{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use British English|date=February 2018}} {{Infobox radio show | show_name = Stumped | image = | imagesize = 201px | format = Sport | audio_format = Mono | record_location = MediaCityUK, Salford | runtime = 26 minutes | editor = Matt Davies | presenter = {{ubl|Alison Mitchell|Jim Maxwell|Charu Sharma}} | producer = Sam Sheringham | country = United Kingdom | language = English | home_station = BBC World Service | syndicates = {{ubl|ABC NewsRadio|Akashvani}} | first_aired = {{start date|2015|01|17|df=y}} | last_aired = | website = {{Official website}} | podcast = {{URL|https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02gsrmh/episodes/downloads}} }} '''''Stumped''''' is a weekly cricket show from the BBC World Service produced in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Akashvani (formerly known as All India Radio). ''Stumped'' is produced by BBC Sport for the BBC World Service.<ref name="BBC">{{cite press release |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/stumped |title=Cricket gets global radio run in new programme Stumped on World Service|date=15 January 2015 |website=Media Centre |publisher=BBC |access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref>
==Presenters== ''Stumped'' has three presenters: Alison Mitchell from the BBC's ''Test Match Special'', ABC ''Grandstand'' commentator Jim Maxwell, and Charu Sharma, English language commentator for Akashvani.
==Content==
The first series of 12 episodes coincided with the 2015 Cricket World Cup, in Australia and New Zealand. Mitchell presented the show from Melbourne, with Jim Maxwell in Sydney and Prakash Wakankar in Mumbai. Episodes examine the headlines of the week and presents features on topics such as cricket terminology and the sport's influence on the Bollywood film industry.
The BBC's ''Test Match Special'' commentator Henry Blofeld appears in each episode with his 'tales from the test', where he shares stories from his travels. In one episode, Blofeld describes how he drove from London to Mumbai in a vintage Rolls-Royce. His tale of a tea interval in Cyprus where the players were served retsina made for an interesting evening session.
Charu Sharma replaced Prakash Wakankar as the All India Radio presenter for the first half of the second series.
''Stumped'' can be heard across the weekend on all three radio partners: at 00:30 GMT Saturday on the BBC World Service, at 11:30 IST on AIR FM Rainbow, and at 11:30 AEDST Sunday on ABC NewsRadio. The show can also be downloaded as a podcast from 01:00 GMT Saturday, immediately after its broadcast on the World Service.<ref name="BBC" />
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{BBC programme}} * [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sportsworld-BBC-WORLD-SERVICE/232455204224/ ''Stumped'' on Facebook] * [https://twitter.com/bbcstumped/ ''Stumped'' on Twitter] {{Portal|BBC}} {{BBC World Service}}
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