Limited Time Only - Chat, Comedy & Interviews
An award-winning, joyful mix of chat, original comedy sketches & interviews with interesting people, produced & presented by Esther Stanford & Susie Riddell (BBC Radio 4 ’The Archers’). Limited Time Only is the podcast for anyone who feels there aren’t enough hours in their life. A pick-me-up in podcast form. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
Hope you're having a lovely summer, and enjoying our summer series of LTO Briefs!
In this episode we share just a few of the things that make us weird unique and in need of help deserving of national treasure status. Or the use of a toilet roll the correct way round on the holder at the very least.
If any of these confessions strike a chord with you, please let us know as it will help us sleep at night. We than...
It's the summer holidays, and boy, does Susie need one! She's had her son's 8th birthday party to contend with plus her daughter has just finished primary school. Forever! It's an emotional and exhausting time. Mainly exhausting. Good job there's still 5 weeks of holidays in which to entertain the little loves.... Send help.
And sending love and luck to all the children who are soon to be Year 7s. And to all the parents and care...
We're all about ICONS this week and what BEING ICONIC actually means. Susie makes a bid to be iconic with a new look - see the photos on Insta, and watch us on YouTube if you'd like to see! And we have a good old rummage around our icon lists. Who would be on yours?!
Our special guest is STARLING — pop singer, creative coach and one of the most genuinely empowering people we’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to. ST...
Life is bonkers at the mo so it's time for another Brief episode. It may be shorter but it's still rammed full of fun and this week, its also brimming with tuuuuunes! Strap in for a discussion about a singer who has the head of a horse - really; what we sing v the actual lyrics; the joys of singing Club Singer style (think Vic and Bob, and Shooting Stars and you're there).
Please do share this episode with anyone you think would...
Does speaking in an accent other than your own make you feel good? We say yes! And why do we find our own accents so dull? Susie realises that her natural BBC presenter voice has actually proved useless and she is far more successful speaking like Tracy Horrobin off of Radio 4's The Archers. And when she's having radio intercourse with famous actors. Listen to find out who... Esther's on the electrolytes again so brace yourselves! ...
Before we tell you about this week's show, we'd love you to check your diary... Are you free on Thursday 16th July for LTO Live in London?! For an evening of chat, comedy sketches, LTO themed cocktails, and a conversation with writer, actor and member of the Red School, Stephanie Farrell Moore? You are?! Fabulous! Tickets available here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/limitedtimeonly/2192881
Now for this week's extrav...
This week we've got another Brief for you and it's all about BEAUTY! Even though we both think we know nothing about it. So take what you will from this little ep. Hopefully, some laughter which is very good for you and therefore our own brand of beauty treatment!
PS if you've gone for a glass skin look, make sure you don't stand too close to Susie as you never know what she might do...
Don't forget to book your ticket for ou...
We're calling this episode Amanda & Alan. After Holden & Carr. One of the greatest double acts of the 21st century. We may have got carried away there. And Carry On often comes up for us too. Children of the 80s innit. Enjoy this week's Brief - it's a fun one!
Don't forget to book your ticket for our next LIVE SHOW! Thursday 16th July at The Hearth in London. Tickets are of course, limited! And available here: LTO Live!
<...I've got the power! (if you're a child of the 90s we bet you're now singing the song by Snap!)
This episode is all about empowerment. What being empowered feels like and what can help to achieve it.
Our guest is Tigz Rice - empowerment photographer, speaker, educator, and podcaster.
Tigz spent her childhood feeling that she was different to the other children in her year, and it wasn’t until she was an adult that she...
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In this, our eleventh episode of LTO Brief, Esther poses the question, 'This or That?' to Susie. Or is it 'Yes or no?'. You decide. And then Susie will decide this or that. Or yes or no. Goodness, it's confusing. But fun. And you'll learn about Himalayan Salt C...
‘When we get that feeling, we want self-healing’ or something like that.
This week we discuss how we look after ourselves. Or at least, how we try to. It doesn't always go to plan. But one thing's for sure, Susie can nap absolutely anywhere.
Today’s guest is Amy A. O’Day, founder of The Reconnected Self and creator of a method she calls Compassionate Self-Healing.
After spending decades living ...
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In this episode of LTO Brief, we natter about silly old smart phones. And how grateful we are that they didn't exist in the 90s. No one needs to see what we got up to.
We hope you enjoy this week's mini episode. See you next week for our next longer form ep.
Season Six, Episode One
Back once again for the renegade master LTO is back in the house and in your ears!!!
And today, we’re regressing - back to our childhood TV shows.
From Willo the Wisp to Dogtanian to Byker Grove we’ve chat about some of our top shows form the 80’s and 90’s and what a bad boy in leather jacket did for us.
Ooo errr missus!
And of course there are sketches…but these sketches&...
Hallo! We've missed you!
We'll be back for Season 6 very soon but in the meantime you can come and see us LIVE! We're doing a live recording of Limited Time Only as part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival on Sunday 12 October 2025 12-1pm. And our special guest is friend of the show, BEN WHITEHEAD - actor, comedian and the voice of Wallace in Wallace and Gromit! Tickets available here.
If you can't make it, ...
Season 5 : Episode 9
It's the last episode of the current season and what a season it's been! Thank you for being here with us. We'd love to see you at one of our LIVE SHOWS in the Autumn. Ooh exciting! Details of our live gigs are in our latest newsletter - SIGN UP to get it straight in your inbox. You can book tickets for our performance at the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival HERE!
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In this episode of LTO Brief, Esther invents a new word, and Susie relishes reprising her favourite role as quizmaster. But this time, the questions are impossible to get wrong. Esther is answering questions about...Esther.
We'd love to know your answers to the qs. ...
Season 5, Episode 8 is a dramatic one!
For exciting news and to suggest topics for us to chat about:
Now you've done that, we can carry on.
Name that soap theme tune...dum-tee-dum-tee-dum-tee-dum!
This week's guest LUCY SPEED plays talented farm manager, Stella Pryor in BBC Radio 4's THE ARCHERS - the world's longest running (and best - not biased at all here 😉) soap.
Lucy's career spans theatre, televisio...
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Esther loves lounging with a broadsheet on the weekend. Susie can't remember the last time she read a newspaper that wasn't left by someone else on the tube. So to make Susie feel better about her lack of lounging and perusal of long-form articles, Esther asks her 10 que...
Season 5, Episode 7 of the International Women's Podcast Award-winning Podcast - (how many times is it ok to say the word podcast in one sentence?! )
When Susie's banging on about signing up to our newsletter, just click here and she'll stop....
(You know she'll never stop, right?!)
Joyful episode 7 is a celebration of the theatre.
Our guest is LIZ WHITE, one of the UK’s most compelling and versatile actresses,...
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This week's Brief episode is a little different - rather than chatting about a topic suggested by a lovely listener, we're celebrating our success at the International Women's Podcast Awards (still can't quite believe it!) and telling you all about what happened when we ...
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