You're about to listen to a BBC podcast and trust me you'll get there in a moment but if you're a comedy fan

I'd really like to tell you a bit about what we do. I'm Julie Mackenzie and I commission comedy

podcast at the BBC. It's a bit of a dream job really.

Comedy is a fantastic joyous thing to do because really you're making people laugh,

making people's days a bit better, helping them process, all manner of things.

But you know I also know that comedy is really

subjective and everyone has different tastes so we've got a huge range of comedy on offer

from satire to silly shocking to soothing profound to just general pratting about. So if you

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BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. Hello and welcome to the Testmat Special Podcast. I'm Daniel Norcross. Arguably, the toughest

assignment for England's men is an Away Series victory in India. They've only managed to

achieve it twice in the last 40 years. Once in

1984, 5 under the captaincy of David Gower, and once in 2012-13 under the captaincy

of Sir Alistair Cook, and I'm absolutely delighted to say that I have him

alongside me here in his rather lovely nook with his dog Betty on his lap.

Welcome aboard, Alistar.

Thanks for having me.

Yeah, I don't know I've ever done a podcast with a live animal

fast asleep and it looks like she's had a tough day.

Yeah, and yet I know that she's done absolutely nothing.

I'm not sure Minnie Dachshahows are meant to do anything, but she's quite a cool little dog.

Now though, let's talk about 2012, because it was an extraordinary achievement, your first series as full-time captain

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