Ep. 497 - Miranda Raison

Miranda Raison is perhaps best known as Jo Portman in BBC’s Spooks. Miranda has most recently been seen leading Britbox’s hit show Sister Boniface Mysteries which she returns for series 4 in 2025. Next up she is leading David Hare’s new play Grace Pervades as Ellen opposite Ralph Fiennes at the Theatre Royal Bath in June 2025. Grace Pervades tells the extraordinary story of Henry Irving and Ellen Terry, the greatest stars of the Victorian stage. Miranda has an extensive theatre CV having played the title role in Anne Boleyn at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre to great critical acclaim as well as Hermione in The Winter’s Tale opposite Kenneth Branagh and Dame Judi Dench at the Garrick Theatre. Further credits include Strangers on a Train at the Gielgund, The River at the Royal Court and The Physicists at The Bush Theatre. Other noteworthy film and television credits include HBO’s Warrior as series regular Nellie, Netflix/Studio Canals’ Spotless, Sky 1’s Safe Space with Clive Davies Fox’s, 24: Live Another Day opposite Yvonne Strahovski and Kiefer Sutherland, Netflix’ Vexed opposite Lucy Punch and Toby Stephens, BBC’s Silk opposite Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones, Murder on the Orient Express with Judi Dench and Johnny Depp, Breathe and My Week with Marilyn opposite Eddie Redmayne and Emma Watson .Miranda Raison is our guest in episode 497 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 .Buy tickets for Grace Pervades with Miranda and Ralph Fiennes at the Theatre Royal Bath - https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/events/grace-pervades .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 .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.