My Time Capsule

Andy Hamilton returns for his second time capsule! Andy Hamilton is the writer and director of Outnumbered and Drop the Dead Donkey, a regular panellist on Have I Got News for You, The News Quiz and QI, and the voice of Dr Elephant in Peppa Pig. Andy Hamilton is our guest in episode 560 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule;...

Danny Ward is the winner of the Ish Comedy Awards Panel Prize for his latest Edinburgh show, as well as a recipient of the Victoria Wood Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards and the Amused Moose Best Show, Edinburgh Festival 2013 for his debut solo show. For over 17 years, Danny has been delighting crowds across the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand with his unique blend of “slick, quick, fun...

Mark Simmons returns for another time capsule! One liner comedian Mark Simmons, is probably best known for his multiple appearances on the satirical comedy show, Mock the Week. He won Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 and was voted the best act by UK Comics’ Comic 2022. He’s had his own UK tours and has also been tour support for Seann Walsh, Rob Beckett and Rob Brydon and supported Michael...

Alyssa Kyria is a comedian, actor and writer, best known as The Funny Mummy, whose relatable comedy sketches regularly go viral and have amassed over 23 million views. She received a Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Dublin International Comedy Festival for her role as Annalise in the feature film Ashens and the Polybius Heist , which won Best Film at the London Film Festival 2021, and w...

Vittorio Angelone is an Italian-Irish comedian who grew up in Belfast. He was nominated for the Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2022 and has had sold out runs at the Edinburgh in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. After moving to London to train as a classical musician he eventually made the predictable switch to stand-up comedy. He has risen through the ranks of the comedy world at an inc...

Amy Annette is a Funny Women award-winner and her 2025 Edinburgh show 'Busy Body' was one of the Best Reviewed Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe. Busy Body was nominated for Best Show at the Leicester Comedy Fest. Her debut in 2024, Thick Skin, transferred to the Soho Theatre where The Guardian gave it ★★★★ - saying Amy was ‘a delight to behold’. She is well-known in comedy circles as a writer and an...

John Thompson is best known as a principal cast member of The Fast Show. He went on to star in the hit ITV drama Cold Feet as Pete Gifford. He studied drama at Manchester Polytechnic where he met Steve Coogan who secured him a job on Spitting Image and they continued to collaborate on many comedy projects over the following few years. The two won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1992 . John Thompson is...

Duncan Maitland is a musician, singer and writer. He formed his first band The Flood, in 1985 and later joined the Irish band, Picturehouse, on the recommendation of the producer of David Gary and the Pixies, Ronnie Stone. Picturehouse recorded their debut album, "Shine Box" which included Duncan's song "Fan Club" described by the music journalist John Walshe from Hot Press as among the best songs...

British Chinese actress Naomi Yang is perhaps best known for her role as Maggy in Sky series Wolfe. Up next, she stars in Sky's crime thriller Under Salt Marsh, alongside Kelly Reilly, Rafe Spall, Jonathan Pryce and Harry Lawtey. She’s just been announced as joining the cast of BBC’s acclaimed drama Vigil in a major role for its upcoming third season Naomi can be seen in a range of acclaimed telev...

An un-edited version of episode 142 with Lisa Riley, now 30 minutes longer! This is one of our favourite and most emotional episodes with the actor Lisa Riley. Lisa Riley most recency appeared in I’m a Celeb but is best known for playing Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, reaching the semi-final of the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing and presenting You’ve Been Framed before Harry Hill. Lisa Riley is...

A re-edit of episode 266 with Tom Read Wilson. We always loved this episode as Tom is so wonderful and since his episode went out, Tom’s star has continued to rise and most recently was runner-up in 2025’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! We hope you enjoy this longer version! Tom Read Wilson is our guest in episode 550 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five thin...

Merry Christmas you lovely listeners! Here's a little gift for you. Our very own Michael Fenton Stevens reading Charles Dickens' What Christmas is as We Grow Older. 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.

A collection of some of the best stories from our My Christmas Time Capsule episodes from Christmas's past! Part 3 features Aled Jones, Joe Wilkinson, Lisa Riley, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Anneka Rice, Griff Rhys Jones, Joe Pasquale, Rachel Paris & Marcus Brigstocke, Charlie Higson, Alex Horne, Gary Wilmot and Rick Wakeman . Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter...

A collection of some of the best stories from our My Christmas Time Capsule episodes from Christmas's past! Part 2 features Jason Manford, Fern Britton, Les Dennis, Lucy Porter, Arthur Smith, Tony Hawks, Mark Watson, JIm Howick, Ken Bruce and Bonnie Langford Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook : @MyTCpod . Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twit...

A collection of some of the best stories from our My Christmas Time Capsule episodes from Christmas's past! Part 1 features Stephen Fry, Jan Ravens, Andrew Hunter Murray, Emma Kennedy, John O'Farrel, Joe Pasquale, Cheryl Baker, Ted Robbins, Ellie White and Michael Simkins. Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook : @MyTCpod . Follow Michael Fenton...

Logan Mersh is an actor right at the beginning of his career who impressed Mike so much, he had to ask him on the podcast! He recently stared in A Knock at the Door with Alan Davies and Nikki Amuka-Bird, one of the new Play For Todays on Channel 5. In his first year out of drama school he got rave reviews playing The Man in Walking With Molly at the Riverside Studios. He studied at the London scho...

Bill Fellows is best known for playing Stu Carpenter in Coronation Street for three years and as ex-manager and pundit George Cartrick in Ted Lasso, for which he won a Screen Actors Guild award for Outstanding Performance By an Ensemble in a Comedy Series. Other TV appearances include This Time with Alan Partridge with Steve Coogan, Gold Digger starring Julia Ormond, Father Brown with Mark William...

Eli Hart has just won the 2025 BBC New Comedy Award. He was also a finalist in the Komedia New Comedy Award 2025 and the Leicester Square New Comedian of the Year 2024. Alongside stand-up, Eli is an award-winning writer and director, with short films selected by numerous respected film festivals, including his film, Regulars, which he wrote and directed and which won the ‘Rising Star’ award at the...

Michael Elwyn is an Actor and Director best known for roles such as playing Marion’s father the BBC’s Robin Hood, Lord Simon Staunton in House of Dragon (the Game of Thrones prequel), Ken in Stella on Sky One and Charles Moore in Coronation Street, the Resident Chair of 'Stillwaters'. He is an accomplished stage actor and more recently, director. Out of the many shows he’s performed in he is perha...

A early Christmas gift... Our very own Michael Fenton Stevens reading Part 3 of The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas! Parts 1 & 2 also out now. Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook : @MyTCpod . Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter/X : @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens . Produced and edited by John Fento...

A early Christmas gift... Our very own Michael Fenton Stevens reading Part 2 of The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas! Parts 1 & 3 also out now. Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook : @MyTCpod . Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter/X : @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens . Produced and edited by John Fento...

An unedited version of our chat with Robin Ince from Ep 66, now 25 minutes longer! Robin Ince is an award-winning British comedian, writer, and broadcaster best known for co-hosting the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 series The Infinite Monkey Cage alongside physicist Brian Cox, a show that has won multiple awards and built a global following. Ince is also the author of several acclaimed books, includ...

An early Christmas present from us! Our very own Michael Fenton Stevens reading Part 1 of The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens. Merry Christmas! Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram : @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter/X & Facebook : @MyTCpod . Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter/X : @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens . Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast O...

Ella Eyre is a BRIT award and double MOBO award winning singer-songwriter with a double platinum number one single, a UK Top 5 album and over 1.8 billion streams. She has co-written and collaborated with the likes of Rudimental, Bastille, Sigala, DJ Fresh, Wiz Khalifa, Paloma Faith, Meghan Trainor, Alok, Becky Hill, and Sonny Fodera, to name a few. She was the runner-up for the 2014 BRIT Critics'...

Keaton Henson is an English musician, composer, and visual artist known for his hauntingly emotional songs and fragile voice. Despite his success, Henson rarely performs live due to severe anxiety and stage fright, which has become a defining part of his story. His debut album Dear… (2010) brought him widespread acclaim for its raw honesty, followed by Birthdays (2013) and Kindly Now (2016), which...