Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | Our Own Dear Queen | 19810824 | 20190127 (BBC7) 20190126 (BBC7) | Had Queen Victoria become a Test cricketer, would there still be a British Empire? Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. Had Queen Victoria become a Test cricketer, would there still be a British Empire? Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. |
| 01 | 02 | Polar Games | 19810825 | 20190203 (BBC7) 20190202 (BBC7) | A Norwegian eleven trouncing the English at the summer game. That's just not cricket! Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. A Norwegian eleven trouncing the English at the summer game. That's just not cricket! Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. |
| 01 | 03 | The Lady Wife | 19810826 | 20190209 (BBC7) 20190210 (BBC7) | Should a cricket fanatic marry when he is perpetually entranced by the summer game? Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. |
| 01 | 04 | What Do I Mean By? | 19810827 | 20190217 (BBC7) 20190216 (BBC7) | Which is closer to godliness? Cleanliness or cricket? No contest! Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. Which is closer to godliness? Cleanliness or cricket? No contest! Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. |
| 01 | 05 | I Was There | 19810828 | 20190224 (BBC7) 20190223 (BBC7) | A personal recollection of cricket's 'day of infamy'. Despite improving weather, why was play abandoned? Read by Robin Bailey. Robin Bailey reads the fifth of five stories from Peter Tinniswood's cricket tales. Abridged for radio by the author. Producer: Tony Cliff First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981. Cricket's 'day of infamy'. Despite fine weather, why was play abandoned? Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. A personal recollection of cricket's 'day of infamy'. Despite improving weather, why was play abandoned? Read by Robin Bailey. Robin Bailey reads the fifth of five stories from Peter Tinniswood's cricket tales. Abridged for radio by the author. Producer: Tony Cliff First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1981. Cricket's 'day of infamy'. Despite fine weather, why was play abandoned? Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. |