

My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
A podcast that asks guests, such as Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Caroline Quentin, Ross Noble, Lee Mack, Arabella Weir & Rob Brydon, for five things which they’d like to put in a Time Capsule. They can choose anything from an item, to a memory, a film or even a country. Four of them are things they want to preserve but one has to be something they’re happy to bury and never have to think about again.Hosted by Michael Fenton Stevens.Podcast of the Week in The Times, The Guardian and The Radio Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jan 22, 2024 • 51min
Ep. 353 - Rosie Holt
Rosie Holt is an actor and writer best known for her viral internet videos on twitter skewering the political landscape since the pandemic. Her videos have achieved more than 18 million views. She is the winner of the Chortle Social Media Award 2022 and is a BPG Emerging Creator Nominee. Rosie was a finalist at the Amused Moose New Comic, Leicester Square New Comedian & Bath New Act awards. She has appeared on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), Friday Night with Niall Paterson (Sky News), The News Quiz (Radio 4), Please Use Other Door (Radio 4), Ashley Blaker 6.5 Children ( Radio 4) and performed in the critically acclaimed two-hander theatre show The Crown Live! with Brendan Murphy (The Gilded Balloon / Wilton's Music Hall). Rosie is host of the ARIA nominated satirical podcast Noncensored .Rosie Holt is guest number 353 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 to think about again .Rosie’s podcast, Noncensored: https://podfollow.com/noncensored .Follow Rosie Holt on Twitter and Instagram @RosieisaHolt . Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Jan 19, 2024 • 43min
Ep. 352 - Ricky Sim
Ricky Sim is a lawyer-turned-comedian originally from Kuala Lumpur and currently living in New York City. As a comedy writer, Ricky was selected to be the 2021 recipient of The PIT/Saturday Night Live (SNL) Scholarship. With the comedy pilot that he co-wrote, he was selected as the 2023 Fellow of the Yes And…Laughter Lab, which is a competitive incubation lab, pitch program and showcase that lifts up the best comedy writers and performers who create new comedy about topics that matter, with a focus on BIPOC, immigrant, Muslim, LGBTQ and female talent. As somebody being born with cleft-palate and a gay immigrant who grew up in a working-class neighbourhood of Queens NY, Ricky is passionate about writing and highlighting complex stories and struggles that are usually underrepresented in the mainstream media . Ricky Sim is guest number 352 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’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Book tickets for Ricky at the Soho Theatre here - https://sohotheatre.com/events/ricky-sim-coming-out-to-dead-people-an-asian-queer-storyFollow Ricky Sim on Twitter: @rickysimcomedy & Instagram @rickeerick .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Jan 15, 2024 • 39min
Ep. 351 - Harriet Kemsley
Harriet Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and Brighton Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and was named by Rhod Gilbert as one of the Ten Must See Comics of 2012. She has starred in the Viceland and Comedy Central reality sitcom Bobby and Harriet: Get Married which she co-created and co-wrote with her husband Bobby Mair. She can be seen on Dave's Hypothetical, ITV's Hey Tracey, Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, and is a recurring guest on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She’s also been on The Now Show, CelebAbility, Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples, Guessable?, Question Team, Live At The Apollo, Comedians Giving Lectures, The Ranganation, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, The Stand Up Sketch Show and lots more. Harriet is also known for hosting her podcast, Why Is Harriet Crying? with fellow comedian Sunil Patel .Harriet Kemsley is guest number 351 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 to think about again .Harriet’s podcast, Why Is Harriet Crying?: https://harrietkemsley.com/podcastsFollow Harriet Kemsley on Twitter and Instagram @harrietkemsley . Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people .To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Jan 12, 2024 • 54min
Ep. 350 - Rob Auton
Rob Auton is a stand-up comedian and writer who has written seven five star rated Edinburgh fringe shows. He has performed his unique brand of comedy on The Russell Howard Hour and on Rob Delaney’s Stand Up Central. Rob released his book I Strongly Believe in Incredible Things with Harper Collins in 2021 to critical acclaim and has had three collections of writing and illustrations published by Burning Eye books and has had his poetry turned into short films and shown on Channel 4. As an actor he’s been in ITV’s Cold Feet, The End of The F***ing World on Netflix/Channel 4 and Miracle Workers on TBS. Rob also starred in and co-wrote the short film The Peamaster which was nominated for best short film at the Milan Film Festival. Rob was a finalist for The Arts Foundation Spoken Word Award and a winner of a Three Weeks Editors Award. Rob is also the creator of The Rob Auton Daily Podcast which took home The Best Daily Podcast Award at the 2020 British Podcast Awards .Rob Auton is guest number 350 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’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .The Rob Auton Daily Podcast is available here: https://play.acast.com/s/robautonpodcastFollow Rob Auton on Twitter: @RobertAuton & Instagram: @RobAuton .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Jan 8, 2024 • 56min
Ep. 349 - Robin Askwith
Robin Askwith is probably best known as Timothy Lea in the “Confessions of a…” film series. He has appeared in many other films including as Keating in the Lindsey Anderson film ‘if…’, Otley, Alfred the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, The Canterbury Tales, the comedy films Bless This House, Carry On Girls and No Sex Please, We're British. Robin appeared on television in series' such as Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Father, Dear Father and a recurring role as Eddie in Please Sir! and its spin-off The Fenn Street Gang. His most recent television roles include Emmerdale, Benidorm and In 2021, he joined the cast of Channel 5's drama series The Madame Blanc Mysteries appearing alongside Sue Holderness, Sally Lindsay and Steve Edge as a series regular.Robin Askwith is guest number 349 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’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Robin Askwith on Twitter @Robin_Askwith .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Jan 5, 2024 • 43min
Ep. 348 - Finlay Christie
At 19, stand-up Finlay Christie became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny competition, following in the footsteps of Peter Kay, Lee Mack and Sarah Millican. 3 years later, his debut Edinburgh show “OK Zoomer” was nominated for NextUp’s “Best Show” award. His YouTube channel, featuring sketches and stand-up clips has over 400k subscribers and 120m views. He has appeared on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Stand-Up Sketch Show on ITV2, The BBC New Comedy Awards, Get Off My Phone! on Dave and Jokes Only An AI Can Tell on Channel 4. As an actor, he's been in The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff with Stephen Fry and David Mitchell, The Go-Betweenies on Radio 4 with David Tennant, and Waybuloo on CBeebies.Finlay Christie is guest number 348 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’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .Follow Finlay Christie on Twitter & Instagram @finlaycomedy .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Jan 1, 2024 • 1h 1min
Ep. 347 - Iain Stirling
BAFTA-winning comedian Iain Stirling is best known as the voice of the hit reality show Love Island, which is now in its 8th series. Iain appeared in series 8 of Taskmaster and took on the role of host for ITV2’s comedy entertainment show, CelebAbility (now in its fifth series). His sitcom, Buffering, a brand new comedy written, created by and starring Iain debuted on ITV2 in 2021. Iain’s book Not Ready to Adult Yet was published through HarperCollins, along with a companion podcast of the same name. 2022 saw Iain’s debut stand-up special Failing Upwards released on Amazon Prime, recorded at the iconic Alexandra Palace Theatre in London.Iain Stirling is guest number 347 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’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .For tour dates, tickets and everything else, visit - iaindoesjokes.comFollow Iain Stirling on Twitter & Instagram @IainDoesJokes .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Dec 29, 2023 • 55min
Best of 2023 - Part 3
The Best of My Time Capsule 2023 Part 3 featuring Tony Robinson, Ted Robbins, Nina Wadia, Neil Delamere, Jim Sweeny, Samira Ahmed, Roger Black, Robert Popper, Jon Harvey AKA Count Binface, Professor Turi King, Neil Mullarkey, Zoe Lyons, Tommy Cannon and Iain Lee.Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Dec 28, 2023 • 57min
Best of 2023 - Part 2
The Best of My Time Capsule 2023 Part 2 featuring Bridget Christie, David Earl, Doug Alan, Jim Howick, Lindsey Santoro, Mathew Crosby, Catherine Tydesley, Daniel Foxx, John Fenton-Stevens, Glenn Moore, George Layton and Caitlin O'Ryan.Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.

Dec 27, 2023 • 51min
Best of 2023 - Part 1
The Best of My Time Capsule 2023 featuring Dave Gorman, Jon Ronson, Cliff Parasi, Aled Jones, Deirdre O'Kane, Hywel Roberts, David Morrissey, Iain Lee, Fiona Allen, Eric Whitacre, Lorelei King and Jamie Morton.Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens & Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.To support this podcast, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', 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.


