Ep. 460 - Danny Peacock
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Danny Peacock is probably best know for playing Mental Mickey in Only Fools and Horses. Danny is the son of late actor Trevor Peacock (who played Jim “no no no yes” Trott in The Vicar of Dibley). Danny was also in The Young Ones, Robin of Sherwood, The Bill, Doctor Who as Nord the Vandal in the serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, Casualty and One Foot in the Grave. His film appearances include Porridge, Quadrophenia, Gandhi, Bull in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, with Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman and Christian Slater, and Carry On Columbus with Rik Mayal and Julian Clary. He also played young Jacques Clouseau in Trail of the Pink Panther and he appeared in The Jewel of the Nile as the special effects maestro. He was one of the regular cast in Valentine Park for ATV Network starring Ken Jones, David Thewlis and Liz Smith and wrote Men of the World starring John Simm and David Threlfall, Cavegirl, Harry and Cosh, and Mud. since around 2019, Danny has been working as a lifestyles co-ordinator at Hastings Court Care Home in East Sussex, resulting in a nomination for a National Care Award in 2022.
Danny Peacock is our guest in episode 460 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. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens, and my time capsule is a podcast where people tell me five things from their life that they wish they had in a time capsule. |
| 0:20.9 | They pick four things they cherish, and one thing they'd like to bury and forget. |
| 0:25.3 | And that's it. |
| 0:26.4 | My guest in this episode is Danny Peacock. |
| 0:29.7 | Danny is incredibly recognisable from many roles he's played over the years. |
| 0:34.4 | Having started as a blue coat at Pontine's holiday camp, |
| 0:37.3 | he went on to appear as |
| 0:38.4 | mental Mickey in Only Fools and Horses, was in the Young Ones, Robin of Sherwood, The Bill, |
| 0:43.8 | Doctor Who, casualty, and one foot in the grave, to name but a few. His film appearances include |
| 0:50.1 | Bloody Kids, The Supergrass, Riding High, Porridge, Quadrophenia, Gandy, I Bought a Vampire |
| 0:56.3 | Motorcycle, Party Party, Whoops Apocalypse, and he was bull in Robin Hood Prince of |
| 1:02.2 | Thieves with, of course, Kevin Cosner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman and Christian Slater. |
| 1:07.7 | And he was also in Carry on Columbus with Rick Mill and Julian Clary. He played young |
| 1:12.5 | Jacques Clousseau in Trail of the Pink Panther, and he appeared in the duel of the Nile, as the |
| 1:18.1 | special effects maestro. It was one of the regular cast in Valentine Park for ATV Network, |
| 1:24.0 | starring Ken Jones, David Fulis and Liz Smith, and wrote Men of the World, starring |
| 1:28.4 | John Sim and David Threlful, Cave Girl, Harry and Cosh, and Mud. Danny is the son of the late |
| 1:35.1 | actor and composer Trevor Peacock, who played Jim Trott in The Vicar of Dibbley. And since around |
| 1:40.8 | 2019, Danny has been working as a lifestyle coordinator at Hastings Court |
| 1:45.9 | Care Home in East Sussex, resulting in a nomination for a National Care Award in 2022. |
| 1:52.3 | Danny and I see each other every now and again at only fools and horses conventions, |
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