Ep. 509 - Steve Blacknell
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Steve Blacknell dated Kate Bush and flew on Concorde with Phil Collins from London to Philadelphia during Live Aid—just two highlights from a life lived at full volume. A former BBC presenter and MTV VJ, Steve introduced New Order on Riverside, hosted Breakfast Time and Radio1’s In Concert, and interviewed everyone from Lemmy to David Cassidy (in a hotel jacuzzi). He got his start in hospital radio thanks to advice from John Peel, worked in PR for labels like Decca and Chrysalis, and did PR for Peter Stringfellow in the ’80s. Now CEO of the Central London School of TV and Media Training and host of Soho’s Waffle Club, Steve’s memoir Tales From The Bedroom Wall, charts his journey through fame, addiction, reinvention—and everything in between .
Steve Blacknell is our guest in episode 509 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 .
Steve Blacknell’s memoir, Tales From The Bedroom Wall: The Life & Times of a Serial Thrill Seeker, is out now, copies are available to buy from https://www.steveblacknell.com
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| 1:25.4 | Hello, and welcome to my time capsule, the podcast where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule, |
| 1:28.7 | four things that they cherish and one thing they'd like to forget. |
| 1:32.6 | I'm Mike Fenton Stevens, and my guest in this episode is Steve Blacknock. |
| 1:37.9 | Steve started in promotions and A&R working for the likes of ABC, Decker and Chrysalis, |
| 1:43.6 | promoting acts such as the Moody Blues, |
| 1:45.6 | Leo Sayer, Jeffro Tull and Steely Dan. In the 1980s, he joined Jive Records and signed a flock of |
| 1:52.1 | seagulls. And in 1982, he made their he leap into TV, hosting the BBC's pop slash fashion flagship show, |
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