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Inside the Box: My Life with Test Match Special

Inside the Box – My Life with Test Match Special – book review

Peter Baxter joined the BBC in 1965.  In 1973 he was appointed Radio Cricket Producer and took charge of the Test Match Special programme. Before retiring from the BBC in 2007, Peter Baxter had worked for more than 40 years on BBC Radio’s prestigious Test Match Special programme. Over the years he has shared the Test Match commentary box with the likes of John Arlott, Brian Johnston and Jonathan Agnew.

But of all those commentators Peter Baxter had become as synonymous with BBC radio cricket commentary as Test Match Special had become with British summertime.

Inside The Box – My Life with Test Match Special is the inside story of one of BBC radio’s sporting institutions, and is written in a witty and engaging way by the man who produced the show for 30 years.

The book reveals numerous untold stories of some of the biggest names and characters in cricket and gives a great personal insight to Peter Baxter’s association with the show as much as the game of cricket itself.

With a forward by Jonathan Agnew, Inside The Box is a wonderful, witty essential read for all cricket fans.

Inside the Box – My Life with Test Match Special by Peter Baxter is published by Aurum Press at £8.99