Margaret Cabourn-Smith

Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Margaret Cabourn-Smith
Born	1975 (age 48–49); Richmond upon Thames, England
Occupation	Actress

Margaret Alice Cabourn-Smith (born 1975) is an English comedy actress and podcaster with appearances on Catastrophe, The IT Crowd, Psychoville, Peep Show, Fresh Meat, Motherland, Daddy Issues and Cheaters.

Her TV work includes playing regular characters on Miranda, Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, Lab Rats, In and Out of The Kitchen and Father Figure.

She played Crimson in Disney Channel's The Evermoor Chronicles.^[1]

Her radio work includes many of The Penny Dreadfuls' plays, John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme.^[2] The Now Show, Sarah Millican's Support Group, The Maltby Collection,^[3]^[4] Bigipedia, Newsjack, Dilemma, Another Case of Milton Jones, Life in London, The Headset Set and 1966 and All That. She was also one of the team captains on the comedy podcast Do The Right Thing.

Stage work includes Di & Viv & Rose at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, Spike (Watermill Theatre and national tour), Angus, Thongs & Even More Snogging (West Yorkshire Playhouse 2012) and Gutted (Assembly Rooms, 2010)

She writes for online magazine Standard Issue. She is married to comedy writer and actor Dan Tetsell.

In July 2021, she appeared as Leyla in BBC Radio 4's The Archers.^[5]

Crushed Podcast[edit]

Her podcast Crushed by Margaret Cabourn-Smith, where she interviews funny people such as Sue Perkins, Dolly Alderton, Rosie Jones, Nish Kumar, Elizabeth Day, and Sarah Millican about unrequited love started in 2022 and has had over a million downloads.

It was listed in the Guardian as one of the best podcasts of all time.^[6]

Shortlisted for the Health & Wellness award in Independent Podcast awards 2023
Shortlisted for best comedy podcast in the PodBible awards 2023
Interviewed Caitlin Moran and Sali Hughes at the London Podcast Festival 2023
Crossed over with Guilty Feminist^[7]
Podcast of the week in the Sunday Times^[8]
Interviewed by Emma Firth for The Independent^[9]

Selected filmography[edit]

Daddy Issues (2024)
Cheaters (2024)
EastEnders (2023)
Trying (2022)
Buffering (2021)
The Hustle (2019)
The Evermoor Chronicles (2014–2017)
Holby City (2017)
Bucket (2017)
Morgana Robinson's The Agency (2016)
Motherland (2016 - 2021)
Lolly Adefope's Christmas (2015)
Catastrophe (2015)
In and Out of the Kitchen (2015)
Miranda (2009–2014)
The IT Crowd (2010–2013)
Father Figure (2013)
Fresh Meat (2012)
The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff (2012)
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2010)
Mongrels (2010)
A Very British Cult (2009)
Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (2007–2009)
Psychoville (2009)
Things Talk (2009)
LifeSpam: My Child is French (2009)
Lab Rats (2008)
Peep Show (2008)
Comedy Cuts (2007)
Open Casket (2004)

References[edit]

^ Agents website
^ "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 2, Episode 4".
^ http://www.arleyhallandgardens.com/new-mystery-adventure-series-evermoor-set-make-uk-debut/ ^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "The IT Crowd Cast - TV.com". Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ "BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 29/07/2021". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "'Like nothing else you'll ever hear': the 20 best podcasts ever". The Guardian. 7 July 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ Wilby, Rosie (3 February 2023). "Margaret Cabourn-Smith from Crushed: "I find it genuinely therapeutic"". POD BIBLE. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ Davies, Ashley (7 June 2024). "Podcast of the week — Crushed". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ Firth, Emma (1 August 2022). "The Summer I Turned Pretty: Why am I obsessing over old crushes?". The Independent. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

External links[edit]

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[1] Agents website

[2] "BBC Radio 4 - John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme, Series 2, Episode 4".

[3] ttp://www.arleyhallandgardens.com/new-mystery-adventure-series-evermoor-set-make-uk-debut/ ^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "The IT Crowd Cast - TV.com". Archived from the original on 2 August 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2015.

[5] "BBC Radio 4 - The Archers, 29/07/2021". BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[6] "'Like nothing else you'll ever hear': the 20 best podcasts ever". The Guardian. 7 July 2023. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[7] Wilby, Rosie (3 February 2023). "Margaret Cabourn-Smith from Crushed: "I find it genuinely therapeutic"". POD BIBLE. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[8] Davies, Ashley (7 June 2024). "Podcast of the week — Crushed". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[9] Firth, Emma (1 August 2022). "The Summer I Turned Pretty: Why am I obsessing over old crushes?". The Independent. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

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