My Time Capsule

Alexei Sayle is an actor, author, stand-up comedian, television presenter and former recording artist. He was one of the leading figures in the British alternative comedy movement in the 1980s, becoming the leading performer at The Comic Strip, in Soho. In 1981, he wrote and performed the radio series, Alexei Sayle and the Fish People, for which he won a Pye Radio Award. This was followed by Alexei Sayle and the Dutch Lieutenant's Trousers, and two series of Lenin of the Rovers, a 1988 comedy about Britain's first communist football team. He returned to Radio 4 in 2016 with Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich Bar, which has run for five critically acclaimed series so far. His first high-profile television appearances were on Central Independent Television's late-night alternative cabaret show O.T.T. and several appearance in The Young Ones. He’s had his own shows, three series of Alexei Sayle's Stuff for which he won an International Emmy, two series of The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994–1995) and one series of Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round On film he’s appeared in The Secret Policeman's Other Ball, Gorky Park, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, The Supergrass, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Carry On Columbus, The Legend of the Tamworth Two, and How to Build a Girl, among others. He’s also been in Dr Who, The Comic Strip Presents, Selling Hitler, Tipping the Velvet, Bremner, Bird and Fortune, Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, Miss Marple, Horrible Histories, New Tricks, Toby City, Casualty, and lots more. He’s written two short story collections, five novels, including a graphic novel and a radio series spin-off book, as well as columns for various publications. He can be heard on Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a Train on BBC Sounds Where he breaks the golden rule of travelling by train in the UK - by actually talking to his fellow passengers and his own podcast is available now, and it’s called the Alexei Sayle Podacst .Alexei Sayle is our guest in episode 493 of 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 .Listen to The Alexei Sayle’s Podcast here - https://podfollow.com/1540500007/links .Follow The Alexei Sayle’s Podcast on Twitter/X & Instagram @alexeisaylepod .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 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 .

Christopher Macarthur-Boyd presents the comedy podcast Here Comes The Guillotine with Frankie Boyle and Susie McCabe. 2024 saw Christopher release his debut stand-up comedy special Oh No! with 800 Pound Gorilla Media. After a sell-out run at the Fringe, Christopher toured the UK and Ireland with his hit-show Scary Times, culminating with his biggest show to date at the 1500 seater Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow. Star of Comedy Central Live, Christopher has also co-starred in two series of BBC Scotland’s Up For It, hosted BBC Scotland’s stand-up vehicle, The Comedy Underground, appeared on Frankie Boyle’s New World Order (BBC Two) and has made multiple appearances on the Scotland Made Me series. Christopher is also a regular on BBC Scotland’s Breaking The News and has made appearances on BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Stands Up At The Fringe, BBC Radio 4’s Fred at The Stand, and Russell Kane’s Evil Genius for BBC Sounds. Christopher has written for shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and Late Night Mash.Christopher Macarthur-Boyd is our guest in episode 492 of 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 .Tickets for Christopher’s Edinburgh show are available here - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/christopher-macarthur-boyd-howling-at-the-moon .Find Christopher’s other show tickets here - https://linktr.ee/macarthurboyd .Follow Christopher Macarthur-Boyd on Twitter/X: @macarthurboyd & Instagram @macarthur.boyd .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 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 .

Helen Atkinson Wood is an actress and comedian, best known for her role as Mrs. Miggins in Blackadder. Helen and Mike have been best friends since University. They went on to record seven series of Radio Active for BBC Radio 4 which transferred to BBC television as KYTV. They toured the world together as part of that team, which included the late Geoffrey Perkins, Philip Pope and Angus Deayton. Her other notable roles include The Young Ones, Joking Apart, Doctor Who, OTT, Girls On Top, Absolute Power, Kiss Me Kate, The Comic Strip Presents, The Lenny Henry Show, The Craig Ferguson Show, and she has been a guest on QI, Have I Got News For You, Sarah Millican’s Support Group, Watercolour Challenge and Celebrity Boat Race. She is a travel writer and is married to the writer and director, John Morton.Helen Atkinson Wood is our guest in episode 491 of 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 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 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 .

Liz Guterbock is an award winning actress, stand up comedian and voice artist. Her television highlights include Armando Iannucci’s hit sci-fi comedy series Avenue 5 on HBO, Channel 4’s ‘For the Love of Cars,’ and CBBC’s Victorian Drama series ‘Hetty Feather.’ Liz has worked extensively as a voice artist, having lent her voice to commercial campaigns for King and Amazon as well as character work in video games like Pillars of Eternity II and Payday 2. She’s received multiple nominations for stand-up comedy and in 2023 she was listed on The Guardian’s 10 Best Jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe and was Number 2 for Dave’s Joke of the Fringe. Liz was nominated by some of the country’s best promoters as one of 10 stand-up comedians on Union Jack Radio’s ‘Ones to Watch’ list. She was a finalist in the 2021 British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Awards, a nominee in the 2021 Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Awards, and a finalist in the Funny Women UK Awards as well as a BBC Radio 4 New Comedy Award nominee. Liz will be performing again at the Edinburgh festival this summer with her new show, Nice, which she describes as her sophomore hour of stand up, in which she needs all her LA toxic positivity to remain nice despite the world increasingly being run by bullies .Liz Guterbock is our guest in episode 490 of 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 .Info for Liz’s Edinburgh show, Nice - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/liz-guterbock-niceFor everything else Liz Guterbock, visit - https://lizguterbock.comFollow Liz Guterbock on Instagram: @lizguterbock .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 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 .

David Hepworth co-presented Live Aid on the BBC in 1985. He was also one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test. David launched and edited magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, Mojo, Just Seventeen, Heat and The Word, among many others. He has won the Editor of the Year and Writer of the Year awards from the Professional Publishers Association and the Mark Boxer award from the British Society of Magazine Editors. He’s written books about the recording studio Abbey Road, with a foreword by Paul McCartney, the British Invasion of the US charts called Overpaid, Over sexed and Over There, how the LP saved our lives, A Fabulous Creation and his latest book, Hope I Get Old Before I Die, why rock stars never retire, is out now, It looks at the time since Live Aid, when, according to David, live performance took over from record sales .David Hepworth is our guest in episode 489 of 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 .But David’s new book, Hope I Get Old Before I Die, here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Books-David-Hepworth/s?rh=n%3A266239%2Cp_27%3ADavid%2BHepworth .Follow David Hepworth on Twitter/X: @davidhepworth & Instagram @dhepworth .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 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 .

Charles Collingwood is best known for playing Brian Aldridge in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers for the past 50 years, since March 1975. He is married to Judy Bennett who played Shula Hebden Lloyd in the series from 1971–2024. Charles started his career, having left RADA where he trained, in Children’s Television, starting with The Raven and the Cross (1974) and The Secret Garden. He was the score-keeper on Noel Edmonds' BBC One quiz show Telly Addicts, co-hosted the Southern Television quiz show Under Manning with comedian Bernard Manning and appears occasionally on BBC Radio 4's Just a Minute. He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 2003 . Charles Collingwood is our guest in episode 488 of 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 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 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 .

Limahl is best know as the lead singer of 80s band Kajagoogoo, who enjoyed the instant fame of hitting the top of the charts with their debut single "Too Shy”. This was followed by two more Top 20 hits "Ooh To Be Ah" and "Hang On Now" (all of which he co-wrote). Limahl then struck out on his own and hit the charts again with his first solo single ‘Only For Love,’ quickly followed with the Giorgio Moroder–produced worldwide smash ‘Neverending Story’, the theme song from the hit film of the same name. In addition, ‘Neverending Story’ and ‘Too Shy’ were featured on hit TV shows Black Mirror, American Horror Story and Stranger Things. Limahl has returned with his first single release in over 5 years, a reimagining of the 70’s classic ‘A Horse With No Name’ that’s out now. The track, originally recorded by America, reaching No 3 in the UK charts, is Limahl’s first ever cover.Limahl is our guest in episode 487 of 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 .Watch the video for Horse With No Name - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adf8pxpJBHM .Stream Horse With No Name on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/track/4dc4Amn6RUBg735mlm8j9R?si=Shcck8W4Q3m3zyOi2SGyTw&context=spotify%3Aartist%3A7LTzUnZaptYfAFmvqW5M6D .Follow Limahl on Twitter/X & Instagram @limahl_official .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 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 .

It's our 5th birthday so Mike and his producer/son John, each choose their 5 favourite clips and memories from the past 5 years! Featuring Caroline Quentin, Dave Gorman, Seann Walsh, Jon Ronson, Sir David Jason, Josie Long, George Mombiot, Howard Goodall, Anita Harris and Michael Simkins. Happy Birthday to us!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 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 .

An unedited version of Mike’s conversation with Mark Thomas from 2021 with around 30 minutes of unheard chat! Mark Thomas is a comedian, writer and activist. The Mark Thomas Comedy Product, his Channel 4 show, ran for 6 series and his BBC Radio 4 show, The Manifesto, ran for 5 series. He has a Guinness World Record for holding 20 protests in 24 hours.Mark Thomas is our guest in episode 485 of 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 Mark Thomas, visit - https://markthomasinfo.co.uk .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 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 .