Kitchen Island Commentators

Football commentator Peter Drury joins Jack and Olly to talk about the forgotten brilliance of Peter Jones, a commentator synonymous with football on the radio in the 70’s and 80’s and the voice of football for Peter when growing up. This pod pulls back the longbow and shoots an arrow at the following: • Why Peter Jones was a master of the mic • Balancing superstition with listening to crackling medium wave radio • Gordon Smith’s ’83 FA Cup Final miss • The inside line on THAT goal by Kostas Manolas • The pure heartache of using the right line at the wrong time • …and what does a Kenyan radio programme think of Peter Drury?

Multi-sport commentator Olly Hogben puts forward the iconic Barry Davies as his favourite biscuit in the sports commentary biscuit tin of brilliance. In this episode, you can be guaranteed to find out: - How Barry Davies takes his coffee - Why Zurkhaneh, a sport deriving from Persian warrior callisthenics, is well worth a watch - How Barry Davies changed the feeling of gymnastics commentary forever - And what are Olly Hogben's all-time top 3 Barry Davies commentary moments (and why "interesting...VERY interesting" isn't one of them).

Football commentator James Fielden joins us in the kitchen to talk about Clive Tyldesley, who has been nailing the big moments for ITV since '99. In this pod you can harbour hopes of finding out: - James's top three Clive Tyldesley commentary moments - 11.00 - How to handle yourself when the GOALKEEPER scores - 22.58 - James's tops tips on being a football commentator - 33.12 - The strange link between James Rodriguez, 007 and Clive Tyldesley - 36.04 - What it's like to commentate on strongman and lifesaving - 43.30 With credit to talkSPORT and ITV.