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Test Match Special

View from the Boundary - Geoff Norcott

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Comedian & writer Geoff Norcott joins Jonathan Agnew is the TMS commentary box at Trent Bridge.

He tells Aggers about his love for cricket starting when revising for exams in 1993, coaching his son's team, and being 6 not-out after batting for two hours.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:02.2

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0:04.9

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0:10.3

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0:11.8

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0:13.4

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0:15.2

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0:16.5

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0:18.6

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0:25.8

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0:28.0

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0:31.6

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0:35.3

You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live.

0:40.5

Time for our first view from the boundary of the summer.

0:44.2

Now, our guest is a comedian, a broadcaster.

0:46.8

You've seen him on programmes like Mock the Week, live at the Apollo,

0:49.7

would I like to use, a panelist on question time on radio,

0:52.9

a regular on the news quiz alongside Andy Zaltzman, of course, he's got his own series, got a weekly podcast called what most people think.

1:01.7

Huge cricket fan, and I've told coaches his son's under-nines team. Personal batting highlight, a two-hour, six not out.

1:10.6

Sounds riveting and once interviewed Shane

1:14.6

warn it's Jeff Norcott and it's lovely to see you here it is so lovely to be here no no thanks

1:19.2

having me on I've got to say I am ridiculously excited I'm so glad that they brought me up here

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