Editing Ian Botham (section)

==Media career==
After retiring from cricket, Botham became involved in the media and has worked as an analyst and commentator for [[Sky Sports]] for many years. Unlike [[Fred Trueman]] and others, he does not hark back to "in my day".<ref>{{cite book |title=Test Match Special – 50 Not Out |last=Baxter |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Baxter (radio producer) |year=2007 |publisher=Woodlands Books Ltd |pages=148–154}}</ref> ''Wisden'' editor [[Matthew Engel]] remarked on Botham's calmness, wit and sagacity as a TV commentator, though admitting he was surprised by it.<ref name=ME>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9163.html#profile |title=Ian Botham – Profile |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=22 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522024930/http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9163.html#profile |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 9 August 2009, while commentating on the fourth Ashes Test at Headingley that season, Botham was invited to take part in an on-field ceremony to induct him into the [[ICC Cricket Hall of Fame]] along with former Yorkshire players [[Geoffrey Boycott]], [[Wilfred Rhodes]] and [[Fred Trueman]]. Boycott was also in attendance, along with Fred Trueman's widow Veronica and [[Colin Graves]] who, as [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club]] chairman, accepted the honour on behalf of Wilfred Rhodes. Botham said: "To be named amongst 55 of the most prolific players in cricketing history is a great honour for me. To have my cricketing career recognised in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame is not something I would have thought when I began playing cricket but to be receiving this award today is something I'm extremely grateful for". Colin Graves included Botham in his tribute to Rhodes when he said: "It is a great honour to accept the cap on behalf of a Yorkshire legend. Wilfred Rhodes was an exceedingly gifted player and is rightly regarded as one of England's greatest all-rounders. I am also delighted to see two other great Yorkshiremen and another great all-rounder inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame today".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/11/11070.html |title=Four England players included in Hall of Fame |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=4 May 2017 |archive-date=19 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819190138/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/11/11070.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1981 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] during a meeting at [[Lord's]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ian Botham (1981) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a42cfcf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226191104/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a42cfcf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>

On 12 August 1995, Botham was interviewed at length by [[Andrew Neil]] on his one-on-one interview show ''Is This Your Life?'' for [[Channel 4]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9800436/?ref_=ttep_ep4 Listing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526213341/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9800436/?ref_=ttep_ep4 |date=26 May 2021 }} on [[IMDb]]</ref>

In 2008 he received a Honorary Doctorate from the [[University of Bath]].