It must have been a special afternoon at The Oval as it even brought together Harry Potter and his arch-rival Draco Malfoy.
Actors Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton took time out from filming the next instalment of the Potter films to join TMS at The Oval and they witnessed a thrilling day's cricket.
Of course most people weren't as fortunate as Daniel and Tom to see the Ashes regained live - but hopefully we were able to convey the drama on Test Match Special.
As the events unfolded throughout the day we became aware of listeners around the world following our commentary - and going to quite some lengths to do so
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I had a funny feeling at the start of summer that, like in 2005, it would all come down to this final Test.
Of course, four years ago, it was England who required only a draw to reclaim the urn and, after Australia's emphatic victory at Headingley, the tourists clearly start this Oval Test as favourites to retain the Ashes.
Virtually everyone I have spoken to since that disappointment in Leeds seems to give England no chance of success in this Test match and let's be honest; the signs are not that great.
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I am not sure I can remember so much speculation ahead of the naming of an England cricket squad.
Seemingly every single person I have met since watching England's demise at Headingley has an opinion on which 11 players should be walking out at The Oval on Thursday, 20 August.
Many people don't just have an opinion, they claim somehow to know exactly who is going to be selected.
In the last couple of days I have been told that, without a doubt, Marcus Trescothick is going to return, that Rob Key will definitely feature and that the selectors will surprise all of us and barely make any changes at all.
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At the start of the Edgbaston Test it was Phillip Hughes who caused a stir in the on-line world by announcing his exclusion from the Australian Test team via a message on the social networking site "Twitter"
Well the next revelation we hear via Twitter is that super-cool singer song writer Lily Allen is a big cricket fan who listens to Test Match Special and is considering a career in cricket commentary when her time as a pop star comes to an end. Lily, the daughter of actor Keith Allen, revealed how she was listening to TMS whilst driving down the M4 during the Third Test and was intrigued by the description of England bowler Graham Onions as "tall, dark-haired and pigeon-toed".
Jonathan Agnew has been in Twitter contact with Lily offering any cricket commentary tips and whilst I don't think she'll be describing the action at Headingley this week we are hoping Miss Allen may pay a visit to the TMS box at the Oval.
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Hello I'm Adam Mountford and I'm the BBC Radio Cricket producer. My main
responsibility is to produce Test Match Special but I also look after our cricket coverage on other BBC outlets. My blog attempts to give you a flavour of life behind the scenes of the BBC Cricket team. 