBC television for almost 30 years until the BBC lost the broadcasting rights in 1999. Several years later, the theme was resurrected by TMS and it is still used whenever the BBC shows international cricket highlight packages. The distinctive tune is instantly recognizable to many cricket fans around the world. "Soul Limbo" was introduced as the theme after a West Indies tour when many of their supporters in the crowd knocked tin cans together, and the piece's introduction is highly reminiscent of that peculiar sound. Calypso is a style of Afro-Caribbean music which originated in Trinidad at about the start of the 20th century. ...
The theme music of a radio or television program is a piece that is written specifically for that show and usually played during the title sequence and/or end credits. ...
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For other people known as Booker T., see Booker T. Booker T. & the MGs is a soul band, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s. ...
TMS commentators In a test match three or four commentators and three or four summarisers are used in rotation; each commentator 'sits in' before the microphone for 20 minutes, and each summariser for 30 minutes, at a time. The voices of the TMS commentators have become part of the sound of an English summer, and there is a tradition of the commentators being referred to by nicknames (often based on their surname, plus the syllable "-ers"). They have included: Radcliffe Camera, Oxford - the Radders The Oxford -er is a colloquial, sometimes facetious, abbreviation, prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875, which is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of Rugby School. ...
Contemporary TMS commentators include: Ernest William (Jim) Swanton CBE (11 February 1907 – 22 January 2000) is chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials, E. W. Swanton. ...
Arthur Rex Alston (born July 2, 1901; died September 8, 1994) was a leading sports commentator for BBC radio on cricket, rugby union, athletics and tennis from the mid 1940s to the mid 1960s. ...
Leslie Thomas John Arlott (February 25, 1914 - December 14, 1991) (known as John Arlott) was an English sports commentator for Test Match Special. ...
Robert Hudson (born 30 January 1920) is a former broadcaster for the BBC, primarily on radio but also on television, between 1947 and 1981. ...
Peter West (1920 - 2003) was a BBC presenter and sports commentator best known for his work on the corporations cricket coverage. ...
Norman Alan Stanley Gibson (born May 28, 1923 at Sheffield, Yorkshire; died April 10, 1997[1] at Taunton, Somerset) was an English journalist, writer and radio broadcaster, best known for his work in connection with cricket, though he also sometimes covered football and rugby union. ...
Brian Johnstons autobiography Its Been A Lot Of Fun, double cassette cover, 1997 Brian Alexander Johnston MC (June 24, 1912 - January 5, 1994) (known as Johnners) was a cricket commentator for the BBC from 1946 until his death. ...
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Christopher Dennis Alexander Martin-Jenkins, known as CMJ (born 20 January 1945), is a cricket journalist and commentator for Test Match Special (TMS) on BBC Radio 4. ...
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Guest commentators and summarisers In addition, visitors from overseas join the TMS team as commentators or summarisers when their country is touring England. These have included: The TMS team also includes a scorer. The first was Arthur Wrigley, followed in 1966 by Bill Frindall (affectionately known as "the Bearded Wonder"). Jo King is often used as scorer for some of the overseas tours when Frindall is unavailable. The producer from 1973 to June 2007 was Peter Baxter who was also a capable commentator himself. He succeeded Michael Tuke-Hastings, and on his retirement was succeeded by Adam Mountford. Shilpa Patel has been assistant producer since the 1990s. Lt. ...
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William Howard Frindall ( March 3, 1939, Epsom, Surrey ) is a British cricket scorer and statistician who is familiar to cricket followers from his appearances on the BBCs radio programme Test Match Special. ...
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Light-hearted style TMS has always had a distinctively irreverent style. Whilst it takes its role of describing and commenting on the action seriously, there has also been much light relief. Brian Johnston, who was as happy on the stage and working in light entertainment presentation as he was in the commentary box, was the master of this style which on occasion could lead to hilarity in the box, most notably on one occasion in August 1991 at The Oval when Agnew referred to Ian Botham's dismissal "hit wicket" as Botham "just couldn't quite get his leg over!" This remark led to the total collapse of both in a fit of giggles (which was followed quickly by Johnston's giggle-affected chastening, "Aggers do stop it!") This clip has become a broadcasting classic and is frequently replayed. In 2005 Radio 5 Live listeners voted it the greatest sporting commentary of all time.[5] The famous gasometers, which are now listed buildings. ...
Sir Ian Terence Botham, OBE (born 24 November 1955) is a former England Test cricketer and Test team captain, and current cricket commentator. ...
Hit wicket is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. ...
BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ...
Other Johnners' classics include, "there's Tony Grieg standing at second slip -- legs wide apart, bending over, waiting for a tickle;" and, "...and Thomson bowls to Boycott, short, ooh! and it catches him high up on the, er, thigh. That really must have hurt as he's doubled over in pain. I remember when..." and after 2 minutes of typical Johnners fill, he continued, "... and after some deep knee bends Boycott's ready to continue. One ball left."
Readers' letters and emails are often read out on air. Brian Johnston was once taken to task by a schoolmistress correspondent, pretending indignation, for saying during a West Indies Test commentary: "The bowler's Holding, the batsman's Willey." However on this occasion he was innocent.[6] Michael Anthony Holding (born February 16, 1954 in Kingston, Jamaica) was a West Indian cricketer. ...
Peter Willey (born December 6, 1949) is a former English cricketer, who played as a right-handed batsman and right-arm offbreak bowler. ...
Whilst the levity in the commentary box has reduced somewhat since Johnners' death there is still a recognition that no matter how seriously fans may take their cricket it is, after all, only a game. Po-faced commentary is not TMS's way. Not every listener is happy with Henry Blofeld's continuous references to buses, pigeons and aeroplanes, but most feel that the programme would be the poorer without him for all his eccentricities. "Blowers" and other unique voices became customary impersonations for comedians such as Rory Bremner. Rory Bremner FKC (born 6 April 1961, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British impressionist and comedian, noted for his political satire. ...
One of TMS's specialities is to keep talking through rain delays. It is taken as a matter of pride that even if play is interrupted for an hour or more (sometimes much more) then the commentators will keep on talking. John Arlott was a master at talking even when nothing much was happening and still keeping listeners entertained. He once spoke uninterrupted for twenty minutes and kept everyone spellbound describing the covers being removed at Lord's. A long established tradition is the interviewing of a special guest during the Saturday lunch break, on one occasion this led to Brian Johnston chatting with actor Bill Pertwee for 90 minutes as rain delayed the start of the afternoon session. The Media Centre at Lords Cricket Ground Lords Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in St Johns Wood in London. ...
William Desmond Anthony Pertwee (born July 21, 1926) Amersham, Buckinghamshire, is a British comedy actor. ...
The TMS box has many visitors during a day's play and these visitors keep returning despite the leg pulls. Mike Gatting's alleged gluttony is one of the many running themes - "Better get our lunch before Gatt arrives" is a typical remark. The main butt of practical jokes is Henry Blofeld who fails to spot a "wind up" even if it is staring him in the face. Michael William Gatting (born June 6, 1957) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club. ...
In recent years the immediacy of listener reaction and comment afforded by e-mail has been frequently hijacked by one or other of the commentary team, who will pass their victim an alleged listener's email comment to read out live on air which they only realise is a wind up when it is too late. A typical example of this occurred during the West Indies tour of England in May/June 2007 when Tony Cozier read out a letter purportedly from a "Juan Kerr" from Mexico debating the standard of cricket on the South American mainland. In typically innocent TMS style, Cozier continued for almost a minute before Jonathan Agnew, amidst much chortling, remarked "I think you've been done by the name there Tony". To exacerbate the innocence of TMS, Cozier genuinely didn't seem to understand why Agnew had interrupted him. The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...
For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...
Cover of Tony Coziers 1978 book: The West Indies: Fifty years of Test Cricket Tony Cozier (born 1940 in Barbados) has been a cricket writer and commentator for West Indian cricket since 1958 and a member of the BBCs Test Match Special commentary team since 1966. ...
Jonathan Philip Agnew (nicknamed Aggers) is an English cricket broadcaster and former professional cricketer. ...
Freddie Trueman was a great defender of the purity of the game and made frequent references to it requiring a 'side on' stance for success, A letter read out from a 'listerner' said that he had been dropped by his club side because he had fully adopted Freddie's advice and had 'played side on' as a wicket keeper, Freddie did not see the funny side.
During the series between New Zealand and England in 1999 the Kiwi guest commentator frequently made fun of the names of places mentioned in the shipping forecast that interrupts commentary on R4 LW. When he was off air during the 3rd test Aggers asked listeners to send in any information that they could find to assist his colleague in understanding it, contributions were received by the sack load. The Shipping Forecast is a four-times-daily BBC radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of Britain and Ireland. ...
Well-informed concern about BBC Sport's commitment to maintaining the tone and style of the programme after its 50th Anniversary led to an Early Day Motion being tabled in Parliament by Andrew George MP in June 2007. Early day motion is a phrase used in the Westminster system for motions tabled by Members of Parliament for debate on an early day. In practice, they are never debated but are mostly used for MPs to publicise and express support for their own pet projects. ...
Cakes Brian Johnston started the fad of the public sending cakes to the commentary box. In Brian's day it was chocolate cakes, whereas now fruit cakes seem to be more popular. Indeed, the Queen herself reportedly had a fruit cake baked for the TMS team. She said that it was baked "under close supervision" by her following Jonathan Agnews's light hearted questioning of her as to whether she might have baked it herself. Henry Blofeld is reported to have said that it contained a goodly portion of "Royal brandy". The fondness for cakes spun off into hosting the "Tea Lady of the Year" competition for a couple of seasons, in which the TMS team sampled teas usually prepared for club cricket matches - sometimes by male tea "ladies"! Recently, in England's 2006 Second Test against Sri Lanka, Henry "Blowers" Blofeld was sent a Banbury Cake, containing real Indian sultanas, much to the amusement of everyone involved. For the song by rock group Crowded House, see Chocolate Cake (song). ...
Fruitcake is a heavy cake made of dried or candied fruits and nuts that are soaked in brandy or rum, often used in the celebration of weddings and Christmas. ...
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Banbury cakes are a kind of spiced, currant-filled, flat pastry cake similar to an Eccles cake - although they are more oval in shape - once made and sold exclusively in Banbury. ...
The sultana is a type of white, seedless grape of Turkish or Persian origin, as well as a type of raisin made from it; such sultana raisins are often called simply sultanas or They are commonly used in South Asian cooking, where they are called These are typically larger than...
Beards Beards have become a recurring theme during TMS commentary, under the supervision of "Bearders" himself - scorer and statistician Bill Frindall. The TMS team receive sporadic missives from Keith Flett, social historian, serial newspaper letter writer and chairman of the Beard Liberation Front, a group dedicated to the removal of a societal prejudice against the facially follically enhanced or bearded. Flett offers his opinions on the state of beards in the game today and his views are frequently discussed on TMS, particularly by Jonathan Agnew, including transformations in the recent and bygone Pakistan cricketers, and most recently with regards to the "splendidly hirsute" Monty Panesar. William Howard Frindall ( March 3, 1939, Epsom, Surrey ) is a British cricket scorer and statistician who is familiar to cricket followers from his appearances on the BBCs radio programme Test Match Special. ...
Keith Flett (born London, 1956) is a socialist historian and self-appointed epistolary custodian of the Left in London, United Kingdom. ...
The Beard Liberation Front is a British pressure group which campaigns in support of beards and opposes discrimination against those who wear them. ...
Mudhsuden Singh Panesar (born 25 April 1982 in Luton, Bedfordshire), popularly known as Monty Panesar, is an English cricketer. ...
Charity There is a tradition that every Saturday of a home test match the commentators wear a 'Primary Club' tie. Membership of the Primary Club is available to anybody who has been out first ball (a "golden duck") in any form of cricket. Proceeds are donated to a charity for blind and partially sighted cricketers. The Primary Club, started in 1955, is a charity based in Essex, England that raises money to provide sports and recreational facilities for the visually impaired. ...
In the sport of cricket, a dismissal occurs when the batsman is out (also known as taking a wicket). ...
In cricket, a duck denotes a batsman getting out for a score of zero and usually used in the saying Out for a duck. Originally called a ducks egg because of the 0 shape in the scorebook. ...
View from the boundary This is a regular Saturday lunchtime feature during home Test Matches, in which guests from all walks of life are interviewed. In the early years of the feature, the interviewer was usually Brian Johnston. Nowadays most interviews are conducted by Jonathan Agnew.
See also This is a list of media commentators and writers on the sport of cricket. ...
Notes - ^ However, according to EW Swanton full ball-by-ball coverage was first tried experimentally in 1939, with himself, Howard Marshall and Michael Standing as the commentators, but the full coverage only went to the West Indies. EW Swanton, Sort of a Cricket Person, Collins, 1972, p281 of the 1974 Sportman's Book Club edition. Similarly, in 1948 the BBC provided full ball-by-ball coverage for Australia.
- ^ Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Ball by Ball: The Story of Cricket Broadcasting, Grafton Books, 1990, ISBN 0-246-13568-9, p91.
- ^ BBC Sport Online, TMS: A Glorious History (consulted 2007-02-06).
- ^ Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2007, ISBN 978-1-905625-02-4, p52.
- ^ http://sport.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,10488,1552787,00.html Article in The Guardian
- ^ Martin-Jenkins, p160.
Ernest William (Jim) Swanton CBE (11 February 1907 – 22 January 2000) is chiefly known for being a cricket writer and commentator under his initials, E. W. Swanton. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...
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References - Christopher Martin-Jenkins: Ball by Ball - The Story of Cricket Broadcasting, Grafton Books, 1990, ISBN 0-246-13568-9
External links - TMS blog
- TMS podcast
- BBC Sport TMS homepage
- How to listen to TMS
- The classic Brian Johnston "leg over" commentary in full (first section on page)
- TMS Flickr Page
- Parliamentary Early Day Motion
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