Ep. 471 - Ruth Bratt

Ruth Bratt became a permanent member of the world famous Comedy Store Players in 2024, the first new permanent member for nearly 30 years. She played the recurring character of Roche in the comedy show People Just Do Nothing. Ruth is a founder member of Showstopper: The Improvised Musical. The show had its own series for Radio 4 and can be seen live in the West End and touring the UK throughout 2025. Ruth was a regular in Touch Me I’m Karen Taylor on BBC3 as Well as Rob Brydon’s Annually Retentive for BBC3. She was in Ricky Gervais’ Derek and Vic Reeves on The Ministry of Curious Stuff. Ruth voiced several characters in both series of the BBC comedy Mongrels. She also plays Marion in Sarah Millican’s hit series for BBC Radio 4, Sarah Millican’s Support Group.

Ruth Bratt is our guest in episode 471 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .

For tickets for Showstopper: The Improvised Musical, visit - https://showstopperthemusical.com

For tickets for The London 50-hour Improvathon, visit - https://www.improvathon.co.uk

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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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