Ep. 348 - Finlay Christie

At 19, stand-up Finlay Christie became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious So You Think You’re Funny competition, following in the footsteps of Peter Kay, Lee Mack and Sarah Millican. 3 years later, his debut Edinburgh show “OK Zoomer” was nominated for NextUp’s “Best Show” award. His YouTube channel, featuring sketches and stand-up clips has over 400k subscribers and 120m views. He has appeared on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, The Stand-Up Sketch Show on ITV2, The BBC New Comedy Awards, Get Off My Phone! on Dave and Jokes Only An AI Can Tell on Channel 4. As an actor, he's been in The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff with Stephen Fry and David Mitchell, The Go-Betweenies on Radio 4 with David Tennant, and Waybuloo on CBeebies.

Finlay Christie is guest number 348 on 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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Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by matthewboxall.com .

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