Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE (born 23 September 1939; nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston) is an English sports journalist. He is best known as a cricket commentator for Test Match Special on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 5 Live 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.
His father went to school with Ian Fleming, who used the name for the Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
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Cricket historian and commentator.
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He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2003 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to sports broadcasting. He is a cricket commentator.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Love, Nina
2016
TV Mini-Series
Cricket Commentator
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Games That Time Forgot: Cricket on Horseback and Other Forgotten Sports
2010
TV Movie documentary thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Room 101
2015
TV Series
Himself
This Week
2014
TV Series
Himself
Countdown
2001-2008
TV Series
Himself
An Evening with Blowers: Henry Blofeld, the Voice of Cricket, Live
2008
Video documentary
Monty's Cricket Madness
2007
Video
Himself
Never Mind the Full Stops
2006
TV Series
Himself
GMTV
2005
TV Series
Himself
Mr Countdown: A Tribute to Richard Whiteley
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
University Challenge
2004
TV Series
Himself
The Weakest Link
2004
TV Series
Himself
Question Time
2003
TV Series
Himself
Sky Sports Cricket
1994
TV Series
Himself - Commentator
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
University Challenge: The Story So Far
2006
TV Movie documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Known for movies
Countdown (2001-2008) as Himself
Sky Sports Cricket (1994) as Himself - Commentator
Mr Countdown: A Tribute to Richard Whiteley (2005) as Himself
An Evening with Blowers: Henry Blofeld, the Voice of Cricket, Live (2008) as Actor
$100,000
