TCV Q&A: Lip mics, ‘freakers’ & facing criticism

John Murray, Ian Dennis & Ali Bruce-Ball answer listener questions. From why they still use lip mics to how they deal with criticism… do they still go to game as fans? And which data do they find most useful/useless? Messages, questions and voicenotes welcome on WhatsApp to 08000 289 369 & emails to TCV@bbc.co.uk

01:05 Lip mics and why commentators still use them,

07:20 How they find out which matches they’re doing,

10:00 Working with different summarisers,

19:10 Seeing too much flesh in commentary,

22:00 Avoiding venting personal views in commentary,

26:20 5 Live commentaries this weekend,

27:50 Do the commentators ever watch as fans?

34:40 Which data are the most useful/useless?

44:00 Does criticism affect their commentaries?

47:20 Which TV programmes would they do?

5 Live / BBC Sounds commentaries:

Fri 1945 England v Uruguay with John Murray, Ian Dennis & Paul Robinson,

Sat 1330 Man Utd v Man City in WSL with Mike Minay & Lindsay Johnson,

Sun 1200 Chelsea v Aston Villa in WSL with Vicki Sparks & Anita Asante.