Ep. 581 - Eleanor Morton - Award winning comedian who's written for The News Quiz, The Now Show, Hypothetical and The Beano.
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2026
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Eleanor Morton is a Scottish stand-up, writer and actor whose latest Edinburgh Fringe show, Haunted House, received rave reviews and won a Terrier Award. She is widely recognised for her online sketch characters, including Craig the Tourguide and documentarian Suzanne Primate, which have earned her a substantial following and fans such as Patton Oswalt, Michael McKean and Taika Waititi. For radio, Eleanor co-wrote and performed The Rest of Us for BBC Radio 4 alongside Esyllt Sears and Mary Flanigan, and has appeared in the live panel show 8 Out of 10 Celts. She has also written for BBC Radio Ulster’s Lunchtime With Michael Fry. Her other writing credits include The News Quiz, The Now Show, Newsjack, Hypothetical and The Beano. She has also been a panellist and writer on Radio Scotland’s Breaking The News, and has appeared across BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra. A regular on the UK live circuit, she has supported acts including Josie Long, Tony Law, Frankie Boyle, Stewart Francis and Lost Voice Guy. She has performed eight solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, including Lollipop (2014), nominated for Best Show at the Scottish Comedy Awards, and Great Title, Glamorous Photo (2018), both available on NextUp. She performs regularly at leading venues including The Stand and Monkey Barrel Comedy.
Eleanor Morton is our guest in episode 581 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 .
Tickets for Eleanor’s Edinburgh Fringe show, Eleanor Morton: The Mermaid, available here - https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/eleanor-morton-the-mermaid .
For Eleanor’s podcast, book and everything else, visit - https://eleanormortoncomedian.com .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to my time capsule. I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens. At my time capsule is the podcast where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time |
| 0:21.7 | capsule, four things they cherish and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. My guest in this |
| 0:27.8 | episode is the comedian and writer, Eleanor Morton. Ellen is a Scottish stand-up, writer and actor, |
| 0:35.0 | who started performing stand-up when she was 18 years old. |
| 0:38.9 | She's well known for her online sketch characters like Craig, the tour guide, and |
| 0:44.0 | documentarian Suzanne Primate, all of which are very funny and beautifully observed and acted. |
| 0:51.0 | Recently, she wrote and recorded a show for BBC Radio 4, The Rest of Us, about |
| 0:56.0 | overlooked figures in UK history. And you can hear her pilot show for Radio 4, Eleanor and |
| 1:01.7 | Pals, on BBC Sounds. She's part of an online sketch group, Borton Burke and Fry, with |
| 1:08.0 | Sean Burke and Michael Fry, and has recently written for BBC Radio Ulster's |
| 1:12.9 | lunchtime with Michael Fry, a magazine parody show, which he talks about in this episode. As well as |
| 1:19.3 | gigging all over the UK, Eleanor has provided tour support for Josie Long, Tony Law, Frankie Boyles, |
| 1:25.6 | Stuart Francis and Lost Voice Guy. She's written for the news quiz, The Boyle, Stuart Francis, and Lost Voice Guy. |
| 1:28.8 | She's written for the news quiz, The Now Show, News Jack, Hypothetical, and The Beano, among other projects. |
| 1:36.2 | She's also been a panelist and writer on Radio Scotland's Breaking the News. |
| 1:40.9 | Elena has performed eight shows at the Edinburgh Fringeinge at the stand and Monkey Barrel comedy clubs. |
| 1:46.9 | These shows include her 2014 show Lollipop, nominated for a Scottish Comedy Award for Best Show, |
| 1:53.1 | and Great Title Glamorous Photo in 2018, which can both be found on Next Up. |
| 1:59.9 | Her next show at the fringe is called Mermaid |
| 2:01.9 | and will be on at Monkey Barrel for most of August. |
| 2:05.2 | Ellen has also written a book, |
| 2:07.2 | Life Lessons from Historical Women, |
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