Show overview
Always Look on the Bright Cider Life - The Somerset Cricket Podcast has been publishing since 2020, and across the 6 years since has built a catalogue of 174 episodes. That works out to roughly 170 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run thirty-five to sixty minutes — most land between 54 min and 1h 6m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Sports show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 11 episodes already out so far this year. Published by The Somerset Cricket Podcast.
From the publisher
Discussing all things Somerset County Cricket Club and Cider. May include frequent references to the Demon of Frome.
Latest Episodes
View all 174 episodesYou Talk To Andrew Caddick About Rest And Rotation!
Migael Pretorius's Token Game To Make Sure He's Eligible For Finals Day
Put Your Hand Up, So To Speak, If You've Ever Seen That Before...
There Will Be A Few More Embarrassing Stories Going Into That Speech...
The Reverse Kookaburra Experiment
The Best 7 That You'll Ever See
Our 5th Happiest Episode Ever...
We Could Potentially Lose Three Players To England
I Don't Like His Moustache Very Much
Ian Shepherd is joined by Peter Wanless, Dan Kingdom and Anthony Gibson to look forward to the brand new County Championship season starting on Friday, discuss the signing of just the one overseas bowler (so far) and whether any of our number will throw their hat into the ring as the new Chair...
It Was Never Meant To Be A Long Term Thing
Ian Shepherd takes a trip to the annual SCCC media day and catches up with Craig Overton, Bex Odgers, Emma Corney, Sophie Luff and James Rew, followed by an extended chat with Lewis Gregory ahead of his 2026 Testimonial Season
I'm Not Sure They're Exactly Political Soulmates
Ian Shepherd is joined by Steve Tancock, Ben Warren & Anthony Gibson to discuss the current state of the squad, look back at Thomas Rew's excellent winter, and come up with an out-of-the-box idea for spending the H*ndred windfall...
Ep 162You Could Turn The Thatcher's Terrace Into A Member's Bar...
Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Peter Wanless and Anthony Gibson to chat about all the goings-on at Somerset CCC since the end of the season...
Ep 161What Do You Have To Do To Keep Winning?
Ian Shepherd is joined by Somerset CCC Chair Sir Michael Barber to chat about the successful 2025 season on the field, the to-ing and fro-ing with the schedule proposals off the field, why he fell in love with the greatest cricket club on planet Earth...
Ep 160The 2025 Women's Golden Apples
Ian Shepherd, Dan Kingdom, Harry Everett & Matt Kingdom get together to give their nominations for the coveted 'Golden Apples'
Ep 159The 2025 Men's Golden Apples
Ian Shepherd, Peter Wanless, Steve Tancock & Anthony Gibson get together to give their nominations for the coveted 'Golden Apples'
Ep 158I'd Love For Us To Go To Surrey... And Win
Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Ben Warren & Anthony Gibson to chat about the final two County Championship games, the signing of Josh Shaw, and discover that playing with the Kookaburra ball might not be such a bad thing after all...
Ep 157Can A Dog Get Knocked Off A Perch ?
Ian Shepherd is joined by Dan Kingdom, Peter Wanless and Anthony Gibson to chat about the recent Russian Incursions into Romanian airspace, The Labour Deputy Leadership Contest, and Great Britain's progress in the Davis Cup...
Ep 156Long Live The Sean Dickson Party Barn !
Ian Shepherd is joined by Harry Everett and Peter Wanless to reflect on the most extraordinary performance from Sean Dickson in the nail-biting 1/4 Final win over the Bears, sympathise with the visiting fans (not the ones who got lary and chucked out though) who miss out on a home finals day for the 5th year in a row, and speculate about the politics of sharing a hospitality box with the Lancashire committee...
Ep 155It's Getting Dark, I Need To Go And Feed The Hedgehogs
Ian Shepherd is joined by Peter Wanless and Anthony Gibson to chat about a disappointing end to an otherwise excellent ALOTBCLMBODC campaign, look ahead to crunch games in the Vitality Blast and County Championship, and discuss the character of people who use phrases like "cross-pollination" in everyday life...
Ep 154A Foster Home For Errant Batsmen
Ian Shepherd and Dan Kingdom chat about the latest batch of Metro Bank fixtures, try to make sense of the selection policy, and do this all while Shep struggles with a crippling bout of man-flu...