Ep. 457 - Duncan Preston
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2025
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Duncan Preston is best known for his appearances in Victoria Wood’s television productions, including his roles of Clifford in the soap opera parody sketches Acorn Antiques and Stan in the sitcom Dinnerladies. He reprised his role of Clifford in Acorn Antiques The Musical in 2005. Duncan has made many guest appearances in various TV series, including Secret Army, The Professionals, All Creatures Great and Small, Robin of Sherwood, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Press Gang, Chalk, Boon, Casualty, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Holby City, Peak Practice, Midsomer Murders, Dalziel and Pascoe and My Family. He was also a regular cast member in the sitcom Surgical Spirit and appeared as Dennis Stokes in Coronation Street in 2004. Duncan played Doug Potts in Emmerdale for a number of years and played Kevin's dad in Harry Enfield and Chums. A renowned Shakespearean actor, Duncan has performed in many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, including playing Angus in Trevor Nunn's version of Macbeth, starring Ian McKellen and Judi Dench .
Duncan Preston is our guest in episode 456 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to my time capsule. |
| 0:13.2 | I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens, and this is the podcast where people tell me five things from their life that they wish they had in a time capsule. |
| 0:20.7 | Four things they cherish, |
| 0:22.0 | and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. My guest in this episode is Duncan Preston. |
| 0:28.5 | Duncan is almost certainly best known for his appearances in most of the television productions |
| 0:33.2 | written and performed by Victoria Wood, including his roles of Clifford in the soap opera |
| 0:38.6 | parody sketches, Acorn Antiques, and Stan in the sitcom Dinner Ladies. He repressed his role |
| 0:45.3 | of Clifford in Acorn Antiques the musical in 2005. Duncan has made many guest appearances |
| 0:51.4 | in various TV series, including Secret Army, The Professionals, |
| 0:55.9 | All Creatures Great and Small, Robin of Sherwood, Bergerac, The New Statesman, Press Gang, Chalk, Boone, |
| 1:03.0 | Casualty, Heartbeat, Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Hulby City, Peak Practice, Mid-Summer |
| 1:09.0 | Murders, DeLeal and Pascoe and My Family. |
| 1:13.0 | He was also a regular cast member in the sitcom's Surgical Spirit and appeared as Dennis Stokes |
| 1:18.5 | in Coronation Street in 2004. Duncan also played Doug Pox in Emmerdale for a number of years |
| 1:25.4 | and played Kevin's dad in Harry Enfield and Chums. |
| 1:29.7 | Duncan is a renowned Shakespearean actor and has performed in many productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company, |
| 1:35.6 | including playing Angus in Trevor Nunn's version of Macbeth, starring Ian McKellen and Judy Dench. |
| 1:42.2 | He was awarded an honorary doctor of letters degree by the University of Bradford on the 4th of December 2002 for his contributions as an actor, which, as you've heard, are many. |
| 1:53.8 | So here is my conversation with one of the greats of British television comedy. |
| 1:58.0 | I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. |
| 2:00.1 | Here's Duncan Preston. |
| 2:05.0 | Hello. There you are. |
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