On that note, in the beginning, it was even required that broadcasters at the BBC wear formal attire when broadcasting, despite that no one could see them. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he generally stuck to the classic, ultra posh tone of the BBC.
In turn, the aforementioned Jonathan Agnew would play jokes on Johnston by inserting fictitious sponsors into their notes with names like “Hugh Jarse”.ĭespite all this, Johnston himself was ultra-old-school when it came to broadcasting. In any event, other commentators who worked with Johnston have also explained that the crafty commentator would hide pictures of naked women in broadcasting notes to try and get people to flub their lines as they flipped through. More recently, the Queen personally oversaw the baking of a cake for the 40th anniversary of TMS in 2001, tasking the palace’s finest chef to prepare one using royal brandy. For the curious, it was apparently a fruit cake. This tradition continues to this day and during Johnston’s career, it’s rumored that the Queen herself once baked and sent one in. Well, it turns out the TMS (Test Match Special) commentating team has had an almost infinite supply of cake since the 1970s when Johnston complained on-air that he’d missed his tea and cake break, prompting fans to send in hundreds of freshly baked ones for him and the crew to enjoy. At this point, you may find yourself thinking, “Okay, that sounds funny, but how often would a cricket commentator find themselves eating cake live-on-air?” Johnston was also a great lover of practical jokes, with one of his favourite being to ask people questions live-on-air just as they’d shoves a slab of cake in their mouth. Still, he’ll probably be all right tomorrow if he sticks it up tonight.” It’s especially bad luck as he is here on his honeymoon with his pretty young wife.
For example, in one broadcast, Johnston stated of one Peter Pollock who broke his ankle, “He’s obviously in great pain. Prior to Johnston’s passing in 1994, the pair were well-known for their on-air chemistry and penchant for straight faced jokes and school-boy humor. The incident occurred during a rundown of that day’s cricket by Agnew and his longtime fellow commentator, Brian Johnston. The comment wasn’t reporting a shock loss or injury, but a joke made by cricket commentator, Jonathan Agnew, with the aftermath being so funny people had to pull over to avoid crashing their cars. On Augat about 6:30 in the evening, thousands of motorists heading home after a long day of work across the UK were forced to pull over and stop due to a brief comment they’d just heard during a sports broadcast.
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