Limited Time Only

Limited Time Only

Limited Time Only is the podcast for anyone who feels there aren’t enough hours in their life. In each episode Esther Stanford & Susie Riddell (BBC Radio 4 ’The Archers’) bring to your ears a joyful a mix of chat, original comedy sketches & interviews with interesting people. A pick-me-up in podcast form.

Episodes

June 11, 2025 77 mins

Season 5, Episode 6

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So, back to episode 6 of this glorious season...

Our guest is Rebbecca Hemmings, a leading voice in cultural awareness, inclusion, and the power of language to create mea...

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Thank you to lovely LTO listener, Liz Stafford for this week's BRIEF topic suggestion of First World Problems!

There's a lot of huffing and puffing in the chat, with bloody good cause - these are serious issues, alright?!!!! Er, and they are also absolutely indicative that we are ageing at a rate of knots. Stomach knots. Let's get ourselves in perspective. And get it all out in a cathartic manner. Without getting stuck on any door ...

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FLASHBACK! (duh duh duh duh / making wibbly vertical lines with both hands / mysterious face)

Hope you joined in there... 

This ep was first released on May 2 2024 and we're re-releasing it - like a brilliant classic album - for a very special reason. Limited Time Only has been nominated for an actual AWARD! An International Women's Podcast Award in the category of COMEDY GOLD and it was clips from this episode that won us that nom...

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May 21, 2025 15 mins

BRIEF #5

It was only a matter of time before this epic story was shared on the podcast - with full consent from Susie's brother, Chris!

Strap yourselves in, people, you're about to jump out of a plane...

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Season 5, Episode 5

In numerology the number 5 represents freedom, change, and adventure. So it is entirely apt that this week we are chatting all things ART & CREATIVITY!

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Our guest is NADIA ATTURA, an award-winning artist k...

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May 7, 2025 18 mins

Sun's out, pin's out and moving about. This week, thanks to a suggestion from super listener Lucy Brown, we discuss RUNNING, or our lack of it. And perhaps inspire ourselves to do a bit more of that thing they call exercise. We'll see...

This brief episode also features Carol Vorderman, more aubergines, injuries, and misheard German philosophers. Enjoy!

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Season FIVE, Episode FOUR! Already!

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Our guest is PJ Ellis – BBC broadcaster, busines...

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April 23, 2025 14 mins

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Season FIVE, Episode THREE!

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April 9, 2025 19 mins

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Season FIVE, Episode TWO!

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With just under 16,000 downloads, we’ve...

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March 26, 2025 16 mins

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We're back for Season FIVE! (Just as the band, FIVE return - they timed it impeccably...)

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It's Chriiiiiistmaaaaas! Agaaaaaain! 

Every year Susie & Esther wonder how on earth it can be Christmas again. But it makes no difference - it just keeps happening!

The gals have been a bit quiet since the summer, working on other projects but they'll be back in 2025 with Season FIVE! And some LTO LIVE SHOWS! But for now, they offer you a Christmas gift of a mini episode. Featuring a chat, a sketch and even a song.

Esther &...

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We've reached the final episode of Season 4! Can you believe it?! But in THIS final, we're all winners. Susie & Esther discuss comedy - with a natter about what makes them laugh. And a few fart jokes. They may appear to be intelligent, mature and sophisticated (ahem) but they love a dollop of good old toilet humour. And rude words.

This ep's special guest is multi award winning British comedian and writer, DOM JOLY. Dom's rout...

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It's summertime! Or so we're led to believe. Susie & Esther swap summer tips, and also cover sunburn, tanning and why everything sounds better in the sun. They also cover their incredibly pale legs, arms and pretty much every other bit of their bodies to avoid blistering...

This week's special guest is actor, director, mentor, and award-winning motion capture legend, Neil Newbon. Starting out as a young actor, Neil was a membe...

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Soul Searching - As the great Bryan Adams once sang 'Search your heart, search your soul...' (a song featured in the greatest film of all time according to Susie) and this week, the gals are encouraging you to do the same. 

Their special guest is the fabulous LINDSAY MACK. Hailed as “one of the most important new voices in the world of modern spirituality and wellness,” Lindsay Mack is a queer, non-binary, neurodivergent intuitive...

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Games! A word that strikes fear into some, and absolute glee into others. This week Susie & Esther are discussing all things games and gaming. Board, card or ball - you name it, it might have been mentioned. Maybe put a bet on it (although we don't condone gambling...).   The gaming theme continues with this week's very special guest - director Kate Saxon.

Starting out as an actress, an unexpected job offer completely changed t...

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Episode 2 of this season is utterly brilliant - funny, moving and insightful featuring surprising stories & touching honesty, with a superb guest and a hilarious sketch. Strong recommend... Well, this ep is all about CHAMPIONING! Where better to start than with our own podcast?! But we don't just big up ourselves this week, we also asked you for your champions and got some beautiful responses.  

Today’s guest is journalist, be...

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LTO is back for Season 4! Everybody's Changing and Susie & Esther don't feel the same... At the end of the last season, they thought, we Can't Stop Now! If only they don't Bend & Break, with Perfect Symmetry, they could create Somewhere Only We Know for a very special first episode of the new season. Featuring Jesse Quin from the band, KEANE! Jesse is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer and the founder of Old Jet Arts...

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