From Commonwealth games, Olympics, three Rugby World Cups and countless netball seasons, Nigel Yalden has been the voice of Radio Sport in New Zealand. As a first overseas guest on the pod, he talks to Nick about how he found his way into radio, the pressure of commentating on the All Blacks to an All Blacks nation and why he'll always have a nip of brandy on standby. There's also a discussion on unconscious bias and the culture of commentating in different parts of the world.

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From boxing and athletics to football, Ian Darke is another iconic voice of sport across the generations. From bringing us classic boxing bouts on radio and TV to straddling the pond and covering football in both the UK and America, Ian soared to the top as a commentator and has remained there. Enjoy this entertaining listen as he tells Nick Heath about how he started out, how he continues to learn and what advice he would give to those wishing to follow his path - with plenty of laughs along the way.

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A decorated athlete turned adept, if not accomplished commentator, Steve Cram joins Nick Heath to talk about how he traded his running shoes for a commentator's mic. From learning from David Coleman after the deepest of deep-end starts to the assumption that as a track and field athlete, he should have known about every event, this is a fascinating chat. Steve has become a voice so synonymous with British sporting triumph in the athletics stadium, not to mention the feats of international athletes too. In an extended chat, we hear all about how he does what he does.

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Known predominantly for his work as the BBC's tennis correspondent and commentator, Russell Fuller sits with Nick Heath to discuss what he thinks makes a good commentary. They cover how to cover those rallies for radio, the pressure of working with big-time summarisers and how a hungover wet morning in Exeter could have scuppered Russell's career entirely.

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A trailblazing, hard working commentator, Jacqui Oatley joins Nick Heath to talk about her switch from the office chair to the broadcasting hotseat. Jacqui discusses her experiences as the first female football commentator on British radio and subsequently on Match of the Day. The conversation also includes discussions on imposter syndrome, avoiding clichés, spending too much time on your prep and working with your summariser.

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From the BBC to ITV, Setanta to ESPN, Jon Champion has been one of the leading voices of his generation. Known to most for his commentaries on football, he talks to Nick Heath in this episode about the various 'accidents' that led him to his successful career, he gives some sage advice to new commentators and mentions how some of his audience only know him from his work on the video game Pro Evolution Soccer.

A true master of his craft, this is another beautifully warm conversation as Jon talks for over an hour on how and why he does what he does so well.

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Alison Mitchell has established herself as one of the great modern cricket commentators of our time. From tennis to pommel horse, Ali has also covered a number of other sports but it’s cricket that is her mainstay. She’s a previous winner of the Sports Journalists’ Association award for Sports Broadcaster of the Year and has found herself reporting on more poignant and serious events alongside the triumphant sporting ones.

In this episode, Ali talks about learning from Ritchie Benaud, becoming the first female commentator on TMS and hoping that the path she has trodden can help others.

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From whispering at the back of the 18th green to bringing us a World Cup screamer of a goal, John Murray's north-east of England commentating tones are most well-known to BBC radio listeners along with his work on Match of the Day on television. In this episode Nick hears about who John learned from, his role as just the fourth ever football correspondent and those key differences when moving from radio to TV, plus plenty more besides.

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The multi-sport master, Andrew Cotter is well known by so many as the voice of... so many sports. But far from a master of none, Andrew's seamless ability to pick up the commentary mic for a rugby union test match one minute or an Olympic athletics final the next, with plenty in between, is what has marked him out as one of the very best in the world at what he does.

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The main man. From athletics to boxing, Mike Costello has grown to become one of radio's most iconic voices of sport today. His style is unique and in this episode, he talks to Nick Heath about how he delivers his commentaries, the vital lessons he's learned and which sporting event he would love a crack at.

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