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Ep. 449 - Andy Zaltzman

Andy Zaltzman is the chair of The News Quiz on BBC Radio4, the host of the global hit satirical podcast The Bugle, the cricket statistician for BBC’s Test Match Special and a recent contestant on Taskmaster Series 18. He is currently on his biggest UK tour to date with a brand-new show, The Zaltgeist. The 46-date UK & IRE tour started in in November 2024 and run to April 2025, including dates in Cardiff, Salford, Newcastle, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Dublin, Belfast and London. For dates and tickets go to https://www.andyzaltzman.co.uk .


Andy Zaltzman is our guest in episode 449 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 Andy Zaltzman’s tour, The Bugle podcast and everything else Andy Zaltzman, visit https://www.andyzaltzman.co.uk .


Follow Andy Zaltzman on Twitter @ZaltzCricket .


Follow My Time Capsule on Instagram: @mytimecapsulepodcast & Twitter & 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 .

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