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Test Match Special

Ashes Daily: View from the Boundary - Stephen Mangan

Test Match Special

BBC

Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

4.42.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Jonathan Agnew talks to actor, comedian, presenter and writer Stephen Mangan in the TMS commentary box at The Oval. Mangan recalls memories of following England around the world, watching cricket while in geography lessons at school, and meeting Robert De Niro.

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Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to tell you why I love podcasting.

0:04.5

I'm Sasha Johansson, I'm an Assistant Commissioner for the BBC and I work on making podcasts.

0:11.1

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0:16.9

stars who can really bring those stories to life.

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I love the whole process of making podcasts from the spark of an idea to hearing the final

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edit.

0:27.0

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0:28.0

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0:32.6

has to reflect the things that you care about and love, wherever you are in the UK.

0:37.0

So if you like this BBC podcast, there's so much more to discover.

0:40.6

Have a listen on BBC Sounds.

0:58.0

The time for our view from the boundary, and yeah, we're joined by a real war rounder.

1:02.3

Actually, actor, comedian, presenter, writer, at a great cricket fan who's travelled around

1:06.6

the world watching the game, his breakthrough TV role came playing Adrian Moore.

1:11.6

In the BBC series, the cappuccino years before appearing in these comedy series, Dream

1:16.2

Wing on Channel 4, he's been in Alan Partridge episode, starred as Postman Pat, didn't

1:21.5

realise it.

1:22.5

In the Postman Pat movie, he's played Tony Blair, he's Nathan Stern, in the split,

1:27.9

the presenter who I got news for you, pointless landscape artist of the year, host the confessional

1:32.8

on BBC Sounds.

1:33.8

Oh man, oh no, you know who it is.

1:36.6

Stephen Mangan, finally, finally.

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