The Great Romantic By Duncan Hamilton

Episodes

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01Revolutionary2019072220240122 (BBC7)
20240123 (BBC7)
The story of how Neville Cardus revolutionised cricket journalism.

How Neville Cardus became cricket correspondent, revolutionising cricket writing with his take on the game. Read by Toby Jones.

02Scoop2019072320240123 (BBC7)
20240124 (BBC7)
Neville Cardus' difficult childhood in Manchester and his first scoop.

Neville‘s childhood contrasts with adulthood. Plus, how he got an impressive scoop as a junior journalist. Read by Toby Jones.

03Snobbery2019072420240124 (BBC7)
20240125 (BBC7)
Neville Cardus' unusual marriage and his dislike of snobbery at Lord's.

Working class Neville's life as a cricket correspondent at class conscious Lord's was often challenging. Read by Toby Jones.

04Love2019072520240125 (BBC7)
20240126 (BBC7)
Toby Jones describes Neville Cardus' love for music and a woman who sent him a fan letter.

Neville Cardus' love for music and a woman who sent him a fan letter. The cricket correspondent's life read by Toby Jones.

051960s2019072620240126 (BBC7)
20240127 (BBC7)
Toby Jones describes how Cardus witnessed the birth of a new kind of cricket in the 1960s

Cardus began the 1960s anxiously, but ended with a knighthood and the birth of a new cricket culture. Read by Toby Jones.