Mark Steel's in Town Podcast
Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK, meets the locals, and creates a stand up show for them - and us - about the town.
Episodes to download
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Whitehaven—Series 4
Wed 28 Nov 2012
1/6 Surrealist pirates, rum butter's odd origins and what links rugby and nuclear power?
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Wigan—Series 3
Tue 10 Jan 2012
6/6 Mark performs in Wigan, talking about pie-eating and the radicalism of George Formby.
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Bungay—Series 3
Tue 3 Jan 2012
5/6 Comedian Mark Steel visits Bungay in Suffolk to find out what makes this town distinctive.
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Douglas—Series 3
Tue 27 Dec 2011
4/6 Mark Steel visits Douglas on the Isle of Man to talk space travel and fairy bridges.
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Basingstoke—Series 3
Tue 20 Dec 2011
3/6 Mark Steel visits Basingstoke to talk roundabouts and a shopping centre record.
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Holyhead—Series 3
Tue 13 Dec 2011
2/6 Mark visits Holyhead in Anglesey to talk ferries, foot nibbling, and Kate and Wills.
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Berwick-Upon-Tweed—Series 3
Tue 6 Dec 2011
1/6 Mark Steel visits the Northumberland town to find out what makes it distinctive
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Gateshead—Series 2
Wed 5 May 2010
5/6 What makes Gateshead distinctive? The Angel of the North and Blaydon races for starters.
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Penzance—Series 2
Wed 28 Apr 2010
4/6 Remoteness, pilchards, Cornish pasties and civil war - what makes Penzance distinctive?
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Wilmslow—Series 2
Wed 14 Apr 2010
2/6 Mark Steel performs a show for the residents of Wilmslow in Cheshire.
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Dartford—Series 2
Wed 7 Apr 2010
1/6 Mark Steel performs a show for the residents of Dartford in Kent.
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Portland—Series 1
Wed 22 Apr 2009
6/6 Stand-up from the Isle of Portland, Dorset: what makes the island so distinctive.
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Merthyr Tydfil—Series 1
Wed 15 Apr 2009
5/6 Stand-up comedy from the Myfanwy Theatre in Merthyr Tydfil.
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Walsall—Series 1
Wed 8 Apr 2009
4/6 Mark celebrates Walsall and why it has nothing to do with Birmingham.
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Lewes—Series 1
Wed 1 Apr 2009
3/6 Comedian Mark Steel celebrates the East Sussex town's fires, pub fights and stroppiness.
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Skipton—Series 1
Wed 18 Mar 2009
1/6 Mark Steel visits the Yorkshire town of Skipton and performs for the locals.
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Welcome to Mark Steel鈥檚 In Town!
Wed 11 Mar 2009
Welcome to Mark Steel鈥檚 In Town, Radio 4鈥檚 comedy road trip across the UK.
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