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In 1993 at the age of eighty, Brian Johnston embarked on his first ever nationwide concert tour. His one-man show An Evening With Johnners was a sell-out across the country and the recording of his show became the best-selling Spoken Word production in the UK for more than six months. It even entered the pop album charts and was awarded a Gold Disc Award for sales of more than 100,000.

Brian was a master raconteur and he had the audiences in gales of laughter as he recalled many of the gaffes and humorous anecdotes from his life at Eton and Oxford, his service with the Guards and his 48 years in broadcasting. Now An Evening with Johnners has been digitally remastered and re-edited to include previously unreleased material from Brian's second tour at the end of 1993. This is a superb opportunity to hear one of cricket's greatest storytellers.

Compiled and introduced by his son Barry, this is a glorious retrospective of Brian Johnston's 48 years with the BBC. The programmes featured range from In Town Tonight to Test Match Special, Down Your Way, the Boat Race, quiz shows and royal occasions. It is a marvellous kaleidoscope of the man at the microphone including, of course, all the gaffes and giggles. This recording was the Number One bestseller in the UK Spoken Word charts for several months and won the MIA Award for Spoken Word Recording of the year in 1996.

With his schoolboy humour and distinctive, cheerful voice, "Johnners" was a friend to millions of radio listeners and when he died in 1994 at the age of 81, the "Daily Telegraph" described him as "the greatest natural broadcaster of them all". Born in 1912, Brian had an idyllic childhood in Hertfordshire until he was ten years old, when his father drowned on a seaside holiday.

After going to Eton and Oxford he wanted to be an actor, but was persuaded to join the family coffee business in the City. When war broke out he served with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in Normandy and was awarded the Military Cross. After being demobbed Brian joined the BBC in January 1946. His remarkable broadcasting career spanned 48 years and made him a household name as a cricket commentator and on programmes such as In Town Tonight and Down Your Way.

Barry Johnston has had exclusive access to his father's letters and has interviewed dozens of his friends and colleagues to offer the full story of the man behind the microphone. It includes his controversial sacking from television and his re-emergence as a much-loved figure on Test Match Special.

Originally published in 1992 to celebrate Brian's 80th birthday, this audiobook was his last studio recording and features Johnners reading excerpts from his third and final autobiography. It contains a wealth of thoughts and reminiscences, recapping all the events, people, places and concepts which influenced his life over the years. Now reissued by HarperCollins Audiobooks due to popular demand.

If you have enjoyed the CDs or Audio Cassettes of An Evening with Johnners and Johnners at the Beeb then you will also enjoy listening to these other recordings produced by BarryMour Productions.

Have you heard the story about the day Dickie Bird was invited to lunch with the Queen? Or the one about Brian Johnston when he joined the Grenadier Guards?

Now available on CD for the first time, here is a non-stop feast of jokes, anecdotes and stories from five of Britain's best-known storytellers and raconteurs - Brian Johnston, Dickie Bird, Jon Pertwee, Brian Blessed and Ned Sherrin.

There are dozens of hilarious stories about their personal experiences and behind the scenes in radio and television, theatre, film and cricket. From the classic TV programmes Z Cars and Doctor Who to the theatrical legends Noel Coward and John Gielgud and the great sporting characters Ian Botham and Fred Trueman.

Recorded live in front of enthusiastic theatre audiences - this is a unique opportunity to enjoy storytelling at its very best.

Have you heard the story about Alan Titchmarsh in the flower bed with Charlie Dimmock? Or Hinge & Bracket at the Edinburgh Festival? Or Richard Digance on his first date?

Now available on CD for the first time, here is another non-stop feast of jokes, anecdotes and stories from some of Britain's best storytellers and raconteurs - Alan Titchmarsh, Richard Digance, Donald Sinden, Hinge & Bracket, Henry Cooper.

There are dozens of stories guaranteed to make you laugh - about the Hollywood legends Grace Kelly and Groucho Marx, the boxing greats Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali, and behind the scenes on the popular TV programme Ground Force.

Join the enthusiastic theatre audiences and enjoy storytelling at its very best.

Henry Blofeld is one of the greatest characters in cricket. For nearly thirty years his distinctive rich, plummy voice and his famous expression "My dear old thing!" have delighted millions of listeners to BBC Radio's Test Match Special.

In his one-man show An Evening with Blowers, Henry takes his audience on a hilarious journey from his eccentric childhood in Norfolk to his schooldays as a prolific batsman at Eton - and his successful career as an international cricket writer and broadcaster.

He tells many colourful anecdotes about the game of cricket and his BBC colleagues - including John Arlott and Brian Johnston - and reveals what really happened when the Queen presented the TMS team with a special cake!