

My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
A podcast that asks guests, such as Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Caroline Quentin, Ross Noble, Lee Mack, Arabella Weir & Rob Brydon, for five things which they’d like to put in a Time Capsule. They can choose anything from an item, to a memory, a film or even a country. Four of them are things they want to preserve but one has to be something they’re happy to bury and never have to think about again.Hosted by Michael Fenton Stevens.Podcast of the Week in The Times, The Guardian and The Radio Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Aug 15, 2021 • 44min
Ep. 118 - Angela Barnes
Angela Barnes is a comedian best known for her appearances on Mock The Week and hosting The News Quiz and Newsjack on BBC Radio 4. She’s had her own Radio 4 stand-up series called You Can’t Take It With You which was based on her 2014 début show at the Edinburgh Festival and she co-hosts the "less-than-serious history podcast" We Are History with writer (and previous MTC guest) John O'Farrell. Angela Barnes is guest number 118 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Angela's podcast We Are History is available here: https://play.acast.com/s/wearehistory .Follow Angela Barnes on Twitter: @AngelaBarnes .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 12, 2021 • 1h
Ep. 117 - Dallas Campbell
Dallas Campbell is a science presenter best known for the programmes Bang Goes The Theory, The Gadget Show, Stargazing Live, The Sky at Night, Horizon and Supersized Earth. He is a regular contributor to the BBC's science magazine Focus, the Times' Eureka magazine, and The Observer. His book, Ad Astra: An Illustrated Guide to Leaving the Planet, was released in 2017. Dallas Campbell is guest number 117 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Dallas Campbell on Twitter: @dallascampbell .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 8, 2021 • 48min
Ep. 116 - John O’Farrell
John O’Farrell is an author and comedy script writer. He was a writer for such shows as Spitting Image, Grumpy Old Men and Have I Got News For You. He co-wrote the Aardman animation film Early Man with Nick Park and wrote for the film Chicken Run. He wrote the book for the Broadway musical Something Rotten which was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including a “Best Book” nomination for John. He’s written numerous books including Things Can Only Get Better, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and The Man Who Forgot His Wife and has sold over 1 Million books in the UK alone. John O’Farrell is guest number 116 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Listen to John's podcast with Angela Barnes: We Are History - https://play.acast.com/s/wearehistoryFollow John O’Farrell on Twitter: @mrjohnofarrell .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 5, 2021 • 42min
Ep. 115 - Steve Delaney (Count Arthur Strong)
Steve Delaney is best known for playing his character, Count Arthur Strong. He wrote and performed Count Arthur Strong’s Radio Show! for almost 50 episodes on BBC Radio 4 winning a Song Gold Radio Award and then later in his own BBC sitcom, Count Arthur Strong. He still tours as Count Arthur with a new tour coming up in 2022. Steve Delaney is guest number 115 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .For Count Arthur Strong tour dates go here: https://www.countarthurstrong.comFollow Count Arthur Strong on Twitter: @arthur_strong .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 1, 2021 • 53min
Ep. 114 - Paul Bradley
Paul Bradley is best known for playing Nigel Bates in EastEnders for 6 years and Elliot Hope in the medical drama series Holby City for 10 years. His other acting credits include Red Dwarf, The Young Ones, The Comic Strip Presents, Bottom and My Family. In 2001 he went to Rwanda with Comic Relief to learn about the genocide there. He is the guitarist and vocalist in the band The hKippers (the 'h' is silent) with Stephen Warbeck, the Academy Award-winning composer of Shakespeare in Love. Paul Bradley is guest number 114 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Paul performing with his band The hKippers: https://youtu.be/AM8x2-3P6dU .Follow Paul Bradley on Twitter: @Ptjbrad .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 29, 2021 • 51min
Ep. 113 - Sophie Ward
Sophie Ward is an actor and novelist. As an actor she played Dr. Helen Trent in 40 episodes of Heartbeat, she was Lady Ellen Hoxley in Land Girls, Sophia Byrne in Holby City, A Dark-Adapted Eye with Helena Bonham Carter and the fantasy Dinotopia. She was in the films Young Sherlock Holmes, Return to Oz and Jane Eyre with Michael Fassbender and Judi Dench. Her debut novel, Love and Other Thought Experiments, was long listed for the 2020 Booker Prize. Sophie Ward is guest number 113 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Sophie Ward on Twitter: @sophieannaward and Instragram: @doctorsophieward .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 25, 2021 • 47min
Ep. 112 - Gary Wilmot
Gary Wilmot MBE is one of the UK’s biggest West End stars having played the lead in such shows as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Me and My Girl, Oliver!, Chicago, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and The Wind in the Willows. He’s played the Dame in The London Palladium’s pantomime for the past few years and in 2018 he was made an MBE for services to drama and charity. Gary Wilmot is guest number 112 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Gary Wilmot on Twitter: @garywilmotactor .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 22, 2021 • 1h 15min
Ep. 111 - Kevin Day
Kevin Day is a British stand up comedian, comedy writer and sports presenter. Kevin is Match of the Day 2’s roving reporter, he’s a programme associate for Have I Got News for You and contributes to writing the programme, he hosted the comedy discussion programme Loose Talk on BBC Radio 1 with comedian Mark Thomas an the hosts the podcasts The Price of Football and Five Year Plan Fanzine. Kevin Day is guest number 111 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Kevin Day on Twitter: @kevinhunterday .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 18, 2021 • 56min
Ep. 110 - Isy Suttie
Comedian, actor and writer, Isy Suttie, is best known for playing Dobby in the sitcom Peep Show alongside David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Other acting credits include the sitcom Damned with Jo Brand & Alan Davies and Greg Davies’ sitcom Man Down. As a comedian she’s been on QI, Would I Lie To You and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. Her first book, The Actual One, was released in 2016 and her debut novel, Jane Is Trying is out on 22nd June 2021. Isy Suttie is guest number 110 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Isy Suttie's novel, Jane Is Trying, is available here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/jane-is-trying/isy-suttie/9781474625739 .Follow Isy Suttie on Twitter: @Isysuttie .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jul 15, 2021 • 57min
Ep. 109 - Alfie Brown
Alfie Brown is a stand up comedian who has toured the, UK and Croatia and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival for many years. The Guardian described him as “An immensely self assured and stylish comic”. His latest stand up special, Imagination, can be seen on YouTube. He is the son of the comedian and previous My Time Capsule guest, Jan Ravens. Alfie Brown is guest number 109 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Alfie’s stand up special "Imagination" is available to watch here: https://youtu.be/UGA60RcfscQFollow Alfie Brown on Twitter: @abcomedian & Instagram: @alfiebrowncomedian .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by Matthew Boxall .Social media support by Harriet Stevens .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.


