EPISODE · May 1, 2012 · 5 MIN
Johnners At The Beeb by Brian Johnston
from Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & Entertainment · host Adolfo Hickle
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Johnners At The Beeb Author: Brian Johnston Narrator: Barry Johnston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 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 warmth and wit to a wide range of BBC programmes - commentating for Test Match Special and the Boat Race, reporting for In Town Tonight and presenting Down Your Way, playing games on Twenty Questions and Trivia Test Match, and describing Royal events such as the Coronation and the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Here, selected and introduced by his son Barry, is the best of Johnners at the Beeb, a marvellous kaleidoscope of the man at the microphone. The gaffes and the giggles are all included here, of course, helping to make an unforgettable portrait of this inimitable raconteur.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/395789 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Johnners At The Beeb Author: Brian Johnston Narrator: Barry Johnston Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 1, 2012 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: 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 warmth and wit to a wide range of BBC programmes - commentating for Test Match Special and the Boat Race, reporting for In Town Tonight and presenting Down Your Way, playing games on Twenty Questions and Trivia Test Match, and describing Royal events such as the Coronation and the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Here, selected and introduced by his son Barry, is the best of Johnners at the Beeb, a marvellous kaleidoscope of the man at the microphone. The gaffes and the giggles are all included here, of course, helping to make an unforgettable portrait of this inimitable raconteur.
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