{"podcast":{"title":"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner?","slug":"guess-who-s-coming-to-dinner-7081721","podcast_index_feed_id":7081721,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/guess-whos-coming-to/","website_url":"https://guess-whos-coming-to.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/22bf3394-47e0-4044-a105-9ce7e637b377/SS1GZxYA66IYGMubr92vjaYJ.jpg","author":"Global","episode_count":71,"summary":"The Ultimate Fantasy Guest List podcast with Classic FM’s Tim Lihoreau. Each week, Tim welcomes a VIP guest to curate their dream dinner party, revealing a list of five fantasy invitees—living or dead, real or fictional, controversial or beloved. But there’s always a twist... will they accept Tim’s ‘gatecrasher’?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T00:18:14.127459+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guess-who-s-coming-to-dinner-7081721"},"episode":{"title":"David Essex","slug":"david-essex","published_at":"2026-04-07T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guess-who-s-coming-to-dinner-7081721/david-essex","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guess-who-s-coming-to-dinner-7081721","url":"https://guess-whos-coming-to.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e582976a-477c-49e8-861f-444959c2f934.mp3?aw_0_1st.showid=bab72084-facc-4299-9d96-a2d6bcb81634&aw_0_1st.episodeid=e582976a-477c-49e8-861f-444959c2f934","summary":"‘Hello, Jim. Nice to see you…. Ernesto, SIT DOWN!' LEGEND ALERT, LEGEND ALERT. Original Evita ‘Che’ and Rock On superstar, David Essex is in the studio this week. He has chosen 5 unique fantasy dinner guests and so Tim Lihoreau discusses who’s invited, who’s sitting where and the whys and wherefores of the fabulous line-up. Along the way, they talk Krays, the pros and cons of black polo necks and the most UNLIKLEY Che understudy ever. From the iconic to the unexpected — living or dead, real or fictional, beloved or controversial— who will receive an invite? And will David accept The Gatecrasher, chosen by Tim? You’ll have to listen to find out! Follow on Instagram: @classicfm @timlihoreau @guesswhoscomingtodinner_pod","meta_description":"‘Hello, Jim. Nice to see you…. Ernesto, SIT DOWN!' LEGEND ALERT, LEGEND ALERT. Original Evita ‘Che’ and Rock On superstar, David Essex is in the studio th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3187,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/guess-who-s-coming-to-dinner-7081721/episodes/david-essex/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/guess-who-s-coming-to-dinner-7081721/david-essex.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}