#40from40: Lily Allen
Test Match Special
BBC
4.4 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2020
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Pop star Lily Allen chats to Jonathan Agnew in a 2009 interview that remains one of Test Match Special's most famous moments.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts |
| 0:06.0 | Classic View From The Boundary On BBC Sounds |
| 0:11.5 | Welcome to another classic view from the Boundary interview today is really one of my favourites. |
| 0:16.0 | We're heading to the oval on a sunny day in 2009, with England closing in on an Ashes |
| 0:21.0 | victory thanks to an inspired performance from 23-year-olds to its broad. |
| 0:25.6 | In the commentary box there's much excitement as we were joined by one of the biggest stars |
| 0:29.4 | in British music, Pop Sensation, Lillie Allen. |
| 0:33.0 | Over the years, we've had many interviews that have made the headlines few more so than |
| 0:37.4 | this one. |
| 0:38.4 | So let's jump right in. |
| 0:39.4 | Here's Lillie. |
| 1:00.4 | Lillie Allen, welcome. |
| 1:02.4 | Hi. |
| 1:03.4 | Hey, we've been looking forward to this. |
| 1:05.4 | Not as much as I have. |
| 1:06.4 | What a power at least so because we'll all catch up with all your cricket in a minute. |
| 1:12.4 | But you've made quite a journey to come here to be fair. |
| 1:14.4 | I was talking about it earlier on. |
| 1:16.4 | You're a busy girl. |
| 1:17.4 | Yeah, I am. |
| 1:18.4 | I was here obviously on Thursday and then 11 o'clock on Thursday evening we went to Holland. |
| 1:24.4 | I played there yesterday evening, got on the bus overnight and then yeah, I could drive here |
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