Genre Sport Language(s) English | Running time 26 minutes | |
Country United Kingdom
Australia
India Home station BBC World Service
All India Radio
Australian Broadcasting Corporation Hosted by Alison Mitchell
Jim Maxwell (commentator)
Charu Sharma | ||
Stumped is a weekly cricket show from the BBC World Service produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and All India Radio. Stumped is produced by BBC Sport for the BBC World Service.
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Presenters
Stumped has three presenters: Alison Mitchell from the BBC's Test Match Special, ABC Grandstand commentator Jim Maxwell, and Charu Sharma commentator in English for All India Radio.
Content
The first series of 12 episodes coincided with the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Mitchell presented the show from Melbourne, with Jim Maxwell in Sydney and Prakash Wakankar in Mumbai. Episodes examine the headlines of the week and presents features on topics such as cricket terminology and the sport's influence on the Bollywood film industry.
The BBC's Test Match Special commentator Henry Blofeld appears in each episode with his 'tales from the test', where he shares stories from his travels. In one episode, Blofeld describes how he drove from London to Mumbai in a vintage Rolls Royce. His tale of a tea interval in Cyprus where the players were served Retsina made for an interesting evening session.
The second series of 24 episodes starts on Saturday 31st October. Charu Sharma replaces Prakash Wakankar as the All India Radio presenter for the 1st half of the second series.
Stumped can be heard across the weekend on all three radio partners: at 00:30 GMT Saturday on the BBC World Service, at 11:30 IST on Rainbow FM part of the All India Radio network and at 11:30 AEDST Sunday on ABC News Radio. The show can be downloaded as a podcast from 01:00 GMT Saturday.