Chris Tarrant is a British broadcaster and presenter best known as the original host of the hit quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which he fronted from 1998 to 2014. With a career spanning over five decades, he began as a radio DJ and rose to fame in the 1970s on the anarchic children’s TV show Tiswas. Tarrant has also hosted numerous radio shows, most notably with Capital Radio, where he hosted the breakfast show for 17 years. Beyond game shows and radio, Tarrant has fronted a wide range of television programmes, including travel documentaries and crime series such as Extreme Railways and Tarrant on TV. Known for his warmth, humour, and distinctive voice, he remains one of Britain’s most enduring and versatile broadcasting personalities. His latest project is the book, For the Love of Bears, where he writes about one of his greatest passions – bears. He regales us with tales of his expeditions to see bears in their stunning, natural habitats, from the Arctic Circle, to Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia.

Chris Tarrant is our guest in episode 506 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 .

Order Chris’s book For the Love of Bears, here - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Love-Bears-Chris-Tarrant/dp/1914227824 .

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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

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Carl Donnelly is an award-winning stand-up comedian who has twice been nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Awards. His TV appearances include shows like Mock the Week, Russell Howard’s Good News, Dave’s One Night Stand and Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled. Carl launched his comedy career in 2005 and quickly rose through the ranks—winning Laughing Horse New Act of the Year (2006), Chortle Best Newcomer (2007), and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year (2007). Over more than a decade, he’s performed eleven solo shows at Edinburgh and graced stages at major international festivals including Montreal’s Just for Laughs, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival and Kilkenny Cat Laughs. His new show, Another Round, comes to Edinburgh 2025 and continues throughout the year around the UK.

Carl Donnelly is our guest in episode 505 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 .

Buy tickets for Another Round at Edinburgh here - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/carl-donnelly-another-round .

For Carl’s tour dates, tickets, podcasts and more, visit - https://www.carldonnelly.info .

Follow Carl Donnelly on Instagram & Twitter/X: @CarlDonnelly .

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, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast.

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Sheli McCoy is better known as "Sabre" from Gladiators, the British TV endurance sports game show, which she first appeared on in 2024. She is recognised as one of the stand-out stars of the show, going on to be a guest speaker for the Dundee University giving their Annual Public Lecture in Entrepreneurship, appearing on the BBC One charity fundraising show Comic Relief, the television quiz shows The Weakest Link and on The Wheel as one of the celebrity experts. Sheli is a fitness industry entrepreneur, who co-owns SweatBox in Dundee, a gym and health facility that houses her sports clinic, gym facility and Olympic weightlifting club. She set three Scottish weightlifting records in 2023 and she’s worked as a Personal trainer for over 13 years and has 10 years experience as a Crossfit Coach. Sheli also holds a Bachelors degree, an honours and a Masters from Robert Gordons university Aberdeen .

Sheli McCoy is our guest in episode 504 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 .

For Sheli’s online coaching, visit - https://www.shelimccoyfitness.com .

Follow Sheli McCoy on Instagram: @sheli_mccoyofficial .

Follow Sabre on Instagram: @sabrethegladiator .

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, get all episodes ad-free and a bonus episode every Wednesday of "My Time Capsule The Debrief', please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast.

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