Ep. 570 - Davina Bentley - One of The Telegraph’s “Five Young Sketch Comedians to Watch.”
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Davina Bentley is a comedy writer, performer and former lawyer, named by The Telegraph as one of its “Five Young Sketch Comedians to Watch.” Her sharp, satirical voice, often drawing on her legal background, has built a strong online following, with her parody sketches amassing over 1.6 million likes on TikTok. She has written for BBC Radio 4 shows including The Now Show, The News Quiz and Dead Ringers, and she wrote and performed in the acclaimed Radio 4 series P.O.V. As a stand-up, Davina has reached the finals of numerous competitions, and regularly performs in the top comedy clubs around the country.
Davina Bentley is our guest in episode 570 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 .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to my time capsule. I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is the podcast where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule. |
| 0:26.2 | They pick four things that they really love and one thing that they'd really like to forget, |
| 0:29.6 | something they want to bury in the ground and never think of again. |
| 0:33.0 | My guest in this episode is Davina Bentley. |
| 0:41.0 | Davina is a London-raised comedy writer and former lawyer who delves into the absurdities of modern life and pop culture. |
| 0:46.7 | Her on-stage persona showcases a biting wit and a refusal to tolerate foolishness. |
| 0:51.8 | Well done her, while mischifully using her legal background to craft sharp material. |
| 0:57.4 | Davina's online sketch content posted on TikTok and Instagram has carved out a niche, |
| 1:00.5 | parodying history shows and podcasts like The Rest is History, |
| 1:04.5 | political podcasts such as the news agents and the rest is politics, |
| 1:09.7 | and equally hard-hitting political parodies of Emily in Paris and Made in Chelsea. |
| 1:13.4 | Davina's sketches have accumulated 1.6 million likes on TikTok, well, probably more than that by now, with content featuring in days |
| 1:18.8 | and confused, and BBC Radio 1 and Radio 4. The Telegraph recently listed her in their |
| 1:25.1 | five young sketch comedians to watch, which she says shows what they class as young. |
| 1:31.1 | Davina's online content has led to writing credits on Radio 4 in shows like The Now Show, news quiz, dead ringers, and please use other door. |
| 1:39.9 | And she's acted in and written for Radio 4 extras, DMs are open. She's currently one of the cast |
| 1:46.3 | of Radio 4's new series POV, which she also writes for. As a stand-up, Davina has reached the |
| 1:52.9 | final of numerous competitions, and she regularly performs in clubs including Top Secret and Big |
| 1:58.8 | Belly. I loved recording this episode with Davina. I could have |
| 2:02.9 | chatted with her for hours and hoped to one day get the chance to do that. Until then, of course, |
| 2:08.5 | here is the fabulous Davina Bentley. Hello. Hello, Davina. How are you? I am well, thank you. How are you? Yeah. How are you? You good? I'm good. I apologise to the sort of, excuse me. I've sort of slipped a sort of disc in my neck. Oh, shit. In a sort of very, very sexy, young, very cool way. Yeah, I'm sure. Yeah. Because that's, you know, that's slipping a disc in your neck. But I've sort of given myself this sort of very, very sexy, young, very cool way. Mm, yeah, I'm sure. And, um, because that's, you know, that's slipping a disc in your neck. |
| 2:36.5 | But I've sort of given myself this sort of World War one sort of hot water bottle. |
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