Johnners' revenge on Aggers at Edgbaston 1993 

A true British icon. God bless Fiery Fred. Love the line "you slowed down? Didn't know you speeded up!" Fantastic.

Anyone here after the boycott wind up?

Jack Bannistets voice really brings back memories of watching cricket

"He runs up faster than he bowls ! " - Brilliant, from Fred.

What I love about this is the whole time there’s this jolly brass band music playing in the back ground, it just makes this prank so enjoyable. Long live TMS and those wonderful contributors. These sounds of the summer will always bring joy whatever else is going on in the world.

Trueman would have made millions at poker on this performance. Hillarious and a treat for every cricket loving fan.

Fantastic! Oh I miss those days of gentle humour. TMS played a massive part in my life, growing up with Messrs Boyle, CMJ, and the incomparable Brian Johnston. Thank you for posting.

What a classic! Tremendous self-control by Jack and Fred. Can watch this time and time again.

What do you think Fred? I dont know. Jack? I agree with Fred. God I love cricket and all its silliness! The daft Dixieland jazz int he background makes it even more surreal...

brilliant. I have seen this so many times now but I still find it hilarious. the way the react when Aggers says that he slowed down is priceless. Fred blowing smoke in Aggers' face.....priceless. love it!

Trueman and Bannister could have been a comedy double act. Whichever way, when you heard both of them commentate, it was just pure cricket. Both of them are sorely missed.

Brilliant! So well done by Fred and Jack. Aggers' valiant effort to hold an awkward situation together was epic.

This is brilliant. I love TMS. No matter how awful the world gets, all is ok if there is TMS.

Fred and Jack deserved an acting award here for keeping straight faces, both much missed as well as the incomparable Brian Johnston who set the whole thing up.

I was born in 46 and as long as I can remember I've loved Brian Johnstone and co commentary's just watched the clips and had such a laugh what an amazing man

I've seen this 5 times in the last 24 hours and it gets funnier every time. It was classic when Fred said that Aggers family were so poor that they couldn't afford television and the health inspector came to their house.

Fred with tie dangling everywhere and totally dishelleved hair and cigar :)

So bloody funny, Fred Truman, legend and greetings from Australia

Brilliant! Just brilliant!! I'm a long-time fan of Aggers, love listening to him on ABC Grandstand when he comes out here for Ashes tours. Wish he was able to do more commentary here in Australia!

Every now and again, have to watch this again. To remind me of a Britain which once was. We were so lucky. Now we have to save something for our kids! Watched this, incidentally, when it first aired.

That was better than the 'leg over'... & that was funny. Well done all three & RIP Jack Bannister.

Love this windup and Trueman and Bannister were brilliant the way they kept straight faces while they are winding up Agnew , and the master of the windup Johnners was inevitably behind it like a naughty mischievous schoolboy...... Great times

This is pure comedy Gold, the Salmon got me.... Hillarious

I know it's a spoof interview but I could listen to these two for a lot lot longer. RIP Fred and Jack :(

Absolutely brilliant how Jack and Fred kept a straight face I will never know.

When Fred blows smoke in Aggers' face... perfect comedy timing.

The Music in the background is coincidentally perfect 🤣

This is fantastic stuff. Oh for those days again.

Fred Trueman, an Absolute LEGEND !!!

The crunch comes at 5:45 with the look of disbelief on Aggers face from 5:57! He knows it's a definite wind up now but carries on regardless. Absolutely classic!

You slowed down? I didn't know you'd speeded up. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, the whole thing's brilliant.

Just wonderful. RIP Jack.

Hilarious and how Jack and Fred kept a straight face I will never know.

The Legend, the man, the Myth; Fred Trueman. I met Mr Trueman in the early eighties during a charity match, I asked for his autograph during the luncheon interval and he said 'not now lad'. True Yorkshireman.

Brilliant, absolutely dead pan right to the end when Jack says this sort of interview should spark somebody off and Fred replies well it ought to do, it's genius comic timing. Couldn't have played it any better 😂

Incomparable in its conception and execution, as evidenced by Aggers’ reaction at the end. Great telly.

A gentle insidious roast. A perfect delivery.

Absolutely fabulous content. Fiery Fred at his very erudite best. Loved his Agnew family analogy 😂

Here after the boycott one , this was absolutely brilliant

RIP Jack and you too Fred

fred was hilarious about the salmon

R.i.p Fred and Jack. Wonderful stuff. .

I'll talk to you about the damp course next week ha ha ha, this is just bloody brilliant.

I was there for this! Dear Jonners loved every second of it!the perfect set up!!

This is fantastic. Fred lights up a cigar halfway through!

I was half expecting Noel Edmonds to walk out with a Gotcha at the end of that.

Really miss Fiery Frederick and Jack. Awesome. Legends. Much much missed.

8:34-Fred's "That desperate" comment cracks me up everytime,superb !...as are JB's terse and trite interjections.

Hilarious. After reading about this set up in one of Aggers' books it is all the better for seeing it. Being born in South Yorks to see Fred in full flow is wonderful. He never received the credit he was due. Maybe a rough diamond but what a bowler. Well done Aggers for posting this.

Watching it for the second time, Jack Bannister manages to be twice as funny !

Fred was a comedy genius as well as a cricket genius 😀

A couple of great blokes, Freddie and Jack.

RIP Jack Bannister (1930-2016)

The music in the background is perfect

I'd never seen this before, this is brilliant.

Fred blowing smoke from his cigar, brilliant!

Trueman on fine form there. And Bannister played the straight man perfectly. Morcambe and Wise eat your heart out!!! Hilarious...... "You slowed down...? Never knew you speeded up..."!!!!!!

"you came from a very poor family Jonathan, you never even had a TV set". Classic Fred!

Good old days Trueman with his cigar and such cutting comments dearly missed

Absolute comedy gold that. What a performance 😂😂

On top of everything else, the 'Morecambe and Wise' style cheek slaps at the end... outstanding. I now must have something in my eye...

When the cigar smoke passes aggers face, perfect. So funny

Brilliant, cant stop laughing .Great days.Miss them.

Frederick chilling with a cigar on live TV. Another universe. A better world. Don't care.

Bless Aggers here. In the early 80's he bowled high 80's. Not rockets, but quick enough to be considered fast. Saw him in a Leicestershire V Worcestershire match where he did a Mark Wood and get a bouncer over the keepers head one bounce for 4. Keeper was stood a good pitch length back as well.

I’ve lost count now how many times I’ve watched this but it get funnier every time.

Love how that cigar smoke was wafting in Agger's face every so often......

That was the funniest thing I had watched in a long time.

Still watching this in 2023 😂😂😂😂😂

Fred Trueman was an absolute hero.

Trueman: "go to the West Indies". A man ahead of his time.

I miss Fred, CMJ, Johnners and Jack.

RIP Jack. :-( 23/1/16

Fred Trueman, what a superstar... one of the great characters of the game

How prophetic that Jonathan Agnew & Fred @ 8.16mins predict that England gets a genuine fast bowler from the West Indies

TMS Gold this is.I remember this on tv 20 years ago and to see this again is such a treat thank you Aggers

How can anyone dislike this!

Great sense of humour by all, sadly less seen today. Johnners RIP

Lovely chap was Jack Bannister, my dad knew him quite well , he arranged a trial for me in the early ,60,s at Warwickshires ground (I was a fast but rather wayward bowler) Jack wasn,t too impressed ,cause i heard no more , but i remember his encouraging words .😄

Brilliant! RIP Jack.

This is a brilliant wind up to the tune of Dixie jazz. How did they arrange that!

I love this, only cicket could do this. Three great men having a laugh

FST... As much a legend off the field as on it. Still missed by all cricket fans...

Aggers reminds me of Alan Partidge in this interview

Wonderful , absolutely priceless.

Fred Trueman is such a legend!

I never tire of watching this.

'He SLOWED DOWN ????'

Still go back to this to see the humour in it all,Freds the star

You slowed down? I didn't know you'd speeded up! Classic

Forget about the interview, with all that makeup on I'll kiss him - hahahahahaha

Priceless!

You're a good sport posting this Aggers. Absolutely classic stuff.....Fred never loses it, not once. Jack manages to hold it in courtesy of a few pauses & looking at Fred to avoid giving the game away......but I fear you, were completely 'had' until the end!!!

mega bucks tv ie sky and mega strict diciplinary laws deystroyed cricket took the soul out of it ,just as they did football ,rugby,darts,motor racing etc

Fred Truman, absolute class act. Funny as......

Trueman is exceptional here. Brilliant actor.

the more you see this the better it gets aggers smells a rat early on but goes on n on thinking no it cant be ,,, great stuff great people long may they continue and never forget the lads no longer here ,, test match special will never go away we need this ,,,

Bring back smoking, ay lad those were the days. One Fred Truman, there's only one Fred Truman One Fred Truman, theres only one Fred Truuuman.

How did they get through that with straight faces? Brilliant.

If Wikipedia is to be believed and the date on this video is correct, Agnew was 32 or 33 here. Wow. Tough paper round.