David Earl is an actor and comedian famous for his brilliant comedy character, Brian Gittens, which he plays in several Ricky Gervais projects; Derek, Extras, the film Cemetery Junction and the world wide Netflix smash hit, After Life. David works regularly with his After Life co-star, Joe Wilkinson and together they co-wrote and starred in the sitcom Rovers and the comedy series The Cockfields. David co-wrote and starred in the Film 4 feature film Brian and Charles where, as Brian Gittens, he plays an isolated inventor who builds a robot. It was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film in 2023 and it won the Audience Favourite award at the Sundance Film Festival in 2022. David also co-hosts the daily podcast Chatabix with Joe Wilkinson which reached No.1 on the Apple podcast charts.

David Earl is guest number 270 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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