My Time Capsule

Henry Normal set up Baby Cow Productions in 1999 with Steve Coogan. He was executive producer on all their output including the Oscar nominated Philomena, Gavin and Stacey, Marion and Geoff, Nighty Night, The Mighty Boosh, Red Dwarf, Hunderby, Camping and Alan Partridge. He co-wrote and script edited the multi-award winning Mrs Merton Show and he co-created and co-wrote the first series of Th...

Chizzy Akudolu is an actor and presenter best known for playing Mo Effanga in Holby City for 7 years and dancing in the 15th series of Strictly Come Dancing. She has also appeared in Silent Witness, Twenty Twelve, The Inbetweeners, the film In the Loop, Green Wing, 15 Storeys High as well as Loose Women, Celebrity MasterChef, The Weakest Link and so much more. Chizzy Akudolu is guest number 142 on...

Emma Fielding is a British actor who has twice been nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award. She won a Theatre World Award for outstanding Broadway debut and has performed at the RSC and The National. Her television work includes Unforgotten, Silent Witness, Doctor Who, Years and Years, This Is England '90 and Death in Paradise amongst a huge list of credits. Emma Fielding is guest number 149 on...

Mark Steel is a comedian and writer best known for his BBC Radio 4 shows Mark Steel's in Town, The Mark Steel Lectures and The Mark Steel Solution as well as regular appearances on shows such as The News Quiz, Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Mock the Week, the Graham Norton Show and Question Time. He has also written regular columns in The Guardian, The Independent and Daily Mirror. Mark Steel...

Fergus Craig is an actor, comedian and writer who won the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year award. He stared in the BAFTA nominated comedies Star Stories and Sorry I've Got No Head, the Emmy winning series Hoff the Record with David Hasselhoff, as well as Extras, Jonathan Creek, Eastenders and Harry Hill's TV Burp amongst others. His latest book, Once Upon a Crime is a spoof crime novel and is ou...

Nick Knowles is a presenter and writer best known for presenting DIY SOS on BBC One and the gameshows Who Dares Wins, Break The Safe and 5-Star Family Reunion. He co-wrote the film Golden Years, which stars Simon Callow and Una Stubbs. His latest series, Nick Knowles Heritage Rescue, can be seen on Quest and is available to stream on discovery+. Nick Knowles is guest 146 on My Time Capsule an...

Nathan Bryon is an actor and author best known for playing Joey Ellis in the ITV sitcom Benidorm, Jamie Bennett in BBC Three sitcom Some Girls and Obi in BBC One sitcom Ghosts. He co-created and writes the Sky One sitcom Bloods and his first children’s book Look Up!, won the 2020 Waterstones Children's Book Prize. In March 2021, Puffin announced Nathan as the first Puffin World of Stories ambassad...

Elis James is a comedian, actor and radio presenter best known for his radio shows on XFM (now Radio X) and currently on BBC 5 Live which he co-hosts with comedian John Robins. Elis is a hugely successful stand-up and has performed in both English and Welsh. As an actor his most notable performance was playing Josh Widdicombe’s flatmate in the BBC Three sitcom, Josh. Elis James is guest number 144...

Margaret Cabourn-Smith is a comedy actor who has appeared in Motherland, Miranda, Catastrophe, The IT Crowd, Psychoville, Peep Show and Fresh Meat. And on the radio in John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, The Now Show, Sarah Millican's Support Group, Newsjack, Dilemma and Another Case of Milton Jones. She is also one of the team captains on the comedy podcast Do The Right Thing . Margaret Cabourn-...

Lisa Riley 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 guest number 142 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...

Annie McGrath is a comedian renowned for her joke writing skills and deadpan style. She is also a talented artist and host of the podcast Secret Artists. She curated Art is the Best Medicine, an exhibition of artworks by comedians including Vic Reeves, Harry Hill, Josie Long, Jenny Eclair and Alex Horne to raise money for Mental Health UK. Annie was a finalist in the 2018 Funny Women Awards with h...

Josie Long is a comedian and broadcaster. She started performing stand-up at the age of 14 and won the BBC New Comedy Awards at 17. In 2006, she won the Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Festival and has been nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show three times. She’s has her own shows on Radio 4, Short Cuts and Josie Long’s Gambit and she co-hosts the podcast Book Shambles with R...

Steven Hartley is an English actor who has appeared in over 60 principal and leading roles on television and film including Happy Valley, EastEnders, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Strictly Confidential, Trial & Retribution, Holby City, Casualty, Pie in the Sky, Agatha Christie's Marple, Merlin, Married... with Children, Vera, Ripper Street, Silent Witness and All Creatures Great and Smal...

Paterson Joseph is best known for his roles as Alan Johnson in Peepshow, Mark Grace in Casualty in the late 90s and most recently in the BBC’s hugely successful drama, Vigil, playing the Commander of HMS Vigil. He was also Keaty in the film The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio. His new book, The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho, is out soon. Paterson Joseph is guest number 138 on My Time Caps...

Amanda Clapham is an English actor best known for playing Holly Cunningham on the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks for 6 years. She was in the horror comedy film Next Door in 20202 and has performed at Edinburgh Festival. Amanda Clapham is guest number 137 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...

Shaparak Khorsandi, formerly credited as Shappi Khorsandi, is one of the UK’s finest comedians having performed standup around the world and appearing on TV & Radio shows including; Live at the Apollo, Mock The Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Have I Got News For You, QI and Just a Minute. She was a contestant on the 17th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and her latest book, Kissing Emma...

Rufus Jones is an actor and writer who has appeared in such shows as Julia Davis’ Hunderby and Camping, W1A and Episodes. His own show, Home, was nominated for a BAFTA and he’s currently adapting it for the US with Ben Stiller. He stared in the films Stan & Ollie alongside Steve Coogan and John C Reilly, The Foreigner with Jackie Chan and Paddington. Rufus Jones is guest number 135 on My Time...

Hal Cruttenden is one of the top stand up comedians working in the UK today, as well as being a writer, presenter and actor. He has made several appearances on Live at the Apollo, Have I Got News For You, The Royal Variety Performance, Would I Lie To You, The One Show and The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice. Hal Cruttenden is guest number 134 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fen...

Dan Tetsell is a comedy writer and performer but he’s probably best known for appearing in Hollyoaks as Jim McGinn for 111 episodes. He’s also been in Miranda, Psychoville, Skins, Peep Show, Utopia, Humans, Red Dwarf, Not Going Out and Upstart Crow. As a writer he’s written The Museum of Everything, That Was Then, This Is Now and Newsjack for BBC Radio 4 and the CBBC series young Dracula. Dan...

Anne Hegerty is best known as "The Governess" on The Chase, the ITV quiz show. She also appears in The Chase Australia, Beat The Chasers, The Chasers Road Trip and is the presenter of Britain’s Brightest Family. Anne Hegerty is guest number 132 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...

Rhys James is a comedian, writer and actor best known as a regular panellist on Mock The Week. He’s also appeared on Roast Battle, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, A League of Their Own on Sky One and Live At The Apollo. He has had three BBC Radio 4 series, Rhys James is…, Rhys James Isn’t… and Rhysearch. Rhys James is guest number 131 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about...

Richard Wilson is best known for playing Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave. Another notable role was as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin. He’s also a world renowned theatre director and actor. Richard Wilson is guest number 130 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’...

Sanjeev Kohli is an actor, comedian, and writer, best known for his role as shopkeeper Navid Harrid in the BBC sitcom Still Game, Ramesh Majhu in the radio sitcom Fags, Mags and Bags and A.J. Jandhu in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City. Since 2019, Kohli has hosted his own television talk show Sanjeev Kohli's Big Talk, on the BBC Scotland channel. As a writer he’s written for Goodness Graciou...

Jeremy Swift is best known for playing Leslie Higgins in Ted Lasso on Apple TV (which is arguably currently the biggest TV show in the world) and Septimus Spratt, Maggie Smith's butler in Downton Abbey (a previous biggest TV show in the world). He’s also been in the films and TV shows Mary Poppins Returns, Gosford Park, Amazing Grace, Vanity Fair, Foyle's War, The Durrells and National Treasu...

Colin Sell has been the piano player on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue on BBC Radio 4 since 1975, often being the butt of the hosts jokes. He has toured with his fellow Clue co-stars Willie Rushton and Barrie Cryer, works with the Comedy Store Players and also tours his own show. Colin Sell is guest number 127 on My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to pu...