Ep. 116 - John O’Farrell

My Time Capsule

Cast Off Productions

Comedy, Lee Mack, Interview, Comedy Interviews, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Rob Brydon, Caroline Quentin, Mike Fenton Stevens, David Mitchell, Michael Fenton Stevens, Arabella Weir, Stephen Fry, Ross Noble

4.8 • 817 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

John O’Farrell is an author and comedy script writer. He was a writer for such shows as Spitting Image, Grumpy Old Men and Have I Got News For You. He co-wrote the Aardman animation film Early Man with Nick Park and wrote for the film Chicken Run. He wrote the book for the Broadway musical Something Rotten which was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including a “Best Book” nomination for John. He’s written numerous books including Things Can Only Get Better, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and The Man Who Forgot His Wife and has sold over 1 Million books in the UK alone. John O’Farrell is guest number 116 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 .

Listen to John's podcast with Angela Barnes: We Are History - https://play.acast.com/s/wearehistory

Follow John O’Farrell on Twitter: @mrjohnofarrell .

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

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by Matthew Boxall .

Social media support by Harriet Stevens .

This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.

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1:14.6	Hello and welcome to my time capsule.
1:32.3	My name is Mike Fenton-Stevens, and I'm the host of this podcast, in which I asked my guests to tell me the five things from their life that they would like to preserve in a time capsule.
1:43.3	They choose four things that they cherish and one that they want to get rid of from their life that they would like to preserve in a time capsule. They choose four
1:44.7	things that they cherish and one that they want to get rid of from their life, something they want
1:49.3	to bury in the ground and never have to think about again. My guest in this episode is the writer
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