Episodes
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | Our Own Dear Queen | 19810824 | 20240928 (BBC7) 20240929 (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. |
| 01 | 02 | Polar Games | 19810825 | 20241005 (BBC7) 20241006 (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 and then rubbing their noses in it? That's just not cricket!' Explorers Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen captain teams for an eventful cricket match in Antarctica. Robin Bailey reads another of Peter Tinniswood's cricket tales, as the acerbic Brigadier. A cricket match in Antarctica captained by Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen. Explorers Captain Scott and Roald Amundsen captain teams for an eventful cricket match in Antarctica. Read by Robin Bailey. |
| 01 | 03 | The Lady Wife | 19810826 | 20241012 (BBC7) 20241013 (BBC7) | Should a cricket fanatic marry, when perpetually entranced by the summer game? Dramatisation of Peter Tinniswood's cricket-inspired Tales from a Long Room. |
| 01 | 04 | What Do I Mean By? | 19810827 | 20241019 (BBC7) 20241020 (BBC7) | 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 | 20241026 (BBC7) 20241027 (BBC7) | A personal recollection of cricket's 'day of infamy'. Despite improving weather, why was play abandoned? Robin Bailey reads another of Peter Tinniswood's cricket tales, as the acerbic Brigadier. 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. |