Podcasts about Not Going Out

An unedited version of Ep. 245 with comedian Joe Wilkinson. Now 10 mins longer!Comedian and actor Joe Wilkinson is best known for his Celebrity Traitors, Last One Laughing UK, regular appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, as Pat the postman in Ricky Gervais' After Life on Netflix and Dan in the incredible Him & Her. He's also been in Live at the Apollo, a number of episodes of Have I Got News For You, Miranda, Derek, Taskmaster, Sex Education and Not Going Out. He was Star Baker on The Great British Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer. His daily podcast, Chatabix, which he does with his After Life co-star David Earle, reached no.1 in the Apple Podcast charts.Joe Wilkinson is our guest in episode 582 of My Time Capsule and he 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 Joe Wilkinson on Instagram: @gillinghamjoe .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 .To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, 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.

The Writing Community Chat Show is back for 2026, and we are kicking off Season 17 with a masterclass in humor. Whether you're writing a laugh-out-loud sitcom or looking to inject a bit of levity into a dark thriller, this guest is the person who quite literally “wrote the book” on the subject.We were joined by the legendary Dave Cohen. a founding member of the Comedy Store Players, a BAFTA-winning songwriter for Horrible Histories, and a writer for iconic shows like Spitting Image and Not Going Out.Dave shared his incredible journey from Leeds to the heart of the UK comedy scene, offering invaluable advice for writers at every level.Key Takeaways from the Interview.* Comedy is Character: Dave emphasizes that the best jokes aren't just one-liners; they are born from character. In comedy, the obstacle isn't just an external “baddie”—it's often the character themselves looking in the mirror.* The “Momentary Removal of Sympathy”: Referencing comedy guru Dennis Norden, Dave explains that we laugh at characters like Stan and Ollie or Basil Fawlty because of a brief break in our sympathy, only to reconnect with their humanity moments later.* Humor in Genre: You don't have to be writing a “funny novel” to use comedy. Dave discusses how writers like Mark Billingham use humor to provide a necessary change of pace and relieve tension in even the grimmest thrillers.* The Shakespeare Mindset: Dave gave us a sneak peek into his brand new project, The Shakespeare Mindsetpodcast. He explores how Shakespeare was essentially writing “sitcom” elements into his deepest tragedies and why the Bard is the ultimate guide for navigating the complexities of modern life.* Finish the First Draft: A vital tip for all writers: use a different “brain” for each draft. The first draft is for getting it down without judgment; the third or fourth draft is where you start “punching up” the jokes.Connect with Dave Cohen.Dave is passionate about building a community for comedy writers. If you're looking for a writing group or want to hone your craft, you can find his courses, his novels, and his new podcast at davecohen.org.uk.Watch or Listen Below.You can watch the full interview right here or head over to YouTube to join the conversation in the comments. The Writing Community Chat Show is also available on all major podcasting platforms. Our Spreaker Prime Show.Watch it right here:The WCCS is a live-streaming YouTube podcast featuring interviews with NYT best-sellers, celebrities, and indie authors. We were recently ranked #3 in the Top 10 writing podcasts in the UK for 2025.Together as one, we get it done!Support Our Non-Profit CICAs many of you know, The Writing Community Chat Show is now officially a non-profit Community Interest Company (CIC). Our mission is to support authors and creatives through interviews, workshops, competitions, and community projects.Running the show takes time, effort, and resources — from live streaming and editing, to event hosting and outreach. If you enjoy what we do and want to help us continue providing a platform for authors, please consider donating directly to our PayPal. Every contribution goes right back into growing the show and supporting the writing community.Donate here: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/TheWCCSEven the price of a coffee makes a difference in helping us keep the lights on, the mics live, and the conversations flowing. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thewccs.substack.com/subscribeBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-writing-community-chat-show--5445493/support.

Lee Mack is one of the funniest and most successful British comedians working today; and if you're a fan of Would I Lie To You? then you'll no doubt know, and love, his work. In this fascinating and in-depth conversation we find out the roots of Lee's talent for making people laugh. He tells Gyles about his childhood, growing up above pubs in the North West, in a family atmosphere that was full of parties, jokes and fun, and never touched on anything serious. That changed when his parents suddenly separated, and Lee started a new school and found that the best way to fit in was to be the class clown. We hear about the year he spent working at the stables where they'd trained Red Rum, and his talent for darts. We hear about meeting his wife and his first standup gig. This is a rare podcast appearance from Lee: thank you to him for his honesty, openness and for all the funny stories.Lee hosts the 1% Club, which is on ITV on Saturdays. He created, writes, and stars in, Not Going Out, which is one of Harriet's favourite shows, and is well worth a watch and is available on BBC iPlayer. And, of course, he is a team captain on Would I Lie To You? and is brilliant at it.Enjoy this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The early days of broadcasting are recreated in this entertaining show - An Evening of (Very) Old Radio - well received by the audience at Petersield's Museum and Art Gallery, adding their own tales of the magic of radio. Paul Kerensa, a stand up comedian and writer on shows like Not Going Out and Miranda, gave a lively talk about the 1920's revolution radio was and remains. Speaking to Mike Waddington he talks about broadcasting more than a century ago and how much created then remains in the bloodstream of the medium today. More at : paul@paulkerensa.com British Comedy Award-winning co-writer BBC’s Miranda, Not Going Out, Top Gear, ITV’s Royal Variety, C4’s TFI Friday, CBBC etcBBC1 Sunday Morning Live, Radio 2 Pause for Thought, Radio 4 Extra Daily Service Host of The British Broadcasting Century Podcast paulkerensa.com/oldradioMailing List | Podcast | Books | Gigs | Facebook | Bluesky | Linkedin | Instagram | Youtube | Standup | Substack | PatreonSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You've found Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.  Today's episode features utterly charming, delightfully hilarious Josh Jones. As Producer Laura says "What a joyful f**king mess his list of crushes is." Though I will say, Josh's reason for going off Henry Cavill is highly relatable. Josh is currently touring the UK and you can find out where he's going and how to get tickets here. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're the best. In exchange I hope we're bringing glimmers of warmth to you in a pretty frightening world. Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On Instagram @crushedbymcs where I post quite personal videos and nuggets from the show. On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments  crushedbymcs@gmail. Who doesn't love post!? And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs I'm on the iPlayer in Not Going Out if you fancy checking that out. I am also up at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre from November 2025 - January 2026 doing Sherlock Holmes with former guests Humphrey Ker and David Reed. See you there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahoy there, it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.  This episode features awesome writer-performer and podcaster AMY HOGGART who has a hugely varied CV and currently hosts TWO excellent podcasts - What's Left? and FeMANism. Check her out on instagram at ⁠@amyhoggart.⁠ Absolutely loved chatting to Amy and felt at home discussing her many disasters. My favourite moment was the total delusion caused by a Valentine's Card. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. If you can bear to go and lob us a 5 star review Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On Instagram @crushedbymcs where I occasionally dress up and lip-synch to Chappell Roan. On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments  crushedbymcs@gmail. Who doesn't love post!? And if you want to do nothing but gratefully chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ⁠ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs⁠ Just out of interest: you can currently see me in Not Going Out on the iplayer, if you fancy seeing me  being pedantic in a pencil skirt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oh hello there, welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.    This episode features the marvellous actor, writer, and excellent-showbiz-anecdote-provider EMMA KENNEDY. What a gossipy joy this episode is, Emma is just so much fun. You're gonna have a great time. And if you want more from Emma, she's @emmak67 on Instagram.Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. If you can bear to go and lob us a 5 star review we'd really love that.   Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On Instagram @crushedbymcs where I occasionally dress up and lip-synch to Chappell Roan.   On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments  crushedbymcs@gmail. Who doesn't love post!?   And if you want to do nothing but gratefully chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs   And, if you're so inclined, you can currently see me in Not Going Out on the iPlayer, if you fancy seeing me  being pedantic in a pencil skirt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey you - it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.  This episode I interview brilliant writer, speaker and activist LAURA BATES. Laura is a ludicrously impressive and articulate human and SO FUN despite the fact that her work is generally super serious. Do check out her books, especially the most recent THE NEW AGE OF SEXISM which is a terrifying account of how AI is affecting our lives when it comes to misogyny. I'm not saying it's a fun read but it's absolutely, profoundly important and gripping. Thanks for downloading and supporting the podcast. If you can bear to go and tap out a 5 star review for us, that'd be dreamy. Or for some harder financial based support, head for ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs It makes all the difference in keeping this baby alive and thriving and if you've already done that, I LOVE YOU. Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On Instagram @crushedbymcs where I occasionally dress up and lip-synch to Chappell Roan. On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments  crushedbymcs@gmail. Who doesn't love post!? Just out of interest: you can currently see me in Not Going Out on the iPlayer, if you fancy seeing me being funny in a pencil skirt and nametag.  THANKS GANG  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey there it's Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.  This episode I talk to awesome comic Hayley Morris. I can't wait for you to discover her if you haven't yet. She's properly fabulous. Hilarious and open and a really gifted communicator. Highly recommend you binge all her previous content on  https://www.youtube.com/@hayleymorris/videos Thanks for downloading and supporting us. If you can bear to go and tap out a 5 star review for us, that'd be dreamy. Or for some harder financial based support, head for ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs It makes all the difference in keeping this baby alive and thriving and if you've already done that, I LOVE YOU. Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On Instagram @crushedbymcs where I occasionally dress up and lip-synch to Chappell Roan. On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments  crushedbymcs@gmail. Who doesn't love post!? Just out of interest: you can currently see me in Not Going Out on the iPlayer, if you fancy seeing me being funny in a pencil skirt and nametag.  THANKS GANG  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome along to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast about unrequited love.  This episode I talk to awesome writer and speaker POORNA BELL.  I'm a big fan of hers and have been trying to track her down for a couple of years since I was too shy (I know) to approach her at Crushed alumnus Dolly Alderton's book launch. My persistence paid off and I loved talking to her and getting an advance copy of her excellent new novel This Is Fine which is out now and highly recommended. I love that instead of doing a reading from that, she read from her teenage diary. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. If you can bear to go and tap out a 5 star review for us, that'd be dreamy. Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On Instagram @crushedbymcs where I occasionally dress up and lip-synch to Chappell Roan. On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments  crushedbymcs@gmail. Who doesn't love post!? And if you want to do nothing but gratefully chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs Just out of interest: you can currently see me in Not Going Out on the iplayer, if you fancy seeing me being pedantic in a pencil skirt.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith; the podcast where funny people talk about unrequited love.  Today's episode features excellent BAFTA winning composer JESSICA CURRY. Her album Shielding Songs is available now from  jessicacurry.bandcamp.com. She's on insta @jessica_curry_ She's an extraordinary woman and I loved going through some of her mad crushes. I looked up the quote she mentioned, attributed to comic book artist Tim Kreider - "If we want the rewards of being loved, we have to submit to the mortification of being known."  I might get it on a poncho. Thanks for downloading and supporting us. You're my people. Come and find us... On Substack at crushedbymcs; where if you subscribe, you'll have access to the podcast ad-free and exclusive content from me as well as a lot of gushy love from me. On Instagram @crushedbymcs On email, where you can send us anecdotes, adoration and arguments  crushedbymcs@gmail. Who doesn't love post!? And if you want to do nothing but simply chuck me £4 to buy myself some sellotape and a copy of the Radio Times to make a collage, head for ko-fi.com/crushedbymcs In other news I'm currently in the episode of Not Going Out called Hotel Room on the BBC iplayer if you need more of me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

W/C 9th June 2025Now you know I like a good sitcom, and you also know that I rate Not Going Out very highly and certainly worthy of special mention.Well the new series landed last night, and the BBC dropped all six episodes which resulted in us watching the first four. I am pleased to report that it is a strong as ever, but the reason I mention it is because the second episode called Doll is really very clever.I am not quite sure how you begin to put together a narrative like that, the whole thing is a little uncomfortable (and certainly quite unnerving) but it hard not to be swept along in the subtext.If you can get the iPlayer, you might want to give it a go.Stay safe.God Only Knows - BBC (Various)Sloop John B - Brian Wilson & Alan JardineStairway to Heaven - Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Jason Bonham, et alTherapy For Me (or TFM as I now refer to it) is a bit of an audio curiosity. It started out as a mechanism for me to clear my head, with the hope that by saying stuff out loud it would act as a little bit of self-help. It's remains loose in style, fluid in terms of content and raw - it's a one take, press record and see what happens, affair.If you want to keep in touch with TFM and the other stuff I do then please follow me on Facebook, Insta, Twitter or Patreon. Thanks for getting this far.

Ian and Hannah review the biggest new films and bingeable shows on UK streaming services for the week beginning Friday 13th June 2025, including:David Attenborough explores the planet's undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery and emphasizing the ocean's vital importance while exposing its problems and highlighting opportunities for marine life recovery, in Disney Plus & Nat Geo film Ocean.Kate's secluded life is interrupted by her troubled daughter when she shows up frightened and covered in someone's blood. As Kate unravels the truth, she learns how far she'll go for her child. Julianne Moore stars in Apple TV movie Echo Valley.Claire is overjoyed when her daughter is miraculously revived after a fatal accident. But relief soon turns to dread as she starts to suspect that something dark has followed Robin back from the brink of death. Connie Britton stars in Paramount Plus movie Here After.Lee Mack returns for a 14th series of the UK's now longest running comedy series Not Going Out, and it's on BBC iPlayer.Follow Bingewatch on all major podcast players for your weekly rundown of the best binge-worthy shows across Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and more.Remember to leave a 5 star review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser and Goodpods AND you can now show your support and leave a tip for Ian and Hannah.You can also stay in touch with the team via Twitter AND if you like Bingewatch but you're looking for a specific review, check out BITESIZE BINGEWATCH, our sister show making it easier to get the bits you want!If you're a brand interested in sponsorship or collabs, email hello@podcastsbyliam.com and chat to us now!

In this episode, Danny is joined by writer and comedian Paul Kerensa. Paul has written extensively for TV, including Miranda, Top Gear and Not Going Out and has published a number of highly popular books, including several children´s books. He claims to be the only stand-up comic without a naval and has performed in numerous countries. Paul is also the host of The Great British Broadcasting Century podcast, which is all about BBC history. Naturally, because Paul is a bit of a BBC history nerd, this episode is peppered with fascinating insights into the subject. They also discuss the 3 types of gigs Paul does, including lots of church gigs, and his insights into how he adapts his act for these venues include several funny anecdotal stories. If you can´t get enough of these podcasts, head to https://www.patreon.com/DannyHurst to access my exclusive, member-only, fun-filled and fact-packed history-related videos. KEY TAKEAWAYS The BBC has had a strong influence on British culture e.g. The London-centric, Victorian/Dickensian feel of a traditional Christmas is partly down to them. Bush House, which became the BBC´s home in 1940 was the most expensive building in the world. Comedy is a great way of getting people to think, including about religion. Most churches and cathedrals are better venues than comedy clubs. The BBC was not behind the first radio broadcast in the UK. The birthplace of the microphone is now a Chinese supermarket. What people will laugh at has changed drastically, making modern audiences trickier. The BBC once hosted an evening of mass telepathy. BEST MOMENTS “It´s one of those tours that never ends.” “I couldn’t find a way of saying “oh by the way I go to church” without it killing the room.” “He thought he had to speak the language of comedians to us, which he thought was just swearing.” “People aren’t going to laugh if they feel unsettled.” “There´s a community in Sussex that’s a little bit Amish.” “It´s the only building outside of Israel that has been a church, a synagogue and a mosque.” “I can’t sell one-liners like they do.” “Guildford cathedral is still selling itself for film locations for spiritual battles.” “You go from amateur questioner to procrastinator.” “I´ve got no belly button…I once did a gig where there were three of us, quite rare.” EPISODE RESOURCES https://www.paulkerensa.com HOST BIO Historian, performer, and mentor Danny Hurst has been engaging audiences for many years, whether as a lecturer, stand-up comic or intervention teacher with young offenders and excluded secondary students. Having worked with some of the most difficult people in the UK, he is a natural storyteller and entertainer, whilst purveying the most fascinating information that you didn't know you didn't know. A writer and host of pub quizzes across London, he has travelled extensively and speaks several languages. He has been a consultant for exhibitions at the Imperial War Museum and Natural History Museum in London as well as presenting accelerated learning seminars across the UK. With a wide range of knowledge ranging from motor mechanics to opera to breeding carnivorous plants, he believes learning is the most effective when it's fun. Uniquely delivered, this is history without the boring bits, told the way only Danny Hurst can. CONTACT AND SOCIALS https://instagram.com/dannyjhurstfacebook.com/danny.hurst.9638 https://twitter.com/dannyhurst https://www.linkedin.com/in/danny-hurst-19574720

W/C 23rd December 2024Here we go then, the Christmas TFM. Over the last couple of weeks I have been watching a lot of Christmas specials, you know the kind of thing Not Going Out, Gavin & Stacey, Frasier, Click & Collect, etc, etc. I have been over indulging in them for the reasons we do anything at this time of the year; they are there and they make you feel good.And I think some of that Christmas Special formula has permeated its way into this week's episode. Think about it, it feels like a normal episode but somehow it isn't quite the same, it has an unashamed Christmas vibe and it is a little less ranty and a little more mushy.Of course any series that has been running this long would be expected to deliver some form of festive special, after all it is the law, so I am on point in that respect.Stay safe.P.S The other Christmas Carol spoken TV episode I was struggling to recall was Simon Callow.That'll be Christmas - Thea GilmoreHendersons RelishSheffield Lyceum Snow WhiteTherapy For Me (or TFM as I now refer to it) is a bit of an audio curiosity. It started out as a mechanism for me to clear my head, with the hope that by saying stuff out loud it would act as a little bit of self-help. It's remains loose in style, fluid in terms of content and raw - it's a one take, press record and see what happens, affair.If you want to keep in touch with TFM and the other stuff I do then please follow me on Facebook, Insta, Twitter or Patreon. Thanks for getting this far.

Not Going Out gets nominated for the episode Escape Room from 2018. How will Lee Mack and his family & friends get out this one? However they end up, hilarity DOES ensue! Thanks to Kieran Scott for the suggestion (told you we'd get there eventually). There's also some Sitcom Showdown housekeeping, where we suggest everyone subscribes to us on YouTube, as that's where future episodes will be released.

Paul Kerensa travels around the UK constantly on tour with his various shows, currently it's carols and comedians visiting churches which is a whole heap of fun and gets you in the mood for Christmas, but away from that he's written for top TV shows like Miranda, Not Going Out, Top Gear, TFI Friday, The Royal Variety Performance. Over the next couple of weeks, Paul chats with us about his health, faith and of course Christmas!

Simon Evans is a comedian and TV presenter who currently works at GB News. Among his credits is as a writer for Lee Mack's Not Going Out, and he is one of the top stand-ups in the country. Here, he talks about the very real bias coming out of the BBC.  Get 10 FREE meals at http://HelloFresh.com/freeheretics  Follow Simon on X: https://x.com/TheSimonEvans  Join 17k+ heretics on my mailing list: http://andrewgoldheretics.com  Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.Congratulations to all of you for making it all this way to the Season 4 final.Undoubtedly two comedy legends.GERVAIS & KAYWho would you vote for?Support the Show.Get in touch at...Email us podcastelimination@gmail.comText or send a voice message to 07713163065 and get played on the showThanks for listening.

Send us a Text Message.Bob, Dave & Pauline are joined by special guest Auntie Yvonne!!It's time to find out who our first finalist is, will it be Gervais or Mack?Support the Show.Get in touch at...Email us podcastelimination@gmail.comText or send a voice message to 07713163065 and get played on the showThanks for listening.

It's the second part of Joe and David's mega-chat with last week's guest Lee Mack. Picking things up again, the talk turns to game shows, pitching new ideas, learning lines, script read-through and the challenges of recording with a live audience. Plus, Lee tries to cast David as a policeman in his huge hit sit-com Not Going Out. It's another epic episode! FOR ALL THINGS CHATABIX'Y FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE/CONTACT: You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/@chatabixpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatabix1 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Merch: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Send us a Text Message.Finally we reach the Season 4 Quarter Finals.Who will you be our first Semi Finalist?Tommy or Lee?Support the Show.Get in touch at...Email us podcastelimination@gmail.comText or send a voice message to 07713163065 and get played on the showThanks for listening.

Annette Badland is an English actress best known for her roles as Mae the Landlady in Ted Lasso, Charlotte in Bergerac, Margaret Blaine in Doctor Who, Mrs Glenna Fitzgibbons in Outlander, Babe Smith in EastEnders and as Dr Fleur Perkins in Midsomer Murders. She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1993 for her performance as Sadie in The Rise and Fall of Little Voice; a role she reprised in the 1998 film adaptation Little Voice. Other TV credits include Inside No. 9, Big Boys, The Crown, Not Going Out and SO much more on TV, film, theatre and radio.Annette Badland is guest number 385 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 Annette Badland on Twitter @AnnetteBadland .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 . Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#490 Detached Semi - RHLSTP comes to Aldershot, the scene of one of Richard's most dangerous ever gigs. But we're all safely off the mean streets to welcome the incredible Lee Mack to Aldershot! They talk about keeping the Inside Number 9 secret, why the woodworking answer to the Bake Off was axed, the manufactured controversy at the NTAs, 100 episodes of Not Going Out and whether Lee is going for the Last of the Summer Wine record, why Lee did not become a darts superstar, which serial killer he'd like to play and why Richard is (presumably) worshipped as a God within the Mack household.See RHLSTP on tour- http://richardherring.com/rhlstpSee Rich's stand-up tour Can I Have My Ball Back - https://richardherring.com/ballback/SUPPORT THE SHOW!Watch our TWITCH CHANNELSee extra content at our WEBSITE Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/rhlstp. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The secret is finally out of the bag! Lee Mack kindly agreed to this interview back in June and we have been practically bursting with excitement to tell you all! That excitement did slightly spill over and we got the name of both his podcast and TV show wrong in the recording of this podcast! Awkward by name, awkward by nature... For those of you living in the UK, you will already be familiar with Lee's work as he has been gracing your TV screens and theatres with his comedy since the mid 90s. For those of you who unfamiliar with his work, as well as being sober, Lee is simply one of the most celebrated and recognisable comics in the UK. From writing and starring in Not Going Out - the longest-running sitcom on air in the UK, to being a team captain on Would I Lie to You? since 2007. As if his writing, comedy and acting weren't enough - Lee also co-hosts the wonderful and hilarious I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha podcast. Perhaps most importantly, for the sake of our podcast, Lee's frankness and simplicity in talking about his sobriety was one of the first things that got through to Hame when he was drinking. We have no doubt that it will have the same impact on some of you. Whether you are still drinking and thinking of giving sobriety a try or are sober and looking for inspiration to carry on! We hope you enjoy this one and much as we both did! Show Notes This episode is proudly sponsored by https://sarahrusbatch.com New year? New you! Whether you're sober curious and looking to take your first break or already a few months in, Sarah's program is perfect and because she's such a huge fan of the podcast, she has a special deal for everyone who joins her challenge from listening to this – use the code AWKWARD for a huge $159 off the full price!  Head to www.sarahrusbatch.com  to grab your place! The challenge starts on the 8th of Jan and you can sign up any time using this code before the 5th. Buy Vic's book - https://www.booktopia.com.au/a-thousand-wasted-sundays-victoria-vanstone/book/9780645757941.html www.cuppa.community JOIN PATREON! and buy us a Cuppa so we can keep being awkward! https://www.patreon.com/user?u=81897291 www.cuppa.community – The Free Social Network for the Sober and Sober Curious - Sober Events – Therapy – Sobriety Courses – Sober Groups, Tea and loads more. Buy Sober Awkward T-Shirts and Tea at: www.cuppashop.com @soberawkward @drunkmummysobermummy @cuppa.community @hamishadamscairns @patreon @spotify @budsandbeadstea If you are struggling with your relationship with alcohol please reach out to your local doctor, a therapist, AA Group or just chat to a close friend. Don't feel shame, just get the help you deserve. Contact us! If you have a topic you'd like us to cover then please email us - vicandhamish@soberawkward.com Check out our website at: https://www.soberawkward.com #soberawkward #soberawkwardpodcast #drunkmummysobermummy #cuppa.community #sober #sobermom #sobermummy #sobriety #soberaf #sobermovement #sobercurious #alcoholfree #mummybloggers #writersofinsta #soberfamily #greyareadrinking #addiction #soberissexy #soberwomen #sobermomtribe #sobrietyrocks #soberlifestyle #alcoholfreelife #wedorecover #sobernation #mumblog #mentalhealth #motherhood #wineoclock #sobermums #selfcare #womeninrecovery #sobercommunity #soberdads #1000sundays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dave Cohen is a comedy writer who has written on shows including Not Going Out, Have I Got News For You, Spitting Image, My Family and Life of Riley. On Radio he's written for shows including, The News Quiz, Dead Ringers, Sunday Format and 50 episodes of the Radio 4 show 15 Minute Musical with Richie Webb and David Quantick, which won the Writers Guild Best Comedy 2009. Dave wrote the lyrics for around 100 songs for CBBC show Horrible Histories – winning eight BAFTAs and a Rose d'Or. Dave started his career performing stand up and was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe Perrier Award in 1984. In 1985 he Started the Comedy Store Players with Mike Myers, Paul Merton, Neil Mullarkey & Kit Hollerbach and, he also started world's first Jewish heavy metal band “Guns'n'Moses” with Al Murray, Jim Tavare and Mike Cosgrave .Dave Cohen is guest number 341 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 Dave Cohen including his books, visit - davecohen.org.uk .Follow Dave Cohen on Twitter @DaveCohencomedy .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. Get bonus episodes and ad-free listening by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the second part of Joe and David's mega-chat with last week's surprise guest Lee Mack. Picking things up again, the talk turns to game shows, Lee's brilliant 1% Club, Joe and David's Pyramind idea and pitching new shows. Then it's back to sit-coms with learning lines, script read-throughs, viewing figures, the challenges of recording with a live audience and casting David as a policeman in Not Going Out. There's also some reminiscing about the 90's stand-up scene, Lee's early days starting out in comedy, the pleasures of podding and bizarrely, some damaged cushions that Joe and David begrudgingly agree to replace. Part one of this Ep with Lee Mack (ep 306) released 18th Oct 2023 if you want to listen to that first ! Follow Chatabix on Twitter & Instagram: twitter.com/chatabix1 www.instagram.com/chatabixpodcast/ Patreon for early access to our eps: https://www.patreon.com/chatabix Crunchy fresh tees and hoodies: https://chatabixshop.com/ Contact us: chatabix@yahoo.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our first BER episode of 2023, I get extra festive with a look at Not Going Out's second seasonal episode, Absent Father Christmas, as well as discussing Band Aid 20, the 20th anniversary release from 2004. And, as all through this year, I share the results of the last round and the face-offs of the next round of the BIG CHRISTMAS NUMBER ONE SHOWDOWN! Band Aid 20 Keith Lemon - Do They Know It's Xmas Lockdown Daddy's Home 2 - Do They Know It's Xmas  Gavin & Stacey Do They Know Sing-Along

Dave Cohen is a stand-up comic who's written for TV shows including Not Going Out and My Family – now he's written a book about how to add comedy to your screenplays and novels.

Lee Mack Vs Blackadder, Mr Bean & Johnny English.email - podscatelimination@gmail.comSupport the show

John Archer is a magician, comedian, actor and writer who is a member of the Magic Circle's Inner Magic Circle and is a past winner of the Magic Circle Stage Magician of the Year competition. In 2019 John reached the semi-final of Britain's Got Talent and he was the first magician to successfully “fool” Penn & Teller on Penn & Teller: Fool Us. John has written for many TV shows including the BAFTA winning The Sketch Show and has appeared on such programmes as BAFTA winner Help! My Supply Teacher is a Magic, Undercover Magic on Sky, The Impressionable Jon Culshaw, Give Us a Clue, Tim Vine Travels in Time and Not Going Out. John is Tim Vine's regular support act.John Archer is guest number 275 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 John Archer on Twitter & Instagram: @TheArchini .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. Get this podcast ad-free by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tony Way is best known as Lenny, the photographer, in Ricky Gervais's After Life and Ser Dontos Hollard in Game of Thrones. Other TV appearances include The Fast Show, The Eleven O'Clock Show, Bang Bang it's Reeves and Mortimer, Spaced, Randall and Hopkirk, Black Books, My Family, Extras, The Wall, Shooting Stars, Mongrels, Sherlock, Derek, Doctor Who, Not Going Out, Pompidou, Inside No.9, Murder in Successville, Collateral, and Mandy. On film he's been in Ali G Indahouse, Finding Neverland, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Sightseers, The Riot Club, Edge of Tomorrow and High Rise. He's been in everything!Tony Way is guest number 274 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 Tony Way on Twitter: @tonypaulway & Instagram: @tonyway .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. Get this podcast ad-free by becoming a team member with Acast+! Your support will help us to keep making My Time Capsule. Join our team now! https://plus.acast.com/s/mytimecapsule. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorelei King is one of the most successful and accomplished American actresses working in the UK today. She has appeared in numerous film and TV shows including Alien Covenant, Notting Hill, The Saint, Cold Feet, Jam, Birds of a Feather, Chef, Alistair McGowan's Big Impression, Emmerdale Jonathan Creek, Not Going Out, The Robinsons and Monarch of the Glen. She's also various voices in the American version of Bob The Builder. Described as ‘the best known American voice on Radio 4', Lorelei has recorded more than 200 programs for the BBC. Lorelei is also a multi-award-winning narrator of audiobooks and was voted Best Narrator of the Year by Audible.com in 2011 and was one of the first inductees into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame.Lorelei King is guest number 261 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 Lorelei King on Twitter: @LoreleiKing .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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tommy Cannon was one half of the legendary comic double act, Cannon and Ball, until his friend and partner, Bobby Ball's sad death in 2020. Cannon and Ball's prime time Saturday night television series, the Cannon and Ball Show, was one of ITV's most successful series, it ran for twelve years with audiences often as high as twenty million viewers. They even made their own film, The Boys In Blue, in 1982. Tommy and Bobby went on to make their own games show, appeared in the fifth series of I'm a Celebrity, Shooting Stars with Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves, Last of the Summer Wine, on the Kenny Everett Television Show, and appeared together in a Christmas Special of Lee Mack's BBC comedy, Not Going Out. Tommy has also played a regular character in the ITV soap, Emmerdale. He is still performing today, with his one man show, Rock On Tommy: An Audience with Tommy Cannon, set to be seen all over the country in 2023 and 2024.Tommy Cannon is guest number 259 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 .Tommy's tour dates and tickets: https://www.awaywithmedia.com/tours/tommy-cannon .Follow Tommy Cannon on Twitter: @TheTommyCannon .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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian and actor Joe Wilkinson is best known for his hilarious regular appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, as Pat the postman in Ricky Gervais' After Life on Netflix and Dan in the incredible Him & Her. He's also been in Live at the Apollo, a number of episodes of Have I Got News For You, Miranda, Derek, Taskmaster, Sex Education and Not Going Out. He was Star Baker on The Great British Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer. His daily podcast, Chatabix, which he does with his After Life co-star David Earle, reached no.1 in the Apple Podcast charts. Joe Wilkinson is guest number 245 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 .Joe's podcast, Chatabix: https://pod.link/1560965008Follow Joe Wilkinson on Twitter & Instagram @gillinghamjoe .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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Comedian and actor Hugh Dennis is best known for his appearances in every episode of Mock the Week over the past 18 years, for his brilliant performance in the multi award winning comedy Outnumbered and for playing Toby in Lee Mack's comedy, Not Going Out. He has co-hosted The Now Show on BBC Radio 4 with Steve Punt since 1998, now in it's 61st series. He also worked with Steve Punt on The Mary Whitehouse Experience on BBC Radio and TV alongside David Baddiel and Rob Newman. Hugh Dennis is guest number 243 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 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Georgia Pritchett is a multi-award-winning comedy and drama writer, who has five Emmys, six Writers Guild awards, two Golden Globes, a BAFTA and a Producer's Guild award. She is currently a writer and co-executive producer on HBO's critically acclaimed show, Succession, which is currently filming the fourth season. Georgia was the co-executive producer and writer on the HBO multi-Emmy winning show Veep, which ran for seven seasons. Georgia recently show-ran The Shrink Next Door for Apple TV: an adaptation of the hit podcast, it starred Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd and Kathryn Hahn. She wrote three episodes of HBO's Avenue Five, Armando Iannucci's space comedy starring Hugh Laurie. Georgia has written extensively for Miranda Hart and Tracy Ullman and the shows Have I Got News for You, Smack the Pony, Not Going Out and The Thick of It. She created, wrote and show-ran 2DTV for ITV as well as Quick Cuts starring Doon Makichan, Feel The Force and three series of Life of Riley - starring Caroline Quentin for the BBC. Georgia's memoir My Mess is a Bit of a Life was released in the summer of 2021 to rave reviewsGeorgia's ChoicesThe House at Pooh Corner by AA MilneTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Victoria Wood scripts by Victoria WoodSorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason Fight Night by Miriam Toews Listener Choice (Jessica Popplewell)Heidi by Johanna SpyriThis is Jen Hyatt's last episode with Two Lit Chicks as she leaves to concentrate on her writing. At the end we welcome our new host…You can buy books mentioned in this episode on our Bookshop.org Affiliate page. (UK Only).By purchasing here, you support both small bookshops AND our podcast.Keep  in touchWe love our listeners, and we want to hear from you. Please leave a review on one of our podcast platforms and chat with us on social media:Twitter: @twolitchicksInstagram: @two_lit_chicksTikTok: @two_lit_chicksEmail: hello@twolitchicks.orgIf you do one thing today, sign up to our newsletter so we can keep you updated with all our news.Thank you so much for listening.  Listeners, we love you.Two Lit Chicks Podcast is recorded and produced by Your Voice HereSupport the show

Lloyd Griffith is a comedian, actor, presenter and classically trained singer. As an actor you may have seen him in Ted Lasso, It's A Sin, Infinite on Paramount, and Not Going Out. Lloyd fronted the BBC documentary ‘Can You Beat The Bookies?' and he was co-host of Soccer AM on Sky Sports. You may also have seen him on 8 Out Of 10 Cats, House of Games, Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club, Pointless Celebrities, Comedy Central Live at The Comedy Store, Roast Battle, Drunk History, Football's Funniest Moments, The Premier League Show and Songs of Praise. Lloyd is a classically trained choral singer and can often be heard performing with the choirs of Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. Lloyd Griffith is guest number 239 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 Lloyd Griffith on Twitter & Instagram @LloydGriffith .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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the September 22 episode of Merry Britsmas, I pay homage to the festive power of our late majesty, explore a joke filled modern sitcom called Not Going Out, some alternative and glam christmas songs, and what sort of presents were given at Xmas during WWII.  T-Rex - Christmas Bop The Staves - Home Alone Too  The Staves & Flyte - Have Yourself A Merry Little Xmas  Oscar - It's Christmas Again  Sweet Baboo - Don't Be Alone This Xmas 

This week we review Not Going Out (Series 12 Episode 5)Not Going Out is a light-hearted, fast-paced mainstream sitcom based around the life of a man un-burdened by ambition or drive. Lee deflects criticism and bad news with his trademark wit and one-liners but deep down he is looking for love, a steady job and a flat he can call his own.By series 7, the will-they-won't-they tension between Lee and Lucy reach new highs, with Lee eventually proposing to Lucy.In series 8 we pick up the couple's story seven years later. The pair now live in a comfortable semi-detached home in Walton-on-Thames with their three kids: Charlie, and twins Benji and Molly but how has layabout Lee survived these dramatic life-changes?Created by Lee MackProduced by Alex Hardcastle, Nick Wood, Charlie Hanson, Jamie Rix, Richard Allen-Turner, Lee Mack, Jon Thoday, Sally Debonnaire and moreDirected by Alex Hardcastle and Nick WoodAn Avalon / Arlo Production for the BBC.Not Going Out is available here: https://bbc.in/2QsvzT2The Comedy Slab Podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Youtube. Subscribe for a new episode each Tuesday. Get in touch - we're @ComedySlab on Twitter and ComedySlab on Facebook.

Delicacy by Katy Wix is a memoir with a difference. It's not written in a linear way, but that makes it an interesting read. A comedienne best known for shows like Miranda, Not Going Out and Agatha Raisin, there is so much more to her than I had realised. The events that take place are eye-opening and sad at the same time. It's a book that many will relate to, whether it's the recounting of school bullying or the complicated relationship with food.

For your weekend listening pleasure, The Retrospectors recommends this week My Time Capsule.This is the show that asks it's guests to choose five things 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 is something they want to bury in the ground and never have to think about again.Their guests have included Stephen Fry, David Mitchell, Caroline Quentin, Ross Noble, Lee Mack, Arabella Weir, Rob Brydon, Dara Ó Briain, Shappi Khorsandi and Barry Cryer.It's hosted by the actor and comedian, Mike Fenton Stevens from such shows as Nighty Night, Only Fool and Horses, The Crown, Not Going Out and soon to be in the BBC's Ghosts and Armando Iannucci's Avenue 5 with Hugh Laurie on HBO.My Time Capsule is consistently in the top 15 of the Apple Comedy Interviews chart and was recently The Times podcast of the week.In this episode, Harry Hill chooses 5 items for his time capsule. He's as brilliantly funny and entertaining as you'd expect but also thoughtful, relaxed and honest in a way you may not have heard before.HEAR MORE and FOLLOW THE SHOW: https://podfollow.com/mytimecapsuleOh and fun fact, John Fenton-Stevens who produces My Time Capsule and wrote the theme tune, also wrote our theme music for The Retrospectors.See you on Monday! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On the podcast this week, the comedian and writer Paul Kerensa talks about the expanding and lucrative world of the Christian film industry. Paul has written two features for the Church Times exploring a century's worth of Christian film. The first part was on cinema, and the second part on the rise of streaming services. Both can be read at https://www.churchtimes.co.uk Paul is a writer of books including So a Comedian Walks into a Church, TV shows including Not Going Out and Miranda, and plays including The First Broadcast, which is on tour now: https://paulkerensa.com/tour Try 10 issues of the Church Times for £10 or get two months access to our website and apps, also for £10. Go to churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader.

Michael Fenton Stevens finally reveals his time capsule items in this special 200th episode! Comedian and podcaster Richard Herring takes Mike's role as host.Michael Fenton Stevens is an actor and podcast host who's television credits include the recent Slow Horses with Kristen Scott Thomas and Gary Oldman, five series of Benidorm as Sir Henry, the British Consul, The Crown, KYTV, My Family as Robert Lindsay's long suffering boss, Not Going Out, Outnumbered, Pete Versus Life, Persuasion with Sally Hawkins, Casualty, Doctors, My Hero, Nighty Night, Coronation Street, Footballers' Wives, Holby City, Look Around You with Peter Serafinowicz and Olivia Colman, Absolute Power with Stephen Fry, Trevor's World of Sport, Eastenders, Mr Bean, One Foot in the Grave and Only Fools and Horses, to name but a few. He's soon to be seen in the BBC's Ghosts, Armando Iannucci's Avenue 5 with Hugh Laurie and the comedy series Hapless on Netflix. Mike was a member of the parody pop group, The HeeBeeGeeBees, the classic BBC Radio4 comedy group, Radio Active, and he sang the lead vocal on the Spitting Image no.1 hit, The Chicken Song. He's also done a lot of theatre, including the RSC and the West End, a number of times. Michael Fenton Stevens is guest 200 on My Time Capsule and he chats to Richard Herring 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 Richard Herring on Twitter: @Herring1967 and Instagram @rkherring1967 .Richard's podcast Richard Herring's Leicester Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP) is available here: www.rhlstp.co.uk .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .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. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Part 2 of the advice-packed interview from Daniel Peak, one of our most successful sitcom creators. Code 404, Not Going Out - and he's not afraid to talk about the ones that got away. This week, Daniel heroically relives Big Top, an episode or six of what happens when a sitcom fails to please the Lords of TV Criticism.

For episode 44, we go to Holland and go back a few years, to hear of radio pioneer Hanso Idzerda and his Dutch concerts. It's not British broadcasting, but it's British listening - our ancestors could hear his regular broadcasts from 1919 to 1924 - at least if they had a radio set of quality. Gordon Bathgate is a radio history fan and author of Radio Broadcasting: A History of the Airwaves - he guides us through Idzerda's doomed story, in an episode that's less of me, more of him... plus the return of your FMs and AMs - Firsthand Memories of broadcasting in action and an Airwave Memory from Paula Goddard. Gordon's book is at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Radio-Broadcasting-Paperback/p/17990 or in all good book places. My play The First Broadcast is on tour all this year (and bookable for your place): www.paulkerensa.com/tour for dates, places and tickets. Our 'Firsthand Memory' came from Paula Goddard, whose wine-/tea-tasting blog is at www.paulagoddard.com Email me at https://paulkerensa.com/contact.php for more info on booking the live show, or to send me a Firsthand Memory (via text in an email) or an Airwave Memory (record as a voice memo), or with any questions, comments or feedback. Support the show at www.patreon.com/paulkerensa - and as mentioned in the episode, you can see my video interview with R4 Today's Justin Webb here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63833186 ...The audio will be part of a future episode, on Justin's career and his grandfather Leonard Crocombe, first editor of the Radio Times. You can also support the show at www.ko-fi.com/paulkerensa (effectively buying me a coffee) - or by simply sharing these episodes on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, fax, carrier pigeon, down the pub, on the phone, tell your friends, snare us future listeners, help build our little community... ...which includes www.Twitter.com/bbcentury and www.facebook.com/bbcentury and www.facebook.com/groups/bbcentury... ...because we are a one-man band, and NOTHING to do with the BBC. They do not endorse nor sponsor nor have anything to do with this podcast. Y'hear? (...That said, I do work for the BBC now and then - including co-writing the new series of Not Going Out which you can see on TV soon (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015qdg), and guest-hosting Sunday Breakfast on BBC Radio Sussex and BBC Radio Surrey, which you can hear soon too, eg. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0brm15x)  Original music is by Will Farmer. Thanks Will! More on Paul's books, mailing list etc at www.linktr.ee/paulkerensa Next time: the Birmingham and Manchester stations, inc. an interview with Jude Montague, granddaughter of one of their first broadcasters Sydney Wright. Thanks for listening!

Part 1 of our deeply insightful natter with brilliant sitcom writer Danny Peak, regular writer on Not Going Out and creator of one of Sky's most popular comedies, Code 404.

Season 2 begins! So please welcome to the microphone: entertainment! The very first. Journey back to November 16th 1922 - Day 3 of the BBC - to meet Auntie's first entertainers. But history being history, nothing's easy... Discover why the BBC's first entertainers weren't the first after all, whether London, Birmingham or Manchester brought us the BBC's first entertainment concert - and why each of them has a claim to it. Our fabulous guest is comedian, actor, writer and professional liar Lee Mack, with tales from Not Going Out, Would I Lie To You and his earliest memories of broadcast comedy (who remembers Wait Till Your Father Gets Home?). You'll also hear rare clips of the original broadcasters (there are hardly any recordings from 1920s' broadcasts, so these are clips looking back), including Percy Edgar, Peter Eckersley, Hugh Bell, Leonard Hawke, Helena Millais, Ernie Mayne, Tommy Lorne and the Ziegeld Follies. Plus BBC Radio Norfolk's Paul Hayes brings us a follow-up from the previous Percy Edgar special, with tales of Barrie Edgar, footballing firsts and archive clips of Jimmy Jewell and Richard Dimbleby. From Billy Beer to Bobby Ball, via the first BBC song (Drake Goes West - or was it?), the first song about the BBC (Auntie Aggie of the BBC), the world's first radio song (List'ning on Some Radio) and the earliest live British TV football coverage still available (from 1949), we've compiled everything that kickstarted British broadcast entertainment.   SHOWNOTES: Read more of Billy Beer, the BBC's first comedian, written by his descendant Bill Beer. Lee Mack joined us as part of a fundraiser for a young woman called Jenny. Read more and donate here. Your host Paul contributed a guest episode to The History of England podcast - a summary of our season 1 on half an hour, via some new (old) clips. It sums up the story so far - you can hear that here from summer 2021. Paul Hayes' documentary The Lost Voice of Football can be heard here. Paul Kerensa's other podcast of interviews, from Miranda Hart, Sally Phillips and Tim Vine (scroll way back for those) to the full Gareth Jones interview, can be found here - do subscribe. The British Broadcasting Century Facebook page is here. Do like. The British Broadcasting Century Facebook group is here. Do join. The British Broadcasting Century Twitter profile is here. Do follow. Paul's mailing list is here. Do subscribe. Paul's books are available here or orderable from bookshops.   We're a lone operator, unconnected to the BBC - we're talking about the BBCompany, not made by the BBCorporation. We're just one person really, who you can help with the podcast via tips at paypal.me/paulkerensa... or via monthly shrapnel in exchange for extra audio/video/writings on patreon.com/paulkerensa... or via rating and reviewing this podcast where you found it... or via liking/sharing/commenting on what we do online - it all helps bump us up the social medias. Email the podcast here. Your comments are always welcome. Next time: the first listings - nearly a year before the Radio Times. Subscribe to make sure you get the podcast in your in-tray. Thanks for listening!

Merry listening! Now, do you hear what I hear? Join our sleigh ride back to Christmas 1922, and delve deep into our pod-sack to discover what the BBC was broadcasting in its first Christmas. Includes: the first religious broadcast from Rev John Mayo, the first play written for radio in The Truth About Father Christmas, the BBC's first celebrity guest, the first radio talk ('Christmas among the Blind'), carols, Peter Pan, comedy from Fred Gibson and Helena Millais... and that's just from the London 2LO station. Birmingham 5IT gives us Dickens, the Birmingham City Police Band and no-shows, so listeners rush to the studio to help out. Manchester 2ZY brings ghost stories and Handel's Messiah. And Newcastle 5NO launches; hear the first station boss on how he funded it from his own pocket. Plus other radio Christmases: Carols from King's, the first royal Christmas broadcast, a Cornish play called Bethlehem, a wax cylinder recording from 1898... Our guest is Xmas Xpert James Cooper from whychristmas.com - head there for all your online Christmas needs. Paul reads from his festive history book Hark! The Biography of Christmas. Signed copies available from Paul; unsigned copies available from your friendly local bookshop. ----- Thanks for supporting the podcast. Your kind donations at ko-fi.com/paulkerensa or patreon.com/paulkerensa have helped fund books, that fuel these episodes, or hosting, that keeps us online. Your ratings/reviewings/sharings are equally welcome. Thanks! Find us on Facebook and Twitter. Paul's mailing list has more on his upcomings, inc. the next series of Not Going Out. Be on the podcast next year: email us a 2min audio clip of an Airwave Memory, recorded as a Voice Memo - your earliest memories of radio or TV. Clips are either public domain or the BBC's, to whom we doff our caps, and thank them. We're unaffiliated with the BBC - we're just here to inform, educate, entertain and wish you a Merry Christmas. www.paulkerensa.com

...and the Midlands, as Birmingham and Manchester join the party. We revisit the second day of the BBC: November 15th 1922. Also, how Manchester launched the first BBC children's programmes, how Birmingham had the BBC's first live music, and how London needed to tweak their microphone. All on election day, so just before the first Election Night Special. You'll also hear of the bizarre Birmingham fog that delayed launch - and bizarrer still, how ANOTHER Birmingham fog delayed The Settlers from reaching a studio, 40 years later. From that band, Cindy Kent is our guest, recalling being at the BBC as the Light Programme became Radio 1 in 1967.  You'll also hear playwright David Edgar reading from the memoirs of his grandfather Percy Edgar, the founding manager of Birmingham 5IT. (For the full reading of that, just wait 3 episodes...) From the archives, we've also got the voices of Kenneth Wright and Hugh Bell of 2ZY Manchester, both there on that launch day in 1922. Plus Newspaper Detective Andrew Barker returns with what the printed press thought about this two-day-old upstart... broadcasting. ----- Thanks for supporting the podcast. Your kind donations at ko-fi.com/paulkerensa or patreon.com/paulkerensa have helped fund books, that fuel these episodes, or hosting, that keeps us online. Your ratings/reviewings/sharings are equally welcome. Thanks! Find us on Facebook and Twitter. Paul's mailing list has more on his upcomings, inc. the next series of Not Going Out. Paul's festive history book Hark! The Biography of Christmas is in audiobook (Listen free via an Audible free trial here if you've not had one before). If you'd like to order a signed paperback copy, email Paul. You can also use that to send us a 2min audio clip of an Airwave Memory to include on the show. Clips are either public domain or the BBC's, to whom we doff our caps, and thank them. We're unaffiliated with the BBC - we're just here to inform, educate and entertain about its wondrous origins. Happy listening!