The Commentary at Home Podcast
With his daughter Isabelle having gone back to home schooling, Mark Church has decided to head into the world of podcasting on his own. Each week he will be chatting to somebody from the world of sport be it player, journalist, back room staff or fan. Plus there will be exclusive interviews with the key players from #gardencricket , the back garden Test series that is taking the sporting world by the scruff of its neck.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2020
A Career Change, Cricket Writing, Lockdown and Twitter
The Times and Sunday Times cricket writer Lizzie Ammon chats about becoming a cricket writer, her love of club cricket and what the rest of the summer might look like. Plus we talk about here incredi…
00:50:17 |
Mon 15 Jun 2020
Comedy, Cricket and Stats
Mark is joined by award-winning stand-up comedian, author and Test Match Special scorer, Andy Zaltzman. They chat about Andy’s love of cricket, numbers and stats and about being in the TMS commentary…
00:46:27 |
Mon 08 Jun 2020
Cricket Writing From All Around The Globe (...and meeting Mike Reid)
Our special guest is ESPN Cricinfo’s Senior Correspondent, George Dobell. George chats about travelling the world writing about cricket, meeting Mike Reid and our mutual love of Rikki Clarke. Plus Ma…
00:40:09 |
Mon 01 Jun 2020
Cricket, Writing and Rock and Roll
Mark is joined by the Editor-in-Chief of Wisden Cricket Monthly, Phil Walker. Phil chats all things cricket during lockdown, and about missing the sport he loves. Plus a classic 'Commentary at Home' …
00:46:50 |
Mon 25 May 2020
Beards, Press Boxes and Two World Cups
The London Evening Standard’s Chief Cricket Correspondent, Will Macpherson talks about following England from the press box, writing to a deadline and covering both the cricket and the rugby World Cu…
00:32:39 |
Mon 18 May 2020
Haircuts, Lip-Sync and Blowers
Charles Dagnall is one of the best known voices on the BBC’s cricket coverage and one of the best know faces on Sky Crickets T20 coverage. Daggers discusses his different haircuts when he was a profe…
00:52:45 |
Mon 11 May 2020
Reading the Classified Football Results
Mark is joined by Kevin Howells, one of the most recognisable voices on the BBC’s cricket coverage. Kevin chats about life in the commentary box and reading the classified football results on Radio 5…
00:32:35 |
Mon 04 May 2020
Playing the Electric Guitar at a World Cup Semi Final
Test Match Special's Henry Moeran talks to Mark about his experiences of being in the iconic commentary box and what it was like playing the electric guitar at Edgbaston in a World Cup Semi-Final. Pl…
00:30:14 |
Mon 27 Apr 2020
Joined by The Badger
Mark and Isabelle are joined by one of Surrey and England’s finest - Scott “The Badger” Borthwick - to discuss life during lockdown. And they also go back to one of the greatest moments in English cr…
00:15:50 |
Mon 20 Apr 2020
Playing Cricket Against The Garden Furniture
Isabelle questions Mark about her dad's decision to play cricket against the garden furniture. Plus Test Match Special’s Dan Norcross gets a grilling from Isabelle.
00:20:37 |
Mon 13 Apr 2020
Wise words from you, Isabelle...
Mark and Isabelle chat about homeschooling and Isabelle compares Kevin Pietersen to her granny‘s radiator. To watch Mark and Isabelle's commentary clips, go to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6x7JT…
00:23:39 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
Well, Mark...
The podcast from sports commentator Mark Church and his daughter Isabelle. You may have seen them in the media recently and now they have decided to sit down and look back at some of the great moment…
00:01:01 |
Tue 07 Apr 2020
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