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Mark Steel"s in Town

Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK, meets the locals, and creates a stand up show for them - and us - about the town.

comedy stand-up

All Episodes

28:01

Walthamstow, London.

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/12/10

Walthamstow has got plenty going for it - "it has the requisite villagey middle-class bit, but with a proper gor-blimey guv'nor East End heart", says one newspaper article and Mark finds a town mid-gentrification. The dog track has gone, the famously long market remains but there is also a Viking Shop and an extraordinary showroom and workshop with a vast range of neon light fittings called God's Own Junkyard. There is a museum dedicated to the designer William Morris who used to live there and

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28:43

Blyth, Northumberland

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/12/01

The famous Blyth Staithes (created for off-loading coal into ships) were the backdrop for one of the grimmest scenes in the Michael Caine classic Get Carter - the smoggy industrial view at the time described by the director as an "absolute vision of hell". Undaunted, comedian Mark Steel travels to this part of Northumberland and finds a fascinating industrial legacy, a posh pub, a very nice beach and prominent indications of its role in the first and second World Wars. Does a town blighted by so

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30:34

Mark Steel's Online

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with a short series of shows recorded during the coronavirus pandemic.Following two COVID-friendly live outdoor episodes Mark is back for a special, one-off show performed to a remote, virtual audience where he'll be talking about some of the places he has visited over the course of 10 series of Mark Steel’s in Town. He’ll explore what’s happened since his visits and tell us about some of the things that never made it in to the broadcast shows.Written and performed by

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30:31

Stratford-upon-Avon

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with a short series of shows recorded outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic.The bubonic plague didn't stop Shakespeare from working so for this second outdoor show, Mark performs on a tree stump in The Dell Gardens, Stratford-upon-Avon in front of a small but lovely local crowd. In between being interrupted by geese, Mark asks the people gathered on the grass in the RSC's outdoor performance area on the banks of the River Avon, just by the church where Shakespeare is

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30:44

Brighton

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with a short series of shows recorded outdoors during the coronavirus pandemic. For the first ever outdoor Mark Steel's In Town episode, and Radio 4 Comedy's first ever COVID-friendly audience show, what better place to start than on Brighton beach? Famous for its pavilion, piers and progressive nature as well as for being the playground of George, Prince Regent, Brighton welcomes Mark where he performs on the pebbles, accompanied by the sound of the waves, with a busy

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30:11

Malta

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Comedian Mark Steel visits the island of Malta and performs a bespoke stand-up show for the local audience.

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29:59

The Forest of Dean

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with the ninth series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.In this episode Mark visits the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire... and he manages to get out alive. Written and performed by Mark SteelAdditional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator, Hayley

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29:58

Aberystwyth

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

"Croeso i Mark Steel’s in Town, Sy’n dod wythnos yma o Aberystwyth" Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with the ninth series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.In this episode Mark visits Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales. He visits the National Library of Wales in search of books, which is a harder task

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29:58

Carlisle

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with the ninth series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.In this episode Mark visits Carlisle on the Scottish border and discovers why the whole place stinks of biscuits. He also comes across a cursing stone. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by

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29:58

King's Lynn

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with the ninth series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.In this episode Mark visits King's Lynn. King's Lynn has an apostrophe. And a river. And a traffic island full of rabbits. Mark has a delightful trip on a ferry.And the Queen often visits the town on her way to

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30:35

Hastings

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with the ninth series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents. In the first episode Mark visits Hastings.Hastings is mainly known for its famous battle, but they don't like to go on about that. Apart from over seventy businesses with 1066 in the title, you hardly see it

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30:19

Ventnor

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel visits Ventnor on the Isle of Wight.He's performing at the Winter Gardens, the venue of his first ever gig when he got up and told some jokes in a talent contest on a childhood holiday. Ventor has a microclimate, subsidence, and the residents claim that on some days they can see France reflected upside down in the sky. Mark concludes this series of travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.Written and performed by Mark Steel.Additional

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30:18

Hull

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel visits Hull. He has a wonderful time exploring the 2017 City of Culture exhibits as well as all the other normal stuff like the world's smallest window and white phone boxes. Mark talks to a man who painted himself blue and walked naked through the town as part of the Sea of Hull installation, samples the delights of Chip Spice and patties and gets to the bottom of why they call their aquarium a submarium. Mark Steele's award-winning series travels around the country visiting towns that

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30:24

Portishead

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark visits Portishead in Somerset. Portishead is near Bristol, but it definitely isn't Bristol. You can get to Bristol from there if you like, but it isn't that easy. It has a lovely Marina, a boating lake, a lido and peculiar stationers shop with too many rooms. It also has a plethora of groups and societies including a marvellous bunch of people who save toads and frogs from getting run over. Oh, and newts. Eddie Large and Johnny Briggs (Coronation Street's Mike Baldwin) are famous residents

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30:38

Inverness

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark visits Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland. Inverness is the 2nd happiest place in Britain, according to some polls, but Mark finds them to be a bit grumpy if the truth be known... some of them anyway... some of them are marvellous. He meets Sheena from the local taxi firm who tells a story about a fib she told to a tourist, and he meets Steve the Nessie Hunter, a man who has lived in a van on the shores of Loch Ness for 26 years. Mark Steele's award-winning series travels around the country

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30:12

Matlock and Matlock Bath

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark Steel visits the lovely Derbyshire towns of Matlock and Matlock Bath. Matlock Bath is a seaside town that is nowhere near the sea. Here, Mark visits the National Stone Centre, where there aren't any stones. And he has fish and chips in a chip shop, of which there are hundreds. He also takes a trip up the cable cars to The Heights of Abraham and he talks to a man who is the only human ever to enter the Bonsall World Championship Hen Races. Mark's award-winning series travels around the country

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30:16

Bedford

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Everyone's heard of Bedford but not many seem to know where it is or what goes on there? Mark Steel returns with the 8th series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents. In this first episode Mark discovers Bedford is a town full of surprises.It has the highest concentration of Italians in the country,

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42:38

Gibraltar

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

"I've done loads of these, but I've never done one where I couldn't get into my dressing room because of monkeys."In the last episode of the series, Mark visits the British overseas territory of Gibraltar where he performs in the spectacular setting of St Michael's Cave, inside The Rock. He explores Gibraltar's relationship with Spain, visits a British phone box, has some British fish and chips and encounters some not so British monkeys. Mark Steel's seventh series of the award winning show that

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29:34

Lynton and Lynmouth

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Don't mention the goats!Mark visits the lovely seaside towns of Lynton and Lynmouth in North Devon, lovely that is until he mentions the goats, then the rest of the show doesn't go entirely to plan. Mark Steel's seventh series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents. Written and performed by ... Mark

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29:57

Kingston-upon-Thames

Mark Steel"s in Town ·

2021/07/30

Mark visits The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames. He takes a trip on a river boat, rides the longest single truss escalator in the world and spends an evening in and the suburb of New Malden, home to the largest population of South Koreans outside Korea where he samples the delights of Kimchi and sings in a Noraebang. Mark Steel's seventh series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but

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