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Test Match Special

View from the Boundary - Mark Little

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew is joined by Australian actor, television presenter, comedian and screen/stage writer Mark Little to talk about his career, his attempts at playing cricket at the young age of 63, and playing Bottom in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Enjoy even more of the ashes

0:02.6

With BBC sounds it means everything as a kid. It's a pinnacle of test cricket find out what it takes to lift the famous earn in how to win the ashes

0:10.4

I already decided how I was gonna go about it for what's going to get out

0:13.5

It was gonna take a great ball or a great catch and the tail enders boys are back

0:17.7

Let's talk about your ashes memories Jimmy. Talk us through your debut in Brisbane in 2006. Yeah, we got battered

0:24.8

Take the ashes with you this summer on radio five sports extra and BBC sales

0:31.0

BBC sounds music radio podcasts

0:35.6

The TMS podcast here every ball of every match in the men's and women's ashes live on radio five sports extra and BBC sounds

0:46.6

Australian actor TV presenter poet and award-winning comedian his show defending the caveman

0:53.0

One an Olivia award. He took over as a presenter of the Big Breakfast from Chris Evans and

0:59.0

Once lost out to run side bottom on dancing on ice

1:02.9

He's best known and you probably got it with the laugh

1:05.0

They already actually are playing an iconic role in the Australian TV soap opera neighbors as Joe Mangal

1:10.8

He became a household name both in Australia and here in the UK and neighbors of course

1:15.4

Has an important role to play in TMS history with Brian Johnston often discussing events in Ramsey Street

1:21.2

During the program so it's a very warm welcome to mark little and it's lovely to have you here Mark

1:26.7

Great to be here. Thank you so much. I can't believe I'm actually here. I can't believe I'm talking about neighbors on test match special

1:32.2

Well, you know, it was a phenomenon wasn't it? It was a thing

1:35.0

It was a real thing that happened and I was part of it and been a big part of my my being in this country and enjoying this country in the culture of this country

1:44.1

It took me on

1:47.2

With that character that I did in that yes, you're a soap opera and I've been here ever since I've been in since 92 and

1:53.6

And well, I can't believe I was sitting here though. Well, that's nice

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