Rob Rouse is a comedian and actor best known for playing Bottom, in Ben Elton’s comedy series Upstart Crow, about the life of William Shakespeare, alongside David Mitchell, Harry Enfield, Mark Heap and Liza Tarbuck. Rob won Channel Four's prestigious 'So You Think You're Funny’ competition at the Edinburgh Festival in 1998 and has been a regular performer at major venues across the country and on TV, ever since. He has appeared in Grownups, The Law of the Playground, Coronation Street, The Wright Stuff, Guilty Pleasures, the film Penelope, The Friday Night Project which later became the Sunday Night Project, the Channel 4 sketch show Spoons, Tunnel of Love, The Bunk Bed Boys, The Pilot Show, 8 out of 10 Cats, Bognor or Bust, he played the title role in the series The Former Ambassador Robert Thornton for Paramount and was in the ITV show Mad Mad World. Rob Rouse is guest number 235 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 .Listen to Rob’s podcastsThe Unlikely Weightlifters Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1647984434 .Rob and Helen's Date Night: https://podfollow.com/1057253691 .Follow Rob Rouse on Twitter: @robrouse .Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .Music by Pass The Peas Music .Artwork by matthewboxall.com .This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.