My Time Capsule

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...

Connor Burns is one of the fastest-rising stars in UK comedy. Career highlights include supporting Daniel Sloss on three continents, closing the Sydney Comedy Festival Gala at the Sydney Opera House, he completed an off-Broadway run at the New York Comedy Festival and he’s won the Fringe Encore Series twice, in 2024 & 2025. Hailing from Scotland, he’s sold out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Fes...

Matthew Lorenzo was one of the original presenters on Sky Sports , he went on to front major sporting events for ITV , Channel 4 , BBC Sport , GMTV TalkSPORT , covering everything from Premier League and Champions League football to Formula 1 and The World Cup. As a producer and director, Matthew has created a series of acclaimed sports documentaries, including Bobby — the definitive film on Engla...

An unedited version of Episode 86 with Rob Brydon, with over 30 minutes of unheard chat! Rob Brydon is best known for presenting Would I Lie to You on BBC One, playing Bryn West in Gavin and Stacey and his role in The Trip with Steve Coogan . Rob Brydon is our guest in episode 540 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four...

Happy Halloween! We're on holiday so this is a special compilation episode featuring clips from guests who have been on My Time Capsule on Halloween over the past 5 years. Featuring the comedian Josie Long, the Bugs and Silent Witness actor Jaye Griffiths, actor and Barry's son Bob Cryer, writer and host of Uncanny Danny Robins and Brushstrokes actor and writer Karl Howman. Follow My Time Capsule...

Beth Rigby is the Political Editor of Sky News. She joined the network in 2016 and became Political Editor in 2019, leading coverage of major political events, elections, and interviews with senior figures across Westminster. Before Sky, Beth spent over a decade at the Financial Times, where she served as Deputy Political Editor and Chief Political Correspondent.  Beth Rigby is our guest in e...

An unedited version of Episode 20 with Miles Jupp, with over 50 minutes of unheard chat! Miles Jupp is a standup comedian, actor, former presenter of The News Quiz on BBC Radio4, regular panelist on Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You, QI and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown . Miles Jupp is our guest in episode 537 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things...