Touchline Tales - Audio Book

Product Description

Four selected episodes from both BBC Radio 4 series featuring Des Lynam & Christopher Matthew. Old friends Des Lynam & Christopher Matthew visit some famous sporting venues to enjoy, observe, reminisce & trade tales. Here's a list of questions you may want to ask about these CDs, which Des & Christopher have tried to answer: Q. What are they about? A. Sport & stuff. Mostly stuff. Q. How much scripting is involved? A. None. Q. How much research did you do before recording? A. None. Q. Do you interview people at the venues you go to? A. No, we just talk to each other. Q. Are you experts in the sports to go to see? A. Definitely not in Chris's case. Q. What was the most important aspect of the programmes? A. Finding a producer who knew how to turn on a tape recorder & use an editing machine. Q. Were you surprised how well the broadcasts were received on Radio 4? A. Chris was surprised. Des was shocked. Q. If you've already heard the radio broadcasts, should you bother to buy these CDs? A. Definitely, because the recordings get better with age
- like Des & Chris. Q. If you haven't heard the broadcasts should you buy these CDs? A. Definitely, otherwise you'll have missed a whole experience. Q. Do you plan to do a TV series? A. Have you seen the state of us recently?