Ep. 317 - Alasdair Beckett-King
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Alasdair Beckett-King was a regular panellist on Mock the Week, most notably appearing in the show's final ever episode. He was named Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year 2017 and won the NATYs New Act of the Year in 2014. Alasdair’s debut solo show ‘The Alasdair Beckett-King Mysteries’ was a finalist in the Amused Moose Comedy Award 2017, made Dave's top 10 jokes of the fringe and went on to sell out at the Soho Theatre. A stand up comedian and animator, ABK has written and performed for BBC radio and for several indie video games. His stand up clip for 'BBC Scotland Short Stuff' went viral in 2017, with over 2 million views. A graduate of the London Film School, he won a student Royal Television Society award and was nominated for a Student Oscar in 2013. Alasdair’s social media profile grew significantly during Lockdown when he began creating online comedy shorts. The videos gained great traction with his ‘Every Single Scandinavian Crime Drama’ achieving over 2.5 Million views in less than a month.
Alasdair Beckett-King is guest number 317 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 .
Cab Calloway - St. James Infirmary Blues animation - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-6_EBw6T8
For Alasdair’s books, gigs and everything else, visit: abeckettking.com .
Follow Alasdair Beckett-King on Twitter: @MisterABK & Instagram: @itsmisterabk .
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.
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.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Now streaming on Apple TV Plus, Blitz, an Apple original film. |
| 0:04.1 | Please, Mom, don't set me away. |
| 0:06.0 | It's only until all this is over. |
| 0:08.0 | Steve McQueen's Blitz is a triumph. |
| 0:10.0 | Your son did not arrive at his destination. |
| 0:13.0 | You were meant to be looking after him. |
| 0:15.0 | Where's my boy? |
| 0:16.0 | Critics rave. |
| 0:17.0 | Sersher Ronan is superb. |
| 0:19.0 | I just want you go home. A monumental achievement in British cinema. |
| 0:23.1 | I'll do that when I sound my boy. |
| 0:24.8 | A masterpiece. |
| 0:26.3 | Blitz. |
| 0:26.9 | Now streaming on Apple TV Plus. |
| 0:28.9 | Subscription required. |
| 0:30.6 | Cross. |
| 0:31.5 | The new series only on Prime Video. |
| 0:34.8 | You're going to be part of a masterpiece. |
| 0:37.0 | Evil knows his name. |
| 0:39.3 | Detective Alex Cross. |
| 0:41.3 | Where he lives. |
| 0:43.3 | It was in my house. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Cast Off Productions, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Cast Off Productions and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.