1 WAV file, Johnny Dennis, public address announcer for England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Lord's, interviewed by William Roe, MCC Assistant Digital Editor, in the Writing Room at Lord's Cricket Ground. The file consists of 1 track.
Track 1: [0:25-2:53] Dennis talks about how he became the announcer at Lord's through the help of Brian Johnston and Alan Curtis, and the first Test Match he covered at The Oval in 1976 (England vs. West Indies) and being ECB's announcer for 17 years, [2:53-3:45] Dennis talks about his career as an actor and seeing his role with ECB as a summer job, [3:45-6:40] Dennis talks about the difficulty of mispronouncing names of players and getting to know the players of the touring teams beforehand, and then having a poor angle of seeing the players at Lord's as he is seated at third man, [6:40-8:00] Dennis talks about the difference between commentating on Test Match Special and his work as an announcer, [8:00-12:08] Dennis talks about whether he feels pressure in his role and his desire to make people feel welcome in his job and remembering advice from the announcer for the New York Yankees.
[12:08-12:53] Dennis talks about the changes to his voice over the years, [12:53-14:09] Dennis talks about calling Nasser Hussain Ed Smith by mistake at Trent Bridge on Smith's Test debut (in 2003), [14:09-16:43] Dennis talks about his mistakes including calling Trent Bridge Lord's at the end of a Test Series between England and Sri Lanka (in 2006), [16:43-18:33] Dennis talks about the advice he would give to his replacement and how people would become an announcer, [18:33-21:44] Dennis talks about his memories of Lord's and his debt of gratitude to Alan Curtis and Brian Johnston, [21:44-22:11] Dennis talks about how he would like to be remembered by his role.