My Time Capsule

Milton Jones returns with a brand new time capsule! Milton Jones regularly appeared on Mock the Week and has also appeared on Live at the Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and House of Games. Milton is currently working his 15th series for Radio 4, and performs regularly on the BBC classic Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, including appearing on their last UK Tour. Milton’s previous tour shows, Mil...

Matilda Thorpe is best known for playing Mandy in the sitcom Desmond’s and it’s spinoff series Porkpie, and in Sicknote on Sky starring Rupert Grint and Nick Frost. Her multiple other TV credits include Murder Most Horrid, The Upper Hand, Bad Girls and Rosemary & Thyme. Her film roles include Nina in One Life, Aunt Melody in the Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black, Queen of Hearts, Stationer in...

New York comedian Modi was voted one of the top 10 comedians in New York City by The Hollywood Reporter and has been featured on HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central, Howard Stern, and E! Entertainment. Modi has received rave reviews in The New York Times, Time Out NY and The New York Post. Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, Modi emigrated with his family to the United States at the age of seven. Equipped wi...

We revisit our episode with Andy Hamilton with a re-edit! Resulting in a much more relaxed chat and plenty of unheard material. 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 440 of My Time Capsule and chats to Mic...

Karl Howman is best known for playing Jacko in the sitcom Brush Strokes from 1986 to 1991, Mulberry in Mulberry from 1992 to 1993 and Buster Briggs in EastEnders from 2014 to 2016. As a writer, his first book, Secret Spitfires, went to paperback from hardback in 2022; he also co-directed and produced the film of the same name. His second book, A Million Ways to stay on the Run which he co-wrote wi...

We revisit our episode with Griff Rhys Jones with a re-edit! Resulting in a much more relaxed chat and plenty of unheard material. Griff Rhys Jones is probably best known for his sketch comedy work, most notably in the groundbreaking Not The Nine O’Clock News and for over a decade in Smith & Jones, alongside the late Mel Smith. More recently Griff appeared as one of the Three Men In A Boa...

Arthur Smith returns with a new time capsule! This time recorded live at The Bedford in Balham as part of Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival! Arthur Smith is a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 as a presenter on such shows as Loose Ends and a regular guest on radio and TV in shows like Just A Minute, The Unbelievable Truth, Grumpy Old Men and Have I Got News For You. Arthur Smith is guest number 437 on M...

Comedian Arthur Smith was our guest in episode 3 of MTC, so we thought we'd re-visit that episode with a re-edit! Arthur Smith is a regular voice on BBC Radio 4 as a presenter on such shows as Loose Ends and a regular guest on radio and TV in shows like Just A Minute, The Unbelievable Truth, Grumpy Old Men and Have I Got News For You. Arthur Smith is guest number 436 on My Time Capsule and chats t...

Our first returning guest! Maria McErlane is best know for co-presenting the Graham Norton radio show on BBC Radio 2 and Now Virgin Radio. She has been acting since 1984 and has appeared in The Fast Show, Gimme Gimme Gimme, Thin Ice and Happiness. She was also the narrator for Eurotrash with Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier. She’s been a guest on Have I Got News For You and Just a Minute o...

Will Eaves is a British writer, poet and professor at the University of Warwick. He began writing for the Times Literary Supplement in 1992 and joined the paper as its Arts Editor in 1995. He left in 2011 to become an Associate Professor in the Writing Programme at the University of Warwick. In 2020, he judged the Goldsmiths Prize and was a Visiting Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford. In 20...

Toby Tarrant presented the mid-morning slot on Radio X since 2018. He started his national radio broadcasting career on Capital FM, presenting the early breakfast show in 2014. In October 2016, he moved to the same time slot on Radio X,. His daily 10am-1pm slot has amassed 1.2 million weekly listeners, and when Chris Moyles is on holiday, Toby steps in and is let loose on the Radio X Breakfast Sho...

Chris Cantrill is a 3-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominated comedian, writer and actor. The Times described him, as “one of the most charmingly, daftly funny comics on the scene right now”. Since making his television debut on Harry Hill’s Clubnite (Channel 4), Chris has become a regular on television and radio. He’s appeared in shows such as the BAFTA-winning Alma’s Not Normal (BBC 2), Don’t Hug...

Peter York is an author and broadcaster who came to fame writing the Sloane Ranger Handbook with Ann Barr. He was also the Style Editor of Harpers & Queen for 10 years and became a media commentator on English social trends and traits, regularly appearing on television. Peter wrote Peter York's Eighties (1996), this time co-authored with Charles Jennings, which was both a book and a BBC televi...

Edinburgh Best Newcomer Nominee 2017 and Edinburgh Best Show Nominee 2022, Lauren Pattison is a comedian, actor and writer. Her TV appearances include Stand up for Live Comedy (BBC1, )two episodes of Comedy Central at the Comedy Store, Roast Battle, hosting an episode of Takeshi’s Castle, The Dog Ate My Homework (CBBC), The Great Christmas Rant (ITV2), The Blame Game (BBC One Northern Ireland...

Sue Cleaver is an actor best known for playing Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street since 2000, as well as appearing in Dinnerladies, Casualty, A Touch of Frost, and The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper. She took part in a I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here in 2022, and is a regular panellist on Loose Women. She is currently touring the UK as Mother Superior in Sister Act. Her first book, A Work in P...

Elf Lyons was awarded the 2024 Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show, the Comedian's Choice Award for Best Show and the Mervyn Stutter 'Spirit of the Fringe' Award and received 12 ★★★★★ reviews and a sell out run of her show Horses at the Edinburgh Fringe. For her show Raven she was awarded Best Show at the Reykjavik Fringe in Iceland and was awarded Best Comedy at the Adelaide Fringe, Australia. I...

Robin Morgan is a Welsh stand-up comedian, writer, presenter and actor. Robin has appeared on Mock The Week, The News Quiz, The Now Show and co-created Ellie Taylor’s Safe Space on BBC Radio 4. He co-created and hosts the award-winning topical comedy panel show What Just Happened? on BBC Radio Wales. He starred in the Michael-Winterbottom-directed-Kenneth-Branagh-starring drama This England on Sky...

Gary Warren is a former child actor, best remembered for his role as Peter in the 1970 film The Railway Children. Now retired from acting Gary Warren also played Cedric Collingford in the 1970 TV series Catweazle and Taplow in Whack-O!, as well as starring as Alexander in his own TV sitcom Alexander the Greatest. In the West End, he played the nephew of Mame in the musical Mame starring Ginger Rog...

Christian Brighty is an award-winning comedian, actor and writer who has his own BBC Radio 4 series “The Many Wrongs of Lord Christian Brighty”. His show PLAYBOY was one of the best-reviewed shows of the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, and sold out runs at the Pleasance Courtyard and Soho Theatre. The show was nominated for the Amused Moose Best Show award as well as Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy F...

Major-General Chapman joined the British Army in September 1980. He joined 2nd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) and fought in the Falklands campaign, including the Battle of Goose Green. He stayed with 2 PARA until May 1985 which included his first Northern Ireland tour. In 1994 he returned to 2 PARA as a company commander for an 18 month operational tour in Belfast, prior to becoming 2I...

Suzy Perry is best known for covering MotoGP for the BBC for 13 years, The Gadget Show on Channel 5 for 9 years and the first permanent female anchor for BBC’s Formula One coverage. Her other sports presenting includes Wimbledon, the Boat Race, the London Marathon, Royal Ascot and the Great North Run. She also helped to present the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Suzi has recently reunited with he...

Anesti Danelis is an award winning comedian, musician, writer, and filmmaker from Canada whose work has been featured on VICE, People Magazine, AV Club, Daily Mail UK, Extra TV and other radio and TV shows across the globe. He has an hour-long musical comedy special streaming worldwide on Next Up Comedy, has taped multiple television sets for CBC as part of the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and has be...

As seen on Live at the Apollo, Liam Farrelly is a Scottish Comedian of the Year Award winner. He started performing stand-up aged 17 whilst still in High School and immediately went into comedy full-time after graduating. A meteoric rise through the ranks has seen him nominated for and winning a raft of awards including So You Think You’re Funny? Runner Up, Best Newcomer nominee Scottish Comedy Aw...

Archie Henderson is an award-winning writer, actor, musician, and creator of viral comedy character Jazz Emu, whose videos and songs have garnered over 50 million streams. He was named as the 26th out of 50 funniest comedians of the 21st Century by The Telegraph. His musical character comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 (Jazz Emu: You Shouldn’t Have), was included on The Telegraph’s “Top S...

Eric Rushton won the prestigious 'Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year' award in 2020 - an award that was previously won by the likes of Romesh Ranganathan, Jason Manford and Jonny Vegas on their way to stardom. Before that he was a Chortle Student finalist in 2016 and So You Think You're Funny? finalist 2017. He is a regular performer at the UK's biggest comedy clubs and festivals. Since his co...