My Time Capsule

Mike Grady is best known for playing Ken Mills in Citizen Smith opposite Robert Lindsay and as Barry Wilkinson in 161 episodes of Last of the Summer Wine. His film credits include Carry On Loving with Sid James & Kenneth Williams, Up the Front with Frankie Howard, The Return of the Pink Panther opposite Peter Sellers, and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows With Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law. M...

Nicholas Burns is best known for playing the title role in the comedy Nathan Barley, by Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker and for his role in the first three series of the ITV comedy, Benidorm. But he’s also been in Absolute Power, A touch of Frost, Swiss Toni, The Mighty Boost, the sketch show Man Stroke Woman, Agatha Christies Marple, Roman’s Empire, The IT Crowd, Misfits, Poirot, Uncle, the TV F...

Jessica Fostekew is a comedian, actor, writer and podcast host. She was nominated for The Dave Edinburgh Comedy Award ‘Best Show’ for her show Hench, in 2019 which had a sold out, international tour. She has since appeared on Live at the Apollo, QI and Harry Hill’s Clubnite. As an actor she starred in the feature films Greed and Official Secre...

Mark Bonnar is a Scottish actor who is best known for his roles as Ashley Jensons Husband, Chris in Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney’s Catastrophe, Max in Guilt, Duncan Hunter in Shetland, and for major roles in Line of Duty, for which he was nominated for a Bafta Scotland award, the police drama Unforgotten, with Sanjeev Baskhar and Nicola Walker, for which he won the BAFTA Scotland Best Actor award...

Gail Porter is a Scottish television presenter, model and actress. Best known for presenting such shows as Top of the Pops, Live & Kicking, Children in Need, The Big Breakfast and The Gadget Show. In 2005 Gail developed alopecia totalis, causing her to loose her hair. She decided not to wear a hat or wig in order to raise awareness of the condition and became ambassador for the Little Princess...

Joanna Scanlan, most recently, won the leading actress BAFTA award for her role in the film After Love, beating Lady Gaga. She was nominated for three BAFTAs for writing and performing in the satirical NHS drama Getting On, which she co-wrote with Jo Brand and Vicki Pepperdine. The series was adapted for an American audience with HBO on which Joanna was an executive producer. It ran for three seri...

Bobby Crush is a pianist, songwriter, actor and television presenter who first came to public attention after winning the ITV talent show, Opportunity Knocks, six times in 1972. Bobby performed three seasons at the London Palladium guest starring with Jack Jones, Vic Damone and Dame Julie Andrews and his other theatrical roles include Liberace in Liberace's Suit, Dr Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Ho...

Jenny Seagrove is an actress of stage and screen. She starred alongside Rupert Everett in the Academy Award-winning short film A Shocking Accident and other film roles include Nate and Hayes opposite Tommy Lee Jones, Bullseye! with Michael Caine and Roger Moore, A Chorus of Disapproval with Anthony Hopkins and Jeremy Irons and Appointment with Death With Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher...

Sara Crowe is probably still best known as the “Philadelphia girl” for her part in the Philadelphia cream cheese adverts in the 90’s playing a ditsy blonde secretary. Sara was the first bride in the film Four Wedding and a Funeral, was in Carry On Columbus and the film version of Tony Hawks's best selling book, Round Ireland with a Fridge. On TV she’s the voice of Queen Thistle in the hugely popul...

Jess Thom is a comedian and theatre-maker who’s known as her alter-ego, Touretteshero. Touretteshero is also a project that she co-founded, aimed at increasing awareness of Tourette syndrome, the neurological condition which Jess was diagnosed with in her early twenties. The first Touretteshero production, Backstage in Biscuit Land debuted at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014 and won the Total The...

Finty Williams is an actress best known for her roles in the films Gosford Park, The Importance of Being Earnest, Mrs Brown, Ladies in Lavender and Macbeth as well as a number of other British films, many alongside her mother, Judi Dench. Finty’s father was the actor Michael Williams. On the TV she voices the title role in the animated series of Angelina Ballerina and has been in Born and Bred, Cr...

Jeremy Dyson is a writer best known as a member of the BAFTA winning comedy group, The League of Gentlemen alongside Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith. He co-wrote The League of Gentlemen including a radio series, 3 television series, numerous tours, a feature film, a Christmas special and three 20th anniversary episodes. He co-created the play Ghost Stories with Andy Nyman which r...

As part of our 2nd birthday celebrations, we asked you, our listeners, to send us your items for a listeners time capsule! We received hundreds of entries from all around there world. So many in fact that we had to do 2 parts! Part 1 features Justin Moors, Jennifer, Paul Robinson, Martin Richardson and Tim Easton. They are our guests for episode 185 of My Time Capsule and they chat to Michael Fent...

As part of our 2nd birthday celebrations, we asked you, our listeners, to send us your items for a listeners time capsule! We received hundreds of entries from all around there world. So many in fact that we had to do 2 parts! Part 1 features Darren Fewins, Ryan Williams, Helen Freeman, Bridget Schraders, Andre Baron and Pamela Murphy. They are our guests for episode 185 of My Time Capsule and the...

Welcome to our 2 year anniversary episode with our special guest, Harry Hill! Harry Hill is a comedian, presenter and writer probably best known for his ITV comedy show Harry Hill's TV Burp which ran from 2001 to 2012. Harry has been the voice of You’ve Been Framed since 2004 and his other TV shows include Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard, Stars in Their Eyes, Harry Hill's Tea Time, Harry Hill'...

Brigit Forsyth is an actress who’s best known for playing Thelma Ferris in the classic BBC comedy Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads and Helen Yeldham in the ITV drama Boon. Since December 2013, Forsyth has appeared in the BBC comedy Still Open All Hours. Her other TV work includes The Glamour Girls, Tom, Dick and Harriet, Doctor Who, Wycliffe, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Jackanory, Murder Most Ho...

Richard Pitman is a retired jump jockey best know for coming second to Red Rum at the 1973 Grand National whilst riding Crisp. Richard rode 427 winners in his career, including Lanzarote in the 1974 Champion Hurdle. He won the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse twice, the Whitbread Gold Cup and the Hennessy Gold Cup. He joined the BBC TV racing team as a commentator and pundit in 1975...

Michael Simkins is an actor and writer who has appeared the films V for Vendetta, Wilde, The Iron Lady with Meryl Streep as well as Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy. He has appeared in more than 100 plays and musicals, at places like the National Theatre and the RSC as well as on the fringe and the West End. He’s been in the musicals Chicago and Mamma Mia and he’s made countless T...

Ben Aaronovitch is a multiple Times best selling Author best known for his Rivers of London series, of which the latest, Amongst Our Weapons, is out now. Rivers of London is a series of urban fantasy novels, novellas and graphic novels. Ben wrote for the Doctor Who BBC televsion series in the 1980s and went on to write three Doctor Who spin-off novels and a Doctor Who audio drama. Ben has written...

Mel Hudson is an actress, comedian and writer. She was part of the double act Hudson and Pepperdine, with Vicki Pepperdine and wrote and starred in BBC Radio 4's The Hudson and Pepperdine Show. She performed multiple roles in Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge, including Alan's French co-host Nina Vanier and has worked with the Alan Partridge team in a number of projects, including I’m Al...

Cheryl Baker is a singer and presenter best known as a member of 80s pop group Bucks Fizz, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981. As a presenter she presented Record Breakers with Roy Castle and Kriss Akabusi from 87-97, The Saturday Picture Show with Mark Curry and her own show Eggs 'n' Baker. She continues to perform with Mike Nolan and Jay Aston of Bucks Fizz under the name The Fizz. Cher...

Dr Julia Patterson is the Founder and Chief Executive of EveryDoctor, a doctor-led campaigning organisation fighting for a better NHS for every doctor and every patient. Julia qualified from UCL Medical School in 2010 and became a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2015. She took a break from her speciality training to set up EveryDoctor, and has now given up her GMC licence to practi...

Rita Simons is best known for playing Roxy Mitchell in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 2007 to 2017. She won the 2008 National Television Award for Most Popular Newcomer for her role. Since leaving Eastenders she has carved out a very successful stage career appearing in Legally Blonde: the Musical, Everybody's Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre and in the 2021 revival of Hairspray at th...

Josh Bolt is an actor best known for playing Rob Dawson in the sitcom Benidorn, Raff Greenwood in 5 series of the BAFTA winning Last Tango in Halifax and Dunbar in Catch 22 staring and directed by George Clooney. He’s soon to appear in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s Masters of the Air, the third instalment of their 'Band of Brothers' series. Josh Bolt is guest 175 on My Time Capsule and he chats...

Jim Piddock is a British actor and writer best known for his work with Christopher Guest on the films Best In Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration and Mascots, the last of which he co-wrote and produced. His other film appearances include Get Him to the Greek with Russell Brand, Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Epic Movie, Austin Powers Goldmember, Independence Day and Leth...