The Ashes. That whole thing. We never know whether to use the word "it" (for the series) or "they" (for the plural Ashes). The Ash would also have worked back in 1882, as a compound noun. Anyway, t...
2023-08-02 16:41:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Manchester is done, The Oval is all that remains in the Ashes, after our seven-Test odyssey so far across the past two months. Maybe make that 11 Tests if you count the West Indies ones against Ind...
2023-07-25 12:14:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Week 3 of July might be close to our busiest week yet. Since the last update we've squeezed in the last three TFW Daily shows from an outstanding Women's Ashes series, a couple of updates from Indi...
2023-07-20 07:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello friends, welcome to Week 2 of July. Two days of breathing space before the first of three women's ODIs, while there's a week and a bit until the next men's Test. We've done six Tests and thre...
2023-07-11 12:35:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello world. Just a quiet Week 1 of July, then, with an uneventful Lord's Test wrapping up? Honestly, it has been a very intense few days, and we are more grateful than ever to have all of you - a ...
2023-07-05 14:28:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, we did it. Plenty of you asked if there would be an episode from Adam's wedding, and there it is. Well timed at the earlier end of the reception, with plenty of old friends floating above Lon...
2023-06-30 22:21:45 +0000 UTC View Post
You all know what happened there. What a Week 3 that was on TFW. Recovered yet? Pretty sure the Day 5 show from Edbgaston is already our most listened-to Daily, and if not it will be shortly. The v...
2023-06-23 00:15:46 +0000 UTC View Post
It's happening. Week 2 of June on The Final Word is Ashes week, and we're in Birmingham about to go and meet Ali Martin at a Moseley watering hole after a long day preparing, previewing, and settin...
2023-06-15 16:56:45 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Wednesday. Right on time, as the WTC final unfolds in front of us at Kennington Oval after our first huge week in London.
The preview video with Adam and Bharat is at the top of this mes...
2023-06-07 14:05:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Back where it all began, at least for us as an official duo in 2015. To celebrate we've already started doing Daily shows - up top is our preview for the Ireland Test. The audio version is 2023-05-31 16:55:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes it's about having a conversation, more than an interview. That was our approach in Week 4 of May, sitting down at the old faithful Mario's cafe on Brunswick Street to speak with Gideon Ha...
2023-05-26 01:50:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi all, welcome to Week 3 of May which was another busy one for news and for the show.
Season 14, Episode 13: Cricket is getting rich, which means the BCCI is getting r...
2023-05-19 10:22:14 +0000 UTC View Post
We've wanted to do this interview for a while. And with Ireland in the middle of a run of Test matches, and eyeing qualification for this year's World Cup, it's a good time for Season 14, E...
2023-05-11 12:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post
It's Week 1 of May, a month before Test season in England fires up, and time for another interview after Peter Handscomb last week - that's video version up top if you'd like a visual. This week we...
2023-05-04 08:03:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Yes, after taking the piss out of Sachin's social media for years, we decided it was time to tip our lids along with the rest of the cricket world when his birthday rolled around. And my word, are ...
2023-04-27 15:16:12 +0000 UTC View Post
In Week 3 of April, it's hard to pick out a lead given we made three shows that would each normally have been the Weekly, plus a Story Time. But the significance of the news that the IPL is likely ...
2023-04-23 05:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, it's Week 2 of April and we had a fun one, even with working our recording schedule around Adam's broadcasting in Hong Kong and Geoff's travel back to Melbourne for a brief quiet period befo...
2023-04-16 07:27:46 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a new season of The Final Word. So we bought a castle to celebrate. Ok, we very briefly obtained partial use of a castle. You'll have to listen to the weekly show to figure out what we're on a...
2023-04-06 16:23:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Our last Wednesday email for March, and with the Sheffield Shield final done, our last before we switch from southern hemisphere cricket season to northern.
We've been promising a big r...
2023-03-29 14:00:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Season 13, Ep 28: This week, the MCC gets swarmed by Eton and Harrow fans , and Emma John joins the show to help explain this especially English toff barney. Before we get to that,...
2023-03-23 19:07:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Season 13, Ep 27: And with that, it was done. Ahmedabad receded into the distance. Mum...
2023-03-16 08:45:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Sometimes you get the chance to do something special. We didn't even consider the possibilities inherent in this when preparing a Story Time for Adam and Geoff to record in someone else's hotel in ...
2023-03-08 04:51:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello from Ahmedabad. First of all, yes, we are still very bad at sending out the Wednesday email on Wednesday. In fact this is the one from last Wednesday which is going out this Wednesday. Meanin...
2023-03-06 20:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Two Tests down, two to go, and on the break between them Adam has made a dash back home to see his baby girls, while Geoff has gone to see Bharat's childhood home and meet his mother Usha in Mumbai...
2023-02-24 05:27:29 +0000 UTC View Post
More things afoot as we proceed through India. We're now in Delhi, where we've connected with the cricket-loving Indian comedian Sorabh Pant. He's kind of a big deal in these parts, you know? Milli...
2023-02-15 08:35:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, we're finally here. It has been a wild six days since we landed the day before the Nagpur Test and joined our excellent colleagues to throw ourselves into setting up two radio broadcasts in a...
2023-02-13 08:01:07 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a Daniel Norcross week on The Final Word, joining Geoff for Story Time and Adam for the weekly show as our protagonists get ready for India. By this time next week, all going well, they'll be ...
2023-02-02 10:18:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Four matches across two countries and two years, and the Final Word XI remains unbeaten. That's not the main thing, but we can't help but be proud that a group of our listeners can join together, w...
2023-01-27 05:43:07 +0000 UTC View Post
First news first, Peggy has a middle name. For those who were waiting for the result, Peggy Amelia Collins is in. As it happens, Peggy Antonio's mum was named Bell Myra Edith Amelia Lubke. Draw you...
2023-01-18 00:59:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Season 13, Ep 16: Ok, that's not really her middle name (yet) but we're working on it. The Final Word family has grown by one. Who knew when we told that great story about 1930s le...
2023-01-13 01:54:47 +0000 UTC View Post