Peter Baxter (born

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1947) is a former producer for BBC radio, best known as the producer of the programme of live cricket commentary, '' Test Match Special''.

Career

Baxter joined the

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in September 1965 after a spell in British Forces Broadcasting. He first worked on ''Test Match Special'' in 1966 and produced the programme from 1973–2007. He co-ordinated the

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coverage from every one of the Test-playing nations, and was also frequently part of the commentary team himself. Baxter commentated on the end of the 1992 World Cup Final between

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and

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. In 2001 he was locked out of the ground by the groundsman at

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, in

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; he and

correspondent Jonathan Agnew eventually watched the action from a nearby fort. Baxter retired on 19 June 2007—with his last TMS production going off the air at 18:30. He was succeeded by

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, the former cricket producer of BBC Radio Five Live. In tandem with his work on

he was also the rugby union producer for eight years and the University Boat Race producer throughout the 1980s. He is a Fellow of The Radio AcademyThe Radio Academ
"Fellows"
and president of the Bedfordshire Cricket Board and Metro Blind Sports. In December 2009 Baxter started a regular

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on the cricket website thecricketer.com. He has edited several books with the Test Match Special team and on his own account, 'World Cup - Cricket's Clash of the Titans', 'The Best Views From the Boundary', the autobiographical 'Inside the Box' and 'Can Anyone Hear Me?' on experiences with Test Match Special on tour.

External links

Peter Baxter's podcasts on the Cricketer websitePeter Baxter's Blog

Notes

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