This listener’s email about his dad on TMS went viral because it’s just terrifically moving stuff
Not often we write about the BBC’s Test Match Special but there was a moment during yesterday’s play which was something special.
The BBC’s cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew read out a letter from Patrick Taylor about his dad, John Taylor, and it’s 3 minutes you might always remember.
I don’t know Patrick. But I’m thinking of him and his family this evening. Good job I read this ‘blind’. Wouldn’t have got through it otherwise pic.twitter.com/OBLucbKylE
— Jonathan Agnew (@Aggerscricket) August 20, 2018
No, we wouldn’t have been able to read it all the way to the end either.
Here is that incredibly moving email in full that Patrick Taylor sent to the programme. #bbccricket pic.twitter.com/2fj0KvF8SS
— Adam Mountford (@tmsproducer) August 20, 2018
And here are a few of the many, many responses it generated online.
Great job Aggers. Was a beautiful bit of radio.
— Adam Parsons (@AdamParsons1) August 20, 2018
I think Patrick has reminded us that we forget to say "I love you" to the people that matter. 3 words that mean the world, especially to a parent who doesn't get to hear it very often
— Ingrid (@gridders100) August 20, 2018
You don't have to be a cricket fan to appreciate this beautiful piece of radio. @bbctms really is something quite special. #bbccricket https://t.co/TdcwfI5zEf
— Claire Cottingham (@Cla_Cottingham) August 20, 2018
Listened live and watched the video. Cried my eyes out both times. Beautiful and eloquent. Thank you for bringing it to us and Patrick for sharing his story.
— Gemma Archer (@gemmaarcher84) August 20, 2018
This will be one of those TMS moments that you will never forget. If anyone, ANYONE, ever suggests axing this amazing institution that is @bbctms play them that extraordinary recording. It is why radio will never lose its importance in the lives of so many people around the globe
— Steve W (@busandtrainpage) August 20, 2018
Emotional and moving yet also
uplifting radio moment .. proving why TMS has meant so much to so many people over so many years. https://t.co/UnRcdzizsD— Nigel Pauley (@nigelpauley) August 20, 2018
I'm not crying…..you're crying….
— Brendan McTaggart (@bmct123) August 20, 2018
You did a superb job, and showed everything that makes TMS (and indeed, radio) special.
— Jack Murley (@jack_murley) August 20, 2018
