

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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Oct 15, 2023 • 59min
Ep. 331 - Aled Jones
Aled Jones will forever be remembered as one of the world's most successful boy sopranos and for singing “Walking in the Air”, the song from The Snowman. He released over 20 albums by the time he was 18 and continues to make music to this day, most recently with the “One Voice” series of albums where Aled duets with his younger self. The 4th and latest One Voice album is One Voice - Full Circle and is available now. As well as a singer, Aled has been and continues to be a hugely successful presenter on TV and Radio with shows on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3, BBC Wales, Classic FM, Songs of Praise and many more. He’s been a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing and The Masked Singer as the Traffic Cone .Aled Jones is guest number 331 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 .Aled Jones, One Voice - Full Circle is available here - https://aledj.lnk.to/FullCircletwFollow Aled Jones on Twitter & Instagram: @realaled .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.

Oct 12, 2023 • 55min
Ep. 330 - Fiona Allen
Fiona Allen is probably best known as a member of Smack the Pony, the Emmy winning sketch show alongside Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. All three series were nominated for a BAFTA. Her other comedy appearances include in Goodness Gracious Me, the sitcom Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse, Mock the Week and she was Sandra in the film version of the Viz comic strip The Fat Slags. She has also appeared in many television dramas including Dalziel and Pascoe, Coronation Street, Skins, Waterloo Road and as Michaela Turnbull in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2022, Fiona returned to performing live stand-up comedy and has this year, taken her first solo show, On the Run, to the Edinburgh festival and is currently on tour. Tickets available here! .Fiona Allen is guest number 330 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 .For tour tickets, visit - fionaallencomedy.com .Follow Fiona Allen on Twitter @fionaallentweet .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.

Oct 8, 2023 • 58min
Ep. 329 - Jacqui Oatley
Jacqui Oatley MBE was the first female commentator on Match of the Day, the football highlights programme on BBC One. Jacqui currently works as a commentator for a range of broadcast networks - including FOX Sports at the men’s and women’s FIFA World Cups - and commentates on Premier League games for Sky Sports Match Choice and the world feed, as well as the NWSL for CBS Sports in the USA. She is the current anchor for ITV's live PDC darts coverage. She is a long-standing ambassador for Women in Football, championing the role of women across the game, and was awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours in 2016 for services to broadcasting and diversity in sport .Jacqui Oatley is guest number 329 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 .Follow Jacqui Oatley on Twitter & Instagram: @JacquiOatley .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.

Oct 5, 2023 • 50min
Ep. 328 - Linda John-Pierre
Linda John-Pierre is a singer, actress, West End star. She’s performed in various musicals, including Sweet Soul Music singing Aretha Franklin’s greatest hits, starring as Sadie Fagin, Billie Holiday’s mother in The Billie Holiday Story and playing Mama Morton in the Broadway Production of Chicago on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. On TV and film she’s been in The Take with Idris Elba, Angel Has Fallen with Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman, Greatest Days, the film of the Take That musical, The musical film of Cinderella, Doctors, Almas Not Normal, Eastenders, Silent Witness and Beautiful People. She’s appeared on X factor, Stars In Their Eyes as Chaka Khan and on Britain’s Got Talent in 2022. She has had a No.1 hit in Spain! .Linda John-Pierre is guest number 328 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 .Linda John-Pierre on Britain’s Got Talent - youtu.be/EPI2rV_QF5A?si=VJIocq5BR9_CHKs6 .Linda’s Spanish No.1 hit - youtu.be/0z66_Kw44Nc?si=myo8Xx_89GXbDGWT .Linda’s Autobiography Still Laughing: How Did I End Up Here? - amzn.eu/d/j1HpHgN .Follow Linda John-Pierre on Twitter: @LindaJohnPierr1 & Instagram: @lindajohnpierre .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.

Oct 1, 2023 • 54min
Ep. 327 - Dane Baptiste
Dane Baptiste was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the first Black British comic to ever be nominated. This led to Dane creating, writing and starring in ‘SunnyD’ on BBC Three. The show was purchased by Lionsgate, for an American version. His live shows have sold out internationally and been adapted for shows such as ‘Live At The BBC’ on Netflix and ‘Live At Soho Theatre’ on Amazon Prime. Dane has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Black, British and Funny, Frankie Boyle’s New World Order, Roast Battle, Comedians Giving Lectures, Hypothetical, Tonight at the London Palladium, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled and many more. Dane has his own highly successful podcast, ‘Dane Baptiste Questions Everything’ .Dane Baptiste is guest number 327 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 and everything else Dane, visit - https://danebaptiste.co.uk .Dane’s podcast - Dane Baptiste Questions Everything - https://play.acast.com/s/danedaptistequestionseverything .Follow Dane Baptiste on Twitter: @DaneBaptweets & Instagram: @danesnaptiste .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.

Sep 28, 2023 • 59min
Ep. 326 - David Barry
David Barry is best known for playing Frankie Abbott, in the 1970’s hit comedies Please Sir! With John Alderton and Derek Guyler, and it’s spin off, The Fenn St Gang, both written by John Edmond and Bob Larbey, who went on to create The Good Life, Ever Decreasing Circles and Brush Strokes. Other acting appearances include Frankula, After Hours, The Bill, The Woman in White, George and Mildred , The Legacy of Reginald Perrin, A Mind to Kill, Never the Twain, Brookside, Carry On Teacher and Crossroads, among many others .David Barry is guest number 326 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 .David's daughter, Emma Joliffe - Pigeonhole English - https://youtu.be/fgL0WhyotIc?si=hZMostCjA71CGD_oFollow 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.

Sep 24, 2023 • 47min
Ep. 325 - Robert Popper
Robert Popper is best known as the creator and writer of Friday Night Dinner, the award winning Channel 4 sitcom, and the co-creator and co-writer of the mock BBC documentary Look Around You, with Peter Serafinowicz. He was the producer for the third and fourth series of Peep Show and the script editor of The Inbetweeners, The IT Crowd and the BBC3 comedy Him & Her. He also wrote on the fourteenth series of South Park and Stath Lets Flats with Jamie Demetriou. Robert wrote the books The Timewaster Letters and Return of the Timewaster Letters under the pseudonym Robin Cooper. The books became bestsellers and have sold over 300,000 copies .Robert Popper is guest number 325 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 Robert Popper on Twitter: @robertpopper . 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.

Sep 21, 2023 • 1h 11min
Ep. 324 - Remi Adekoya
Remi Adekoya is a writer, journalist and academic. Before joining academia, Remi was a political journalist for The Guardian, Sunday Times, Washington Post, Politico and Spectator. He has provided sociopolitical analysis and commentary for CNN, BBC, Sky News, Al Jazeera, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, South African Broadcasting Corporation, Talk Radio and Times Radio. He was a regular columnist for Business Day, a Nigerian daily, and a former political editor of the Warsaw Business Journal. Remi also sits on the Home Office Strategic Race Board as an external expert. Remi has written a number of books including Biracial Britain, what it means to be mixed race, and his latest book, It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth: How the Economics of Race Really Work. He is currently Lecturer at the University of York .Remi Adekoya is guest number 324 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 .Buy Remi’s books: It's Not About Whiteness, It's About Wealth: http://amzn.to/3lBxf0q .Biracial Britain: http://amzn.to/40ddYSaFollow Remi Adekoya on Twitter: @RemiAdekoya1 . 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.

Sep 17, 2023 • 55min
Ep. 323 - Roger Black
Roger Black is the former athlete who represented Great Britain at the highest level, both as an individual 400m runner and as a member of the 4x400m relay team. He won 15 major Championship medals including World, European and Commonwealth Gold medals and Silver and Bronze Olympic medals. Roger was also British Men's Team Captain. His greatest achievement, he says, was winning the Olympic 400m silver medal in 1996 in Atlanta, beaten by the great Michael Johnson. Since his retirement from Athletics he has worked as a motivational speaker, talking to people all around the world about the many similarities between high performance in the worlds of sport and business. Roger was awarded an M.B.E. in 1992 .Roger Black is guest number 323 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 everything Roger Black, visit - rogerblack.co.uk .Follow Roger Black on Twitter: @RogerBlack400 . 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.

Sep 14, 2023 • 60min
Ep. 322 - Nooruddean Choudry
Nooruddean Choudry is an author, journalist and broadcaster who has written for the Mirror and the Guardian about football and many other subjects. He was Creative Director at JOE, covering and writing about subjects like politics, culture and social issues. His book, Inshallah United, is a journey celebrating the importance of identity and place, discussing what it was like being an Asian Mancunian kid in the late 1980s and 90s. It’s a deeply personal story of faith and football that charts his life growing up as a strictly halal Stretford Ender, a devout Muslim and diehard Manchester United fan .Hywel Roberts is guest number 320 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 .Buy Nooruddean’s book, Inshallah United, here .Follow Nooruddean Choudry on Twitter: @BeardedGenius . 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.


