Ep. 533 - Edy Hurst
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Edy Hurst is a critically acclaimed and award winning stand-up comedian and musician who has appeared on BBC Radio 4, MTV UK, NextUp Comedy, and BBC Radio Manchester. Having been successful in numerous new act competitions in his early career, he has also made the finals of the 2021 Musical Comedy Awards and been nominated for North West Comedy Award for Best Alternative Act and Best Comedy Show at Buxton Fringe. Edy has previously toured the UK with his debut hour Hurst Schmurst and Edy Hurst’s Comedy Version of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of H.G. Wells’ Literary Version (Via Orson Welles’ Radio Version and Steven Spielberg’s Film Version) of The War of the Worlds and his podcast Edy Hurst’s Podcast Version of… The War of the Worlds has been at the top of sci-fi podcast charts across the world. Edy is also the co-creator of Cultural Comedy Tours, which sees stand-up comedians perform tours across museums, galleries and heritage sites .
Edy Hurst is our guest in episode 533 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 .
Tickets for Edy’s tour are available here - https://www.edyhurst.co.uk/witches-on-tour .
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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .
Music by Pass The Peas Music .
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| 0:00.0 | On October 17th, Roof Man is in Cinemas, starring Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dutz. |
| 0:04.4 | I robbed 45 McDonald's, and I've been living in a toy store for six months. |
| 0:08.0 | Based on actual events. |
| 0:09.4 | He's a very smart individual. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm not a bad guy. I just made some bad choices. |
| 0:14.5 | Very entertaining. Four stars. Empire. |
| 0:17.5 | Roof Man, in Cinema, September 17th, cert 15. |
| 0:20.1 | Think of a nappy. |
| 0:21.9 | See-through, and perfect for keeping things fresh. |
| 0:24.8 | Now you're thinking, that's not a nappy, that's cling film. |
| 0:28.2 | If you think a nappy is cling film, then you must be a supermarket delivery substitute. |
| 0:33.4 | Akado has 99% order accuracy. |
| 0:36.6 | So when you think of a nappy, and order a nappy, you'll get a nappy. Akado has 99% order accuracy. So when you think of a nappy and order a nappy, you'll get a nappy. |
| 0:40.8 | Akado, life delivered. |
| 0:42.8 | 99% average order accuracy, Jan to April 2025. |
| 0:46.0 | Geographical restrictions apply, minimum spend plus charges apply, terms at akado.com. Hello and welcome. Hello and welcome again to my time capsule. My name's Mike Fenton-Stevens, |
| 1:07.8 | and my time caption is a podcast where people tell me five things from their |
| 1:11.2 | life they wish they had in a time capsule. Four things they cherish and one thing they'd like to |
| 1:16.8 | bury and forget. My guest in this episode is the comedian and musician Eddie Hurst. Now, Eddie is a critically |
| 1:24.2 | acclaimed Manchester-based stand-up comedian and musician who's appeared on BBC Radio 4, MTV UK, Next Up Comedy and BBC Radio Manchester. |
| 1:34.0 | Having been successful in numerous new act competitions in his early career, |
| 1:38.4 | he also made the finals of the 2021 Musical Comedy Awards. |
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