Mark Steel's in Town

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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.

  1. 29 JUIL.

    Coleraine

    Mark Steel's In Town - Coleraine "...Coleraine is a big town and is ready for City status..." This week Mark visits the town of Coleraine in Northern Ireland. This is the 13th series of Mark's award-winning show where he 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 a local audience. As well as Coleraine, in this series Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Malvern, East Grinstead, Stoke-on-Trent, and Nether Edge in Sheffield. There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

    38 min

  2. 22 JUIL.

    Nether Edge

    Mark Steel's In Town - Nether Edge “...a place where all the baristas know your name..." This week, Mark is in Nether Edge, a leafy suburb of Sheffield which wants to become a village. Here he samples the local honey, visits the local shops and cafes, a rum keg, the bowls club that once threw out Ronnie Wood for inappropriate behaviour, and he talks to the passionate locals about a campaign by the council to make the area less leafy by cutting down half of the trees. This is the 13th series of Mark's award-winning show where he 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 a local audience. As well as Nether Edge, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Malvern, East Grinstead, Stoke-on-Trent and Coleraine in Northern Ireland. There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

    34 min

  3. 15 JUIL.

    Stoke-on-Trent

    Mark Steel's in Town - Stoke-on-Trent This week, Mark is visiting the town of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire. This is the 13th series of Mark's award-winning show where he 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 a local audience. As well as Stoke-on-Trent, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Malvern, East Grinstead, Coleraine in Northern Ireland and Nether Edge in Sheffield. There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC Sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

    40 min

  4. 8 JUIL.

    East Grinstead

    This week Mark visits the West Sussex town of East Grinstead. This is the 13th series of Mark's award-winning show where he 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 a local audience. As well as East Grinstead, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Malvern, Stoke-on-Trent, Coleraine in Northern Ireland and Nether Edge in Sheffield. There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

    35 min

  5. 1 JUIL.

    Malvern

    Mark Steel's In Town - Malvern “...if ever after I'm dead you hear someone whistling this tune on the Malvern Hills, don't be alarmed, it's only me" - Edward Elgar. This week Mark visits the Malvern hills in Worcestershire. This is the 13th series of Mark's award-winning show where he 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 a local audience. As well as Malvern, in this series Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Stoke-on-Trent, East Grinstead, Coleraine in Northern Ireland and Nether Edge in Sheffield. There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

    40 min

  6. 24 JUIN

    Margate

    Mark Steel's In Town - Margate “...a nice spot not vulgarised by crowds of literary people...” Oscar Wilde In this first episode Mark visits the lovely seaside town of Margate in the Thanet district of Kent. A magical place where T.S Eliot wrote a verse of The Wasteland, J.M.W Turner painted views of the Harbour, Tracy Emin spent her formative years and Pete Doherty has his name on a wall of fame in a cafe for eating a "mega breakfast" in under 20 minutes. Mark visits Dreamland and its 100 year old rollercoaster, the famous Crab Museum and the historic Walpole Hotel before perfoming his show in the Cliff Bar and snooker hall under the iconic Lido Tower. This is the 13th series of Mark's award winning show where he 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 a local audience. As well as Margate, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Stoke on Trent, Malvern, East Grinstead and Coleraine in Northern Ireland. There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper A BBC Studios Audio production for Radio 4

    41 min

  7. 30/09/2022

    Paris (English and French)

    Mark Steel's In Town - Paris Mark Steel is back with the 12th 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 a local audience. In this final episode Mark visits Paris. Yeah, that Paris. The one in France. Where he performs on a boat on the river Seine. In this special extended edition of the programme Mark performs the show in English and then in French, for a French-speaking audience. The English version is first and the French version starts at 35 minutes. In this series, Mark also popped to Nottingham, Tring, The Isles of Scilly, Salisbury, and Newport. And for the first time, there will be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Sarah Sharpe Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper Producer Richard Morris With special thanks to Mark's French teacher Fatima Belaouzi A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4

    1 h 4 min

  8. 27/09/2022

    Paris

    Mark Steel's In Town - Paris Mark Steel is back with the 12th 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 a local audience. In this final episode Mark visits Paris. Yeah, that Paris. The one in France. Where he performs on a boat on the river Seine. In this series, Mark also popped to the Nottingham, Tring, The Isles of Scilly, Salisbury, and Newport. And for the first time, there will be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds. Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional material by Pete Sinclair Production co-ordinator Sarah Sharpe Production co-ordinator Katie Baum Sound Manager Jerry Peal Producer Carl Cooper Producer Richard Morris With special thanks to Mark's French teacher Fatima Belaouzi A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4

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

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  • Création
    BBC Radio 4
  • Années d’activité
    2021 - 2024
  • Épisodes
    74
  • Classification
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