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My Time Capsule

Ep. 551 - Lisa Riley (Un-edited) - One of our favourite eps, now 30 minutes longer

My Time Capsule

Cast Off Productions

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

4.8842 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

An un-edited version of episode 142 with Lisa Riley, now 30 minutes longer!

This is one of our favourite and most emotional episodes with the actor Lisa Riley. Lisa Riley most recency appeared in I’m a Celeb but is best known for playing Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale, reaching the semi-final of the tenth series of Strictly Come Dancing and presenting You’ve Been Framed before Harry Hill.


Lisa Riley is our guest in episode 551 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 .


Follow Lisa Riley on Instagram: @lisajaneriley & Twitter/X: @Reallisariley .


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 .

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to my time capsule. My name's Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is the podcast

0:16.8

where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule.

0:21.8

They pick four things that they love and one thing they'd like to bury and forget.

0:26.4

And my guest in this episode, again, is the wonderful Lisa Riley.

0:30.9

In fact, this is an extended version of my conversation with the actor Lisa Riley,

0:35.1

who recently appeared in the latest I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of

0:38.4

Here, demonstrating on a daily basis why she's been so loved by much of the nation since she

0:43.7

first played Mandy Dingle in Emmerdale in 1995. This episode was first broadcast in 2021, but we've

0:51.8

listened back to it and have extended it. We've put back in some of the stuff

0:55.4

that we cut out. Heaven knows why. Anyway, in it, Lisa talks about her appearance on the 10th series

1:01.3

of Strictly Come Dancing, where she partnered the professional dancer Robin Windsor, who has since

1:07.2

sadly passed away. He's much missed by everyone who knew him,

1:11.7

but I'll let Lisa make it obvious why.

1:14.3

So for now, let's revel in the joy that is Lisa Riley.

1:21.9

Mike, your voice, honestly, I was listening to,

1:24.3

you have the most beautiful voice.

1:28.6

Oh, wow.

1:29.4

Honestly, you just like, I just, I call it like an audio hug.

1:34.5

I just want to audio hug you because it's just so, you make you feel at ease.

1:40.3

Oh, that's good.

1:41.2

That's exactly what we want, isn't it?

1:43.0

I think otherwise, if I just, every time I spoke, it made you jump. No, it's far from that. It's far from that. It literally just, it's, it's audio tranquility. I love it. Yeah. Oh, that's good. That's good. That's exactly where we want to be. Although, as you can see, I'm surrounded by, well, you may not be able to see, but I'm surrounded by camping gear.

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