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NOTE: The MP3 files used by this podcast appear to be missing. They may have been removed permanently from their source location. Mark Steel's in Town is a stand-up comedy show on BBC Radio 4, co-written and performed by Mark Steel. The series, which was first broadcast on 18 March 2009, is recorded in various towns and cities in the United Kingdom and occasionally elsewhere. Each episode is tailored to the town in which it is recorded, and the show is performed in front of a local audience. ...
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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. Ye…
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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. Ye…
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Mark Steel's In Town - Newport 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 fifth episode Mark visits Newport…
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Mark Steel's In Town - Salisbury 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 fourth episode Mark visits Sali…
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Mark Steel's In Town - The Isles of Scilly 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 third episode Mark vi…
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Mark Steel's In Town - Tring 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 second episode Mark travels to Trin…
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Mark Steel's In Town - Nottingham "Ay up me duck" 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 first episode …
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There’s one thing you definitely can’t miss in Whitby and that’s the ruined abbey up on a cliff looking down on the town. It’s also hard to miss the jawbone of a blue whale set atop the opposite hill and the fact that Dracula was researched and written here by Bram Stoker. You’ll not go wanting if you are in search of a chip, either. Mark Steel man…
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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…
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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…
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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. …
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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 gees…
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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 b…
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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 Glouces…
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"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 …
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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 bord…
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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 …
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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 ma…
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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 th…
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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 patti…
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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…
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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 St…
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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 an…
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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 th…
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"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 Br…
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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…
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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 seri…
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"That was So Hebden Bridge" Mark visits the beautiful Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge, where he discovers how this former mill town and one time home of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath become the new age, multi cafe, hippie friendly, lesbian capital of Britain that it is today. Mark Steel's award winning show that travels around the country, researchin…
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Colchester - The oldest recorded town in Britain Mark Steel returns for a 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. "The oldest hot cross bun i…
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"Welcome to Stockport - Home of Stockport College" Mark Steel returns for a 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. In the first programme, M…
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"Alderney. So close, so different" For the final episode, Mark Steel visits Alderney in the Channel Islands. After a terrifying ride in a tiny yellow plane called Joey, Mark spends his first day on the island trying to buy new trousers (there is no causal connection between these two events). It's not the easiest place to buy trousers, he eventuall…
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"Keep an eye on Paisley..." Benjamin Disraeli Mark Steel visits the Renfrewshire town of Paisley that's definitely not in Glasgow. The largest town in Scotland, Paisley has a rich history; being at the centre of the weaving industry it gave its name to the famous Paisley pattern, as well as being the site of a landmark legal battle involving a snai…
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"Barnard Castle - The Hidden Gem" Mark Steel visits the County Durham town of Barnard Castle. A picturesque place - home to a castle, friendly locals and one of the most impressive and surprising museums on earth (really, it's ridiculous). In spite of all this, hardly anyone knows the town exists. Attempting to reach 'Barney' by public transport is…
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"Floreat Salopia - May Shrewsbury Flourish" Mark visits the Shropshire Town of Shrewsbury, birthplace of Charles Darwin and home to the oldest building in the world to house a McDonalds. Mark finds Shrewsbury to be a beautiful place with an identity crisis. Once in Wales, but now in England, Shrewsbury is a peaceful town with a bloody history. As o…
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'Melton Mowbray - Rural Capital of Food' Mark visits the Leicestershire Town where he discovers that as well as being the home of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie and Stilton Cheese, it's also coincidentally, been officially ranked the most obese area of Leicestershire. He looks at the history of fox hunting in the area, meets several eccentric local re…
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"Welcome to Fleetwood - Where Breastfeeding Is Always Welcome" Mark Steel returns with a sixth 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. In the first p…
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Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth 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 does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town…
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Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth 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 does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town…
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Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth 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 does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town…
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Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth 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 does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town…
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Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth 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 does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town…
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Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 for a fifth 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 does a bespoke evening of comedy in each one. As every high street slowly morphs into a replica of the next, Mark Steel's in Town…
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Mark Steel performs for the residents of Chipping Norton. During his visit to the market town in Oxfordshire, he uncovers the relationship between the Camerons, the Clarksons, and a town full of rebels. Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a bespoke stand-up show for the locals. Written by Mark Steel. Additional mater…
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Mark Steel performs for the residents of Corby. During his visit to Northamptonshire, he uncovers an unlikely town rivalry, the extraordinary story behind a baffling accent, and the truth behind the trouser press rumours... Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a bespoke stand-up show for the locals. Written by Mark St…
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Mark Steel performs for the residents of Ottery St Mary. During his visit to the town in Devon, he discusses Coleridge's embarrassing childhood, pixies, and what happens when you put five thousand people in a square with a lit tar barrel. Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a bespoke stand-up show for the locals. Wri…
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Mark Steel performs for the residents of Handsworth. During his visit to the town in Birmingham, he explores reggae and riots, white supremacist gardening, and how takeaway food affects the time space continuum. Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a bespoke stand-up show for the locals. Written by Mark Steel. Additio…
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Mark Steel performs for the residents of Tobermory. During his visit to the town on the Isle of Mull, he discusses kid's TV-rage, underwear odysseys, and supercilious sea eagles. Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a bespoke stand-up show for the locals. Written by Mark Steel. Additional material by Pete Sinclair. Pr…
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Mark Steel performs for the residents of Whitehaven. He discusses surrealist pirates, the dubious origins of rum butter, and the un-reassuring link between rugby and nuclear power. During his visit to the Cumbrian coastal town, he investigates the rich tapestry of remarkable events and people - everything from rivalries, slang and traditions to the…
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Mark Steel performs for the residents of Wigan. He's talking about entering pie-eating competitions, living under floorboards, and the radicalism of George Formby. During his visit to the Greater Manchester town, he investigates the rich tapestry of remarkable events and people. Series in which the comedian visits towns across the UK and creates a …
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