Ep. 330 - Fiona Allen

Fiona Allen is probably best known as a member of Smack the Pony, the Emmy winning sketch show alongside Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips. All three series were nominated for a BAFTA. Her other comedy appearances include in Goodness Gracious Me, the sitcom Happiness alongside Paul Whitehouse, Mock the Week and she was Sandra in the film version of the Viz comic strip The Fat Slags. She has also appeared in many television dramas including Dalziel and Pascoe, Coronation Street, Skins, Waterloo Road and as Michaela Turnbull in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. In 2022, Fiona returned to performing live stand-up comedy and has this year, taken her first solo show, On the Run, to the Edinburgh festival and is currently on tour. Tickets available here! .Fiona Allen is guest number 330 on 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 .For tour tickets, visit - fionaallencomedy.com .Follow Fiona Allen on Twitter @fionaallentweet .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and 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 .To support this podcast and get all episodes ad-free, please sign up here - https://mytimecapsule.supercast.com. All money goes straight into the making of the podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.