'Views From the Boundary' - the Saturday lunchtime interview - has always been a highlight of the BBC's Test Match Special, a programme with a special place in the heart of every English cricket fan. The well-known interviewees are from all walks of life and united only by one thing - a love of the game. Over a glass of champagne and in the convivial atmosphere of the TMS commentary box at the height of a Test, Brian Johnston, Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld and others gently prod and probe their illustrious guests - with frequently memorable results. With interviews personally selected by Peter Baxter, the programme's producer for many years and sometime commentator, and reflecting listeners' favourites, The Best Views From the Boundary presents an unmissable selection of these cricketing conversations. Relive the heady days of summer and the thwack of leather on willow as you indulge yourself in a true cricketing treat. Featuring interviews with John Cleese, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Gary Lineker, David Essex, John Major, Peter O'Toole, Brian Johnston, John Paul Getty Jr., Dennis Skinner, Stephen Fry, Nigel Havers, Elton John, Boris Johnson, Piers Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe, David Cameron, Lily Allen, Bill Wyman and more.
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"...a rewarding reminder that TMS is a kind of club whose only membership criterion is a love of the game..." --The Observer
"...richly revealing...the joy of Baxter's book is that it communicates a love of cricket and shows why, whatever its flaws, we still need TMS."
--Wisden
"...richly revealing...the joy of Baxter's book is that it communicates a love of cricket and shows why, whatever its flaws, we still need TMS."
--Wisden
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PETER BAXTER first worked on Test Match Special in 1966, and was the producer of the programme from 1973 to 2007. He co-ordinated the BBC's cricket coverage from every one of the Test-playing nations, and has also been part of the commentary team himself. Peter's autobiography Inside the Box was described by the Observer as 'witty and engaging - a lovely insight into the nation's most soothing institution'.
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These are transcripts of some of the best interviews conducted in the various intervals in test matches going back to the days of Johnners with guests as disparate as the Duke of Edinburgh, Elton John and Dennis Skinner given the chance to extol their love of cricket. These are delightful interviews and the interviewees are often more candid than they might be on "proper" chat shows when they have a book or a film to promote, so you find Hugh Cornwell talking to Aggers about heroin use and Stephen fry candidly telling us all why he was expelled from school. My one quibble is that the typeface is quite large and the book isn't huge so I feel they could have squeezed in a few more interviews to make this better value.
It's a bit like watching Viv Richards batting in his prime and then bad light stops play. You just want more!
It's a bit like watching Viv Richards batting in his prime and then bad light stops play. You just want more!
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