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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