4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Author Joanne Harris speaks to Jonathan Agnew as she tells the story of her career at her first day at a Test match. She reveals some amazing details of the process of writing a novel and her life growing up in Yorkshire.
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0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
0:40.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts. |
0:43.9 | You're listening to the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 Live. |
0:49.6 | So time for our view for The Boundary. |
0:51.1 | We're joined by a proud Yorkshire woman who heralds from the same town as many great picketing names. Barnsley Bourne. Darren Goff, Dickie Berg, Catherine |
0:59.1 | Siverbrunch came to international prominence with a 1999 novel, Chocolat. That was made into an |
1:04.8 | Oscar-nominated film starring Johnny Depp. Chocolar sold over a million copies in the UK alone. It's been listed as one of the 100 best-selling books of all time. Other works, Strawberry Thief, Five Quarter of the Orange, Gentleman and Players, a novel featuring the metaphor of cricket to explore issues around class and opportunities. So a very warm welcome to the TMS commentary box. |
1:27.7 | John Harris, love it to have you here. |
1:29.4 | It's lovely to be here. |
1:30.5 | You look very excited. |
1:32.0 | I am. |
1:32.8 | I've never been to a cricket match before. |
1:34.4 | Not a proper one. |
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