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Christmassy stuff
By Will last year, at the end of December, 1 Comment »
Happy Christmas.
Sometimes, there’s something worth watching on TV over Christmas. Not often, unless you class Victoria Wood and Catherine Tate as quality entertainment. Oh – and the Queen of course. She gets top billing for the 52nd consecutive year. Top effort from the uppercase Q; she’s rarely offered much flair or dynamism, apart from the 1992 season’s round-up (“Annus horribilis”), but she’s provided annual consistency when those around her simply cannot be relied upon.
Sorry. Been on the port.
Anyway, thought I’d mention a couple of radio shows I’ve listened to which are worth your time. The first is written by Ian Hislop and stars Jack Dee and Peter Capaldi – the fuck-man of The Thick Of It – along with Chris Addison, called The News At Bedtime. It wasn’t groundbreaking but still enjoyable, though it did make me think of Chris Morris’s On The Hour which really was breaking new ground.
The second is Andy Zaltzman’s History of the Third Millennium, though I’m slightly biased as I was the pest who lured the big AZ to Cricinfo. It’s bloody good, though.
The Zaltzmans are conquering the world of podcasts. Long before I met Andy and even listened to The Bugle, I was a big fan of Helen and Olly’s Answer Me This. It only occurred to me after I’d met Andy that Helen was his sister. Anyway, Helen and Olly are on Five Live next Thursday, which is a pretty cool gig, so keep your ears peeled for that.
And of course, there’s TMS for Boxing Day.
Listened to anything good yourself lately?
1 Comment »South Africa shamed once again
By Will 2 years ago, mid-October, No Comments; be the first!
Taken from The Bugle – details below
The inaugural ICC Coin Toss Championship has been won by Australia, after the Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik wrongly called heads in the final at Eden Gardens, Calcutta. The Australians had beaten strongly-fancied South Africa in the semi-final on Monday, after the Proteas’ skipper, Graeme Smith, called “Legs” in the semifinal, condemning his team to another embarrassing exit from a major tournament.
Stand-in Australian captain Adam Gilchrist dedicated the victory to Ricky Ponting, who missed the final after rupturing a thumb knuckle tendon in practice. ICC Chief Executive Malcolm Speed said the tournament had captured the imagination of the advertising executives. “From a revenue point of view, we have cut out the problematic cricketing phases of cricket. This is a commercially viable format, which has its place in a balanced calendar.”
The Bugle is my favourite satirical podcast, mainly because it’s the only one I subscribe to, but also because it’s brilliantly written by Andy Zaltzman and John Oliver, both of whom I’m trying to interview. If you have any wise ideas for some satirical cricket coverage, leave a comment…or email me your best efforts
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