Kris Marshall first came to prominence in My Family as Nick Harper the eldest son. He played DI Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise from 2014 to 2017 and reprised the role in Beyond Paradise in 2023. Other tv and film roles include playing Colin in the 2003 film Love Actually, Gratiano in Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Ralph Finnes film of The Merchant of Venice, Murder City (2006–2008), the films A Few Best Men and A few Less Men, Funland, Heist, My Life In Film, Sandition and Dave in the first ...
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 30 min
Dane Buckley is the world’s only Irish, Indian, gay comedian… probably. An award-winning comedian and writer, he delivers his comedy effortlessly with cheeky charm and camp mischief. Dane burst onto the comedy circuit in 2022, making a name for himself by winning Gong Shows and was a finalist in LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year (2022), British Comedian of the Year (2024) and BBC New Comedy Awards (2024). Dane has supported Tom Allen and Rosie Jones on Tour, has been featured on Comedy Central, BB...
Mar 21, 2025•1 hr
The winner of 2015 ‘America’s Got Talent’, Paul Zerdin is a comedian, magician and ventriloquist of international repute. Paul has appeared all over the world with his puppets Sam, Albert and Baby. Paul is arguably the UK’s number one ventriloquist and made his TV debut in 1993 as the host of GMTV’s ‘Rise and Shine’. He then went on to win ITV’s The Big Big Talent Show, hosted by Jonathan Ross. Since then he has appeared on countless TV shows including; The World Stands Up (Comedy Central) The S...
Mar 17, 2025•53 min
Pippa Evans is an award-winning musical performer, improviser, author, writer and dramaturg who specialises in improvisation and musical theatre. Pippa is a regular on BBC Radio 4 with credits including: The Now Show, Just a Minute and The Unbelievable Truth and she has toured theatres nationwide as a member of the official I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue cast. Pippa wrote NOW! That’s What I Call Musical, which will begin its nationwide tour in September 2024, directed by Craig Revel Horwood. She was...
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 17 min
John H Stracey is one of Britain's greatest World Boxing Champions of all time. He achieved the ultimate in December of 1975, when he became the undisputed Welterweight Champion of the World in Mexico City. He also famously boxed in Las Vegas on the Muhammad Ali bill. Before he reached the age of 18, John won no less than five National Championships. When he turned pro, he had an unbeaten run of 28 fights in three years, winning the British, European and World Welterweight Championships in a car...
Mar 10, 2025•56 min
Ruth Bratt became a permanent member of the world famous Comedy Store Players in 2024, the first new permanent member for nearly 30 years. She played the recurring character of Roche in the comedy show People Just Do Nothing. Ruth is a founder member of Showstopper: The Improvised Musical. The show had its own series for Radio 4 and can be seen live in the West End and touring the UK throughout 2025. Ruth was a regular in Touch Me I’m Karen Taylor on BBC3 as Well as Rob Brydon’s Annually Retenti...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Marsha Thomason is a British actress now living in LA who is known for playing Sara Evers in Disney's The Haunted Mansion opposite Eddie Murphy, Naomi Dorrit on the ABC series Lost, FBI agent Diana Berrigan on the USA Network series White Collar, Francine Bridge on Sky's Cobra and DS Jenn Townsend in ITV crime series The Bay. Series 5 of The Bay is out now on itv and itvX . Marsha Thomason is our guest in episode 470 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things sh...
Mar 03, 2025•39 min
Alister Kingsley is a Melbourne Australia-based comedian, performer, and writer, blending musical comedy with sharp observational humour. Alister has been compared by many people to a young Tim Minchin! He will be performing at The Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025. Mike came across Alister’s comedy on Instagram and liked him so much, he asked him to come on the pod! . Alister Kingsley is our guest in episode 469 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five th...
Feb 28, 2025•40 min
Anton Du Beke is best known for being a professional dancer and a judge on Strictly Come Dancing. Anton has been in every series of Strictly since it started in 2004. His latest project is a podcast: Putt & Strut with Anton Du Beke and Sarah Stirk. A golf podcast that looks at the lighter side of the game, focussing on the funny stories from the green. Available now on Global Player or wherever you get your podcasts https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42L2dd . Anton Du Beke is our guest in...
Feb 24, 2025•58 min
Jena Friedman is an Academy Award-nominated writer and comedian. She is the creator of SOFT FOCUS on Adult Swim and TRUE CRIME STORY: INDEFENSIBLE on AMC+. Her writing credits include BORAT 2: Subsequent Movie Film, THE CONNERS on ABC and THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN. She was also a field producer on THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART from 2012 through the end of his tenure in 2015, where she wrote and directed field segments. She's a contributing writer to THE NEW YORKER and her first book,...
Feb 21, 2025•34 min
Steve Nallon is a writer and actor best known for voicing Spitting Image’s most iconic characters, including Margaret Thatcher, Alan Bennett and The Queen Mum. Steve's acting work now ranges from theatre, film and television, to video games, radio drama and audio books. As a playwright and comedy writer, Steve has a considerable body of credits to his name, including plays and series for BBC radio, three one-man theatre shows and the satirical book I, Margaret, which he co-wrote with Tom Holt. I...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Nico Tatarowicz is an award-winning writer who was a head writer on three series of the BAFTA winning Murder In Successville. He broke into TV in the mid 2000’s going on to write on all three BBC1 series of BAFTA winning The Armstrong and Miller Show, Channel 4’s Very Important People and Spitting Image. He wrote for four series of the award-winning Crackanory on Dave, seeing his words brought to life by Paul Whitehouse, Harry Enfield, Vic Reeves, Sheridan Smith and Carrie Fisher. His latest boo...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Jeffrey Holland is probably best known for playing Spike in Hi-De-Hi!, also the stuffy footman James Twelvetrees in You Rang M’Lord? and as Mr. Parkin the Stationmaster in Oh, Dr. Beeching! His first TV role was in an episode of Dixon of Dock Green and his television work includes such shows as It Ain’t Half Hot, Mum, Are You Being Served?, Dad’s Army, The Mayor of Casterbridge and Russ Abbot’s Madhouse. He was in “Talent” written and directed by Victoria Wood at The Menier Chocolate Factory in ...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 1 min
An unedited version of our interview with Richard Herring with 25 minutes of unheard chat.=! Richard Herring's podcast, RHLSTP (Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast), is one of the biggest in the country. He is also a stand up comedian, writer and former comedy partner of Stewart Lee. Richard won series 10 of Taskmaster and Taskmaster Champion of Champions. Richard Herring is our guest in episode 463 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd ...
Feb 07, 2025•1 hr 20 min
Angus Deayton is best known for presenting Have I Got News For You from 1990 to 2002, Would I Lie to You? from 2007 to 2009 and being Victor Meldrew’s neighbour in the sitcom One Foot in the Grave. He is one of Mike’s oldest friends after Angus cast him in the Oxford Revue at university. This led on to the award winning Radio 4 series Radio Active and it’s TV version KYTV. Angus Deayton is our guest in episode 462 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd ...
Feb 03, 2025•49 min
A re-edited and extended version of our interview with John Challis! Best known for playing Boycie in Only Fools and Horses and its spin-off The Green Green Grass but has also been in Benidorm, Dixon of Dock Green, The Sweeney, Doctor Who, Citizen Smith and many others. On stage he's performed in the West End and at the RSC, he's written two volumes of autobiography, Being Boycie and Boycie & Beyond and toured his own stage show, Only Fools and Boycie. John Challis is our guest in episode 46...
Jan 31, 2025•55 min
Danny Peacock is probably best know for playing Mental Mickey in Only Fools and Horses. Danny is the son of late actor Trevor Peacock (who played Jim “no no no yes” Trott in The Vicar of Dibley). Danny was also in The Young Ones, Robin of Sherwood, The Bill, Doctor Who as Nord the Vandal in the serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Casualty and One Foot in the Grave. His film appearances include Porridge, Quadrophenia, Gandhi, Bull in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, with Kevin Costner, Morgan F...
Jan 27, 2025•45 min
Did you know we make another podcast? It's called Chatty Natty and we thought we'd introduce you to it! Regular listeners will have heard Mike talking about his autistic grandson Natty many times. In Chatty Natty, Mike chats to Natty about everything and anything. Listen to the world from the perspective of an Autistic 12 year old boy. This is episode 13 so if you enjoy it, there are plenty more to listen to. Please subscribe to make Natty's day. Thank you. Listen on Apple Podcasts here - https:...
Jan 24, 2025•31 min
With over 30 minutes of unheard chat here is a re-edited and extended version of our interview with Rick Wakeman! Rick Wakeman is best known for playing keyboards in the progressive rock band Yes. He played piano on David Bowie's Life On Mars and Space Oddity and on Cat Stevens' Morning Has Broken. He's released over 90 solo albums and in 2017, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He's also an author, producer and television presenter. Rick Wakeman is our guest in episode 459 of ...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Sarah Roberts is a comedian and writer, who is quickly becoming one of comedy’s most exciting new voices. Among her award nods are: Komedia New Comedy Award finalist 2023, Leicester Square New Act runner-up 2022, a 99 Club bursary winner and BBC New Comedy Award regional finalist 2024 as well as Soho Theatre Labs Plus alumni 2022. A graduate of the National Film & Television School’s Writing & Producing Comedy course, Sarah’s graduation project, OnlyFran was featured by Director’s Notes ...
Jan 17, 2025•46 min
Duncan Preston is best known for his appearances in Victoria Wood’s television productions, including his roles of Clifford in the soap opera parody sketches Acorn Antiques and Stan in the sitcom Dinnerladies. He reprised his role of Clifford in Acorn Antiques The Musical in 2005. Duncan has made many guest appearances in various TV series, including Secret Army, The Professionals, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin of Sherwood, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Press Gang, Chalk, Boon, Casualty, H...
Jan 13, 2025•46 min
Stuart Mitchell is regarded as one of the UK’s top comedians and TikTok stars with over 100M views online. He is currently the longest running panellist of BBC Scotland’s Breaking The News and recently starred in his own Radio 4 series “Cost of Living”. His second series “Cost of Dying” has been commissioned and is due to air in July 2025. In addition to this he has made numerous appearances across TV and Radio including Chris McCausland’s ‘You Heard It Here First’, The Blame Game and The News Q...
Jan 10, 2025•37 min
An unedited version of our interview with comedy producer John Lloyd! John Lloyd is a hugely successful television and radio comedy producer and writer. His television work includes Not the Nine O'Clock News, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Spitting Image, Blackadder and he is the creator of QI. He is also the presenter of BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity. John Lloyd is our guest in episode 453 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to p...
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Comedian Abby Wambaugh was the 2024 winner of the Best Newcomer at the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, winner of the Best Show at the European Comedy Awards and the Theatre Weekly Best Show winner. She was also nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Quite a year! She’s previously made the Funny Women finals in 2021, was shortlisted for the 2022 BBC New Comedy Awards and selected for the Pleasance Comedy Reserve in 2023. Her award winning show, The First 3 Minutes of 17 Shows, is no...
Jan 03, 2025•56 min
The best of our guests from 2024! Part 2 features Arthur Smith, Maisie Adam, Rosie Holt, Toby Tarrant, Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Major General Chip Chapman, Daliso Chapona, Madeline Smith, Nick Newman, Maria McErlane, Simon Brodkin, Tom Baldwin, George Monbiot, Stevie Martin, Jon Holmes, Sophie Duker, Suzi Perry and Jason Manford. Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter & Facebook : @MyTCpod . Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter : @fentonstevens &...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 12 min
The best of our guests from 2024! Part 1 features Iain Stirling, Professor Alice Roberts, Jason Manford, Anette Badland, Professor Chris Lintott, Robin Askwith, Kim Leadbeater MP, Ainsley Harriott, Colin Hoult, Jess Conrad, James O'Brien, Karl Howman, Chloe Petts and Lewis MacLeod. Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter & Facebook : @MyTCpod . Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter : @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens . Produced and edited ...
Dec 27, 2024•59 min
Mike asks some of our guests from the past year (plus a few clips from our original Christmas episodes from 4 years ago) for something to put in a Christmas Time Capsule! Featuring Jason Manford, Stephen Fry, Arthur Smith, Maria McErlane, Rick Wakeman, Sonali Shah, Lauren Pattison, John O'Farrell, Ellie White, Andy Hamilton, Karl Howman, Aneka Rice, Tony Hawks, Michelle Brasier, Toby Hadoke and Professor Sophie Scott. Warning: Possible grown up chat about Father Christmas! Follow My Time Capsule...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Another Christmas present from us! Our very own Michael Fenton Stevens reading The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas! Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/brock-hewitt-stories-in-sound/coventry-carol License code: I9F0C4FANTJJOOOO To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com . All money goes straight i...
Dec 20, 2024•3 hr 44 min
Mike Batt is probably best known as the singer/songwriter/producer of The Wombles music, having written the theme tune plus eight hit singles and four gold albums. Mike moved on to work with various artists as a songwriter and producer, most successfully with Steeleye Span and their most successful single and album All Around My Hat in 1975. He wrote the song "Bright Eyes" for the film Watership Down, sung by Art Garfunkel, which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart and five other countries....
Dec 16, 2024•58 min
An early Christmas present from us! Our very own Michael Fenton Stevens reading A Christmas Tree by Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas! Credit - Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/brock-hewitt-stories-in-sound/joy-to-the-world License code: HCAE9GFVEVQJ5HSM To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com . All money goes straight into the mak...
Dec 15, 2024•45 min
