British Comedy Guide

Marc Silk

  • Actor and crew member

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Corpse Talk - Halloween Special

The Corpse Talk Halloween special takes place in the graveyard studio where host Adam is joined by Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein; Bram Stoker, author of Dracula; and finally, the discoverer of King Tutankhamun's tomb, Howard Carter. Through Adam's chat-show banter, we discover how Frankenstein was created on a rainy holiday, Bram is introduced to gaming and how many underpants Tutankhamun needed in his afterlife. We'll also find out which is the scariest story and which of the guests...or host...is the most scared!

Corpse Talk - Josephine Baker: Dancer, Singer, Actor... SPY!

Josephine Baker: an iconic dancer, singer, and actor who shot to fame after moving to Paris and starring in France's first-ever all-Black musical. She owned a castle, adopted 12 kids, and even had a cheetah! And did we mention she was also a spy?

Corpse Talk - The French Warlord Who Conquered England

William The Conqueror was a warlord who grew up in Normandy, France, and built his empire from scratch. Now, he's telling the story of how and why he conquered England in 1066 - and the breathtaking twists and turns that happened along the way to make it a perfect storm.

Corpse Talk - The Hotelier and Nurse Who Worked The Battlefield

Born in 1805 in Jamaica, Mary Seacole learned to become a "Doctress" from her mother who owned a hotel. She later used those skills on the battlefields of the Crimean War by both building a hotel and tending to the wounded. It was an extraordinary life!

Corpse Talk - Meet The Medieval Muslim Scientist Who Changed The World

Ibn Al Haytham's stopping by to talk about his life and times as a scientist and philosopher, back at the turn of the last millennium. Born in 965AD during the Islamic Golden Age, Al Haytham spent ten years under house arrest but made the most of his time, writing over 100 books and... Well, let's let him tell you.

Corpse Talk - Queen Elizabeth I's Soap Opera Life

Tonight we're talking to Elizabeth The First - Queen of England - who has a story straight out of a soap opera. Her mother was beheaded for not giving birth to a boy, she had to see off different attacks by her sister and cousin, and she even declared she was married to the whole of England. It's an unbelievable story!

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