Henry Blofeld

Sports Reporter

Henry Blofeld
Blowers is an English retired sports journalist and broadcaster best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra.

He has established a reputation as a commentator with an accent, vocabulary and syntax that is quintessentially Old Etonian both in style and substance. He also writes on cricket and is the author of eight books.

Now an esteemed ‘An evening with’ host, Blowers is an absolute treasure. “From the second Henry Blofeld (aka Blowers) walked on stage he had the audience grinning. Dressed in full Indian wedding regalia, he strode carefully across the stage, addressing the audience with a smile, a twinkle in his eye. The cricket commentator took his place at a lectern at the side of the stage and proceeded to stand to give a first half talk of over an hour, with barely a break in his narration – not even for water.

Blofeld is now 83, an icon, and is the owner of probably the most RP accent after that of royalty. His voice is instantly recognisable, along with his range of laughs – from a little giggle mid-sentence, to a full-on hearty ‘‘Ha ha ha” – all were in evidence during the evening.” Yorkshire and North East Reviews Hub, 2023.


Blowers continues to bowl over (excuse the pun) an audience with his easy and jovial raconteurial style. An English treasure, second to none.

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