Fine condition. Hodder and Stoughton,2003.First edition-2nd printing(3 5 7 10 9 8 6 4 2). Green hardback (red lettering to the spine) with Dj (two small nicks and crease on the edges of the Dj cover), both in fine condition. Illustrated with colour, b/w photos. Nice and clean pages as new. 371pp including List of illustrations and index. Price un-clipped.2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in Normandy and was awarded the Military Cross. After being demobbed Brian joined the BBC in January 1946. His remarkable broadcasting career spanned 48 years and made him a household name as a cricket commentator and on programmes such as In Town Tonight and Down Your Way. Barry Johnston has had exclusive access to his father's letters and has interviewed dozens of his friends and colleagues to offer the full story of the man behind the microphone. It includes his controversial sacking from television and his re-emergence as a much-loved figure on Test Match Special.
