Paul Hendy is a script-writer, novelist, director, producer and filmmaker. In his early career, he was a TV presenter hosting... more

Comedian and actor Michelle Brasier is fast becoming a household name in Australia. She is a lead cast member of ‘We Interrupt This... more

Sam Lake is a stand-up comedian, writer and presenter who won Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year and Hastings Fringe Newcomer... more

After almost three decades as one of the UK’s favourite TV chefs, Ainsley Harriott has become something of a national... more

It's the 4 year anniversary of our first episode! So to celebrate we thought we'd go right back to where... more

Georgina Hayden is a cook, food writer and stylist. She writes for publications such as The Telegraph, Delicious Magazine and... more

Carol Drinkwater is a British actress and best-selling author. Probably best known for playing Helen Herriot in the television adaptation... more

Astrophysicist Professor Chris Lintott is the primary presenter of the BBC’s The Sky at Night, having previously been co-presenter with... more

Nick Newman is Ian Hislop’s writing partner and the award winning Sunday Times cartoonist. He has worked for Private Eye... more

Comedian Simon Brodkin is probably best known for his comedy character Lee Nelson and his pranks including giving Teressa May... more

Ann Bryson is a very old friend of Mike's and was half of the comedy duo the Flaming Hamsters with... more

Maisie Adam is comedian who is fast becoming a household name who has appeared on Live At The Apollo, A... more

Luke Kempner is currently staring in Les Misérables in the West End playing Monsieur Thenardier but Luke is also well... more

Richard Talman is a Master Goldsmith and the resident goldsmith on The Repair Shop, the award winning show on BBC... more

Liam Withnail is an award winning comedian. He co-hosts the popular podcast Enjoy an Album, which was nominated for Best... more

Tom Shakespeare CBE is Professor of Disability Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and was the... more

Professor Sophie Scott is a neuroscientist and the Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience. Her research investigates the cognitive... more

Jon Holmes is a comedian, writer, presenter, producer and broadcaster who has won two BAFTAs, nine Gold Sony Radio Awards... more

Lewis MacLeod is a Scottish actor best known for voicing characters and his impressions. He was in Star Wars: Episode... more

Jess Conrad has been ‘the vainest man in showbiz’ self styled since the 1950’s, having been a pop star, a... more

Comedian Huge Davies appears regularly on television, including his own Channel 4 sitcom ‘The Artists’ which he created, wrote and... more

Greg Jenner is a public historian and host and creator of the BBC podcast You’re Dead To Me, the chart-topping... more

Phil Ellis is an award-winning comedian who was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the 2023 Edinburgh Comedy Awards and... more

Professor Alice Roberts is and academic and presenter who has presented more than a hundred television documentaries, ranging across human... more

Njambi McGrath is an award-winning comedy star with a hit BBC Radio 4 series Becoming Njambi and her latest BBC... more

Chloe Petts is one of the most exciting stand-ups on the circuit. She is an alumna of the prestigious Pleasance... more

Esther Manito is a British-Lebanese comedian who’s been on Live At The Apollo, The Stand Up Sketch Show, Hypothetical on... more

Daliso Chaponda is the writer, creator, and host of the Rose d’Or nominated BBC Radio 4 show Citizen of Nowhere.... more

Ed Patrick is a comedian, author and NHS anaesthetist. He has performed across the UK, including at the Edinburgh Fringe... more

George Monbiot is an Orwell Prize winning journalist and environmental activist. He has written a a regular column for the... more

Larry Dann is a British actor best known for his roles in the Carry On... Series and for appearing as... more

Rosie Holt is an actor and writer best known for her viral internet videos on twitter skewering the political landscape... more

Ricky Sim is a lawyer-turned-comedian originally from Kuala Lumpur and currently living in New York City. As a comedy writer,... more

Harriet Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy... more

Rob Auton is a stand-up comedian and writer who has written seven five star rated Edinburgh fringe shows. He has... more

Robin Askwith is probably best known as Timothy Lea in the “Confessions of a…” film series. He has appeared in many other... more

At 19, stand-up Finlay Christie became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny competition, following... more

BAFTA-winning comedian Iain Stirling is best known as the voice of the hit reality show Love Island, which is now... more

The Best of My Time Capsule 2023 Part 3 featuring Tony Robinson, Ted Robbins, Nina Wadia, Neil Delamere, Jim Sweeny,... more

The Best of My Time Capsule 2023 Part 2 featuring Bridget Christie, David Earl, Doug Alan, Jim Howick, Lindsey Santoro,... more

The Best of My Time Capsule 2023 featuring Dave Gorman, Jon Ronson, Cliff Parasi, Aled Jones, Deirdre O'Kane, Hywel Roberts,... more

We invited the listeners to our bonus podcast, The Debrief, to join us for a Christmas Party over Zoom and... more

Our annual Christmas gift for all our listeners: it's A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, read by our host, Michael... more

My Christmas Time Capsule Part 3 features Joe Wilkinson, Jim Howick, Rosie Holt, Tom Read-Wilson and Hywel Roberts. Merry Christmas!Follow... more

My Christmas Time Capsule Part 2 features Dave Gorman, Jacqui Oatley, Alasdair Beckett-King, Ted Robbins, Professor Turi King, John Fenton-Stevens... more

My Christmas Time Capsule Part 1 features Alex Horne, Jon Harvey AKA Count Binface, Lindsay Santoro, Aled Jones, Iain Lee,... more

Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Show Nominee 2023 Ian Smith is a multi-award winning comedian, actor and writer as heard on... more

Lemn Sissay is a a BAFTA nominated International prize winning writer, broadcaster and poet who has had the MOST extraordinary... more

Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Glenn Moore is a comedian, actor and one of the best and most prolific joke writers... more

Alex Horne is best known as the creator of BAFTA winning TV series Taskmaster, in which he takes the role... more

Dave Cohen is a comedy writer who has written on shows including Not Going Out, Have I Got News For... more

Alfie Moore is an ex-policeman turned comedian, best known for his brilliant Radio 4 comedy series, It’s a Fair Cop,... more

Rich Wilson is a stand-up comedian who was nominated for Best MC at the 2023 Chortle awards and has had... more

Kiell Smith-Bynoe is best known for playing Mike in the sitcom Ghosts on BBC One and Dean in the BAFTA... more

Simon Parkin has been a professional broadcaster for over thirty years, first in the Children's BBC Broom Cupboard alongside Andi Peters... more

Samira Ahmed is a journalist, writer and broadcaster who regularly presents Front Row on BBC Radio 4 and Newswatch on... more

Natasha Hodgson stars in the huge West End musical comedy Operation Mincemeat, which she also co-created, co-wrote and co-composed. It’s received... more

Bob Cryer is Barry Cryer’s son. He has written a wonderful biography of his dad - "Barry Cryer: Same Time... more

Ian Lawman is an ordained CofE exorcist and has been featured on a number of successful television shows including Most Haunted, I'm... more

Laurence Rickard is best known from BBC sitcom Ghosts where he plays the ghosts Robin the Caveman and Humphrey, the... more

Sophie Grigson is a food writer and celebrity chef who has written over 20 cookbooks. Her TV career began in... more

Aled Jones will forever be remembered as one of the world's most successful boy sopranos and for singing “Walking in... more

Fiona Allen is probably best known as a member of Smack the Pony, the Emmy winning sketch show alongside Doon... more

Jacqui Oatley MBE was the first female commentator on Match of the Day, the football highlights programme on BBC One. Jacqui currently... more

Linda John-Pierre is a singer, actress, West End star. She’s performed in various musicals, including Sweet Soul Music singing Aretha... more

Dane Baptiste was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2014 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the first Black British comic to ever... more

David Barry is best known for playing Frankie Abbott, in the 1970’s hit comedies Please Sir! With John Alderton and... more

Robert Popper is best known as the creator and writer of Friday Night Dinner, the award winning Channel 4 sitcom,... more

Remi Adekoya is a writer, journalist and academic. Before joining academia, Remi was a political journalist for The Guardian, Sunday Times,... more

Roger Black is the former athlete who represented Great Britain at the highest level, both as an individual 400m runner... more

Nooruddean Choudry is an author, journalist and broadcaster who has written for the Mirror and the Guardian about football and... more

Lizzie Webb is best know as “Mad Lizzie”, the fitness expert from TV-AM’s Good Morning Britain during the 80s and... more

Hywel Roberts has been a teacher for over twenty-five years who has found an incredible and innovative niche in the... more

Jon Harvey is best known by his alter ego Count Binface who has stood in elections against Teresa May, Boris... more

George Layton is best known as Doctor Paul Collier from the comedy series’, Doctor at Large, Doctor in Charge, Doctor... more

Alasdair Beckett-King was a regular panellist on Mock the Week, most notably appearing in the show's final ever episode. He... more

PREVIEW!! Exclusively for our Acast+ subscribers, this is Episode 1 of My Time Capsule - The Debrief! Each week, Mike... more

Lou Sanders is a comedian, actor and writer who won of the 8th series of Taskmaster and co-hosts the Dave comedy panel show Mel... more

Rosie Wilby is an award-winning comedian, author, speaker and the creator of the hit podcast and book The Breakup Monologues.... more

Doug Allan was lead cameraman on The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, Human Planet, Frozen Planet, Expedition Iceberg and Forces... more

Louise Young is a stand-up comedian who is a regular at clubs up and down the country. Louise has supported... more

Neil Mullarkey is an actor, writer and comedian. He is a founder member of world famous comedy improv group, The... more

Daniel Foxx is an award-winning comedian and writer. His comedy sketch videos have earned him a huge online following and... more

Pierre Novellie is a stand-up comedian and writer. He is co-host of The Frank Skinner Show on Absolute Radio, and... more

Elliot Steel is a stand up comedian and comedy writer. Elliot is the son of Mark Steel, who’s also been... more

Professor Turi King is best known her work, “cracking one of the biggest forensic DNA cases in history”, leading the... more

Stuart Laws is a comedian, director, producer and writer and has supported James Acaster on his UK tours. He has... more

Comedian Joe Wells is a favourite amongst other comedians and has supported Frankie Boyle, Alexei Sayle and Stephen K Amos.... more

Lindsey Santoro has been described by Joe Lycett as ‘one of the most naturally hysterical and gifted comedians in recent... more

Ashley Blaker is a comedian, writer and producer best known as the producer of Little Britain, the huge sketch comedy... more

Laura Lexx is a stand up comedian and writer best known for her appearances on Mock the Week, Live at... more

Jim Howick is best know for playing the Scout Master Ghost, Pat, in the BBC One sitcom Ghosts which he... more

BONUS EPISODE as part of our 300 episodes celebration week!John Fenton-Stevens is Mike's son BUT he is also the producer... more

EPISODE 300!! For this milestone we have a very special guest in a very special episode that was recorded LIVE... more

Bridget Christie is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer who won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show with her... more

Deirdre O’Kane is an Irish stand up comedian, actor and film maker. A household name in Ireland, she hosted her... more

Amy Gledhill is a comedian, actor and writer who was the first person to be nominated for Best Newcomer AND... more

Paul Clayton is and actor, director and writer best known for playing Olivia Colman’s dad in the comedy Peep Show... more

Jake Lambert is a stand-up comedian who has been tour support for some of the biggest names in comedy including... more

Stuart Goldsmith is an actor, stand-up comedian and former street performer. He has presented The Comedian's Comedian podcast since 2012, where in each... more

RIOPY is a French pianist and composer whose album Tree of Light reached No.1 on the US Billboard Classical Album chart and continued in the... more

Nina Wadia OBE is best known from the ground braking sketch show Goodness Gracious Me alongside Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal... more

Anita Harris is a singer and actress who is one of the biggest stars of the 60s, 70s and 80s... more

Cally Beaton is a stand-up comedian best known for her regular appearances on QI and The Apprentice: You’re Fired, as... more

Sam Teskey is founding member of the Grammy nominated Australian blues and soul band, The Teskey Brothers, alongside his brother... more

Eric Whitacre is a Grammy Award-winning composer and conductor. Eric’s debut album as a conductor, Light and Gold, went straight to... more

Amanda Wakeley is one of the UK’s top fashion designers having designed for Princess Diana, Harvey Nichols, Elizabeth Hurley, Jennifer... more

Matthew Crosby is a comedian, broadcaster and TV writer who can be heard every Sunday morning on Radio X co-hosting... more

Ria Lina is a comedian, actress and writer known for her appearances on Live At The Apollo, Have I Got News... more

Matt Forde is a comedian, writer, actor, broadcaster, podcaster and impersonator who is one of the countries most sought after... more

Bilal Zafar is a stand up comedian, actor and writer who was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe... more

Our 3 year anniversary episode! Recorded live at Ink Festival in Suffolk with the actor David Morrissey. David is possibly... more

Gabrielle Glaister is probably best known for playing Patricia Farnham in Brookside and Trish Wallace in Family Affairs. She was also... more

Jon Ronson is a British journalist, author and documentary maker best known for his books The Men Who Stare at... more

Mina Anwar is best known for playing PC Maggie Habib in the sitcom The Thin Blue Line by Ben Elton... more

Jamie Morton hosts the enormous worldwide hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno, with James Cooper and Alice Levine, where,... more

Gordon Kennedy is probably best known for the Channel 4 comedy series Absolutely, which aired from 1989 to 1993 which... more

Iain Lee is an award winning radio and television presenter who started on The 11 O’Clock Show on Channel 4... more

John Archer is a magician, comedian, actor and writer who is a member of the Magic Circle’s Inner Magic Circle... more

Tony Way is best known as Lenny, the photographer, in Ricky Gervais’s After Life and Ser Dontos Hollard in Game... more

Annabelle Dowler is best known for playing Kirsty, in the long running Radio 4 drama, The Archers, that she has... more

Catherine Tyldesley is an actor best known for playing Iris Moss in the BBC drama, Lillies, Eva Price on Coronation... more

Sally Hodgkiss is an award-winning actor, writer and comedian. Sally performs regularly on the comedy circuit, most recently as a... more

David Earl is an actor and comedian famous for his brilliant comedy character, Brian Gittens, which he plays in several... more

Welsh actor Sian Reese-Williams is probably best known for playing Detective Inspector Cadi John in Hidden, a bilingual crime drama... more

Zoe Lyons is standup comedian and writer best known for her regular appearances on TV and radio in shows such... more

Kerry Howard is a BAFTA nominated actor who is best known for playing Laura in the BAFTA award-winning BBC sitcom... more

Actor and singer Tom Read Wilson started his career when he auditioned for The Voice back in 2016 giving an... more

Steve Steen is a comedian and actor best known for his appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway and as... more

Gordon Buchanan is a Scottish wildlife filmmaker and television presenter, who has been responsible for some of the most iconic... more

John Altman is a BAFTA and EMMY winning film composer, arranger and musician. His feature films include the award-winning Little... more

David Ames is best known for playing Dominic Copeland in Holby City from 2013 to 2022. David has also appeared... more

Lorelei King is one of the most successful and accomplished American actresses working in the UK today. She has appeared... more

Caitlin O’Ryan is an actor who is best known from the international smash hit TV series, Outlander, where she plays... more

Tommy Cannon was one half of the legendary comic double act, Cannon and Ball, until his friend and partner, Bobby... more

One liner comedian Mark Simmons, is probably best known for his multiple appearances on the satirical comedy show, Mock the... more

Ronnie Golden is a musician, composer, and stand up comedian. Ronnie started as a teenage guitarist, opening shows for Tom Jones,... more

Neil Delamere is an award winning Irish comedian. He makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 on The News Quiz,... more

Rachel Fairburn is a stand up comedian and podcaster who was featured in Chortle’s ‘One to Watch’ list in 2020.... more

Jim Sweeney is a member of the world famous improvisational group the Comedy Store Players, with other members including Paul... more

Cliff Parisi is best known for playing Minty Peterson in Eastenders for 8 years and Fred Buckle in the multi... more

Shaun Keaveny presented the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 6 Music for 11 years, and the Afternoon Show for a further 3... more

Ted Robbins is a comic and actor, best know for playing Den Perry in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights and Tony... more

Tony Robinson is best known for playing Baldrick in the BBC sitcom, Blackadder and the archaeological show Time Team on... more

The best of My Time Capsule from our guests in 2022, part 3. Featuring Danny Baker, Dara Ó Briain, Gail... more

The best of My Time Capsule from our guests in 2022, part 2. Featuring Harry Hill, Nicola Stephenson, Jess Thom,... more

The best of My Time Capsule from our guests in 2022. Featuring Harry Hill, Dara Ó Briain, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Fern... more

Some of our guests from 2022 have kindly come back to say what they'd put in their Christmas time capsule!... more

Some of our guests from 2022 have kindly come back to say what they'd put in their Christmas time capsule!... more

Part 2 of My Christmas Time Capsule from 2021, where few of our guests from 2021 choose what they'd put... more

Part 1 of My Christmas Time Capsule from 2021! Featuring Clive Anderson, Eilidh Doyle, Andrew Hunter Murray, Lisa Riley, Ken... more

A Christmas gift for all our listeners: it's A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, read by our host, Michael Fenton... more

Part 2 of the best bits from our 2020 My Christmas Time Capsule episodes! Featuring Stephen Fry, Lucy Porter, John... more

A compilation of the best bits from our 2020 My Christmas Time Capsule episodes! Featuring Arthur Smith, Rebecca Front, Andy... more

Rick Edwards is a presenter, journalist, DJ and author. He presents the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show which he... more

Olly Mann is a broadcaster, writer, journalist and a forerunner in the world of podcasting. He co-hosted the Sony Award... more

Known as “the Steven Spielberg of Audio”, multi award winning Dirk Maggs is one of the most influential people in... more

Slightly different today, Patrick Stevens is Mike’s brother! But in his own right, Patrick was the Head of the International... more

Comedian and actor Joe Wilkinson is best known for his hilarious regular appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does... more

Sooz Kempner is a stand up comedian, singer and twitter sensation who, over the last year, has gone viral on... more