On Sunday 8th May 4pm at Kenilworth Cricket Club Peter Baxter gave an amusing and very well-received talk to a packed pavilion. This was a  Kenilworth Festival Event

Peter Baxter first worked on Test Match Special in 1966, and was the producer of the programme from 1973-2007. He co-ordinated the BBC’s cricket coverage from every one of the Test-playing nations, and has also been part of the commentary team himself. He talked about his new book ‘The Best Views from the Boundary:Test Match Special’s Greatest Interviews’ covering some of the really great moments in Test Match Specialwith interviews with the likes of John Cleese, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Gary Lineker, David Essex, John Major, Peter O’Toole, Brian Johnston, John Paul Getty Jr., Dennis Skinner, Stephen Fry, Nigel Havers, Elton John, Boris Johnson, Piers Morgan, Daniel Radcliffe, David Cameron, Lily Allen, Bill Wyman and more. This was accompanied by sound bites from the archive including inevitably the hilarious Johnners ‘leg over’ laugh-in, but lots of historic clips too.

Tea and cakes were taken and a thoroughly good time had by all! Peter enjoyed himself too ass you can see….

We are very grateful to Icon Books for supporting this event.