British Comedy Guide
Mark Steel
Mark Steel

Mark Steel

  • 64 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Mark Steel

Mark Steel is a 64-year-old English actor, writer and stand-up comedian.

Year Production Role
2025 Mark Steel: The Leopard In My House Coming Soon Self
2025 The News Quiz - Series 116 Coming Soon
  1. Special - Best Of 2024
Guest
2024 The News Quiz - Series 115
  1. E1 - Labour's Brat Summer
Guest
2024 Jon Holmes Says The C-Word
View episodes
Self
2024 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 13
View episodes
Writer
2024 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 13
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2024 The News Quiz - Series 113
  1. E10 - Episode Nine
Guest
2023 Southport Comedy Festival Self
2023 The News Quiz - Series 112
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2023 Room 101 - Series 1
  1. E4 - Mark Steel
Guest
2023 Unite - Series 2
View episodes
Writer (Additional Material)
2023 Unite - Series 2
View episodes
Tony
2023 Hay Festival Self
2023 Glasgow International Comedy Festival Self
2023 The Football's On - Series 10
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2022 The News Quiz - Series 110
  1. Special - Best Of 2022
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2022 QI - Series T
  1. E4 - Thrills & Spills
  2. Special - VG: Part I
  3. Special - VG: Part II
Guest
2022 Mock The Week - Series 21
  1. Special - The History Of... Part 1
Guest
2022 An Evening And A Little Bit Of A Morning With Mark Steel Self
2022 The Football's On - Series 9
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2022 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 12
View episodes
Writer
2022 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 12
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2022 Balham Comedy Festival Self
2022 The News Quiz - Series 108
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2022 The Football's On - Series 8
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. E11 - Episode Eleven
Guest
2021 The News Quiz - Series 107
  1. Special - Best Of 2021
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
  3. E10 - Episode Ten
Guest
2021 The Football's On - Series 7
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2021 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 11
View episodes
  1. E1 - Blyth
  2. E2 - Walthamstow
  3. E3 - Whitby
Writer
2021 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 11
View episodes
  1. E1 - Blyth
  2. E2 - Walthamstow
  3. E3 - Whitby
Host / Presenter
2021 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 11
View episodes
  1. E1 - Blyth
  2. E2 - Walthamstow
  3. E3 - Whitby
Writer
2021 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 11
View episodes
  1. E1 - Blyth
  2. E2 - Walthamstow
  3. E3 - Whitby
Host / Presenter
2021 Birmingham Comedy Festival Self
2021 The News Quiz - Series 106
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2021 Unite - Series 1
View episodes
Writer
2021 Unite - Series 1
View episodes
Tony
2021 The News Quiz - Series 104
  1. Special - Best Of 2020
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2020 Have I Got News For You - Series 60
  1. Special - Have I Got 2020 News For You
Guest
2020 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 10
View episodes
Writer
2020 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 10
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2020 The News Quiz - Series 103
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2020 Larmer Tree Festival Self
2020 The News Quiz - Series 102
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2020 Have I Got News For You - Series 59
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival Self
2020 Unite - Pilot Writer
2020 Unite - Pilot Tony
2020 The News Quiz - Series 101
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2019 The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 20
  1. Special - Being an Astronaut
Guest
2019 The News Quiz - Series 100
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2019 The News Quiz - Series 99
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2019 Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright Self
2019 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 9
View episodes
Writer
2019 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 9
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2018 Great Lives - Charlie Chaplin Self
2018 The News Quiz - Series 97
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2018 Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright Self
2018 Geoff Lloyd's Hometown Glory - Series 2
  1. E2 - Mark Steel
Guest
2018 BBC New Comedy Award - 2018
  1. E8 - Grand Final
Guest
2018 The News Quiz - Series 96
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2018 Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Going To Be Alright Self
2018 The News Quiz - Series 95
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2018 Roast Battle - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2017 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 8
View episodes
Writer
2017 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 8
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2017 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 19
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 The News Quiz - Series 94
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 Mark Steel: Every Little Thing's Gonna Be Alright Self
2017 The News Quiz - Series 93
  1. Special - Election Special
Guest
2017 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 18
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2017 Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am? Writer
2017 Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am? Host / Presenter
2017 The News Quiz - Series 92
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2016 Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am? Self
2016 Bob Monkhouse: The Last Stand Self
2016 The News Quiz - Series 91
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2016 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 7
View episodes
Writer
2016 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 7
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2016 Mark Steel's in Toon Self
2016 The News Quiz - Series 89
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2015 The News Quiz - Series 88
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2015 Free Gaza! Self
2015 Mark Steel: Who Do I Think I Am? Self
2015 The News Quiz - Series 87
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2015 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 6
View episodes
Writer
2015 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 6
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2015 The News Quiz - Series 86
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2014 The Football's On - Series 2
  1. E15 - Episode Fifteen
Guest
2014 The News Quiz - Series 85
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E9 - Episode Nine
Guest
2014 The Football's On - Series 1
  1. E11 - Episode Eleven
Guest
2014 7 Day Saturday - Series 6
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2014 The News Quiz - Series 83
  1. Special - Sport Relief special
Guest
2014 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 5
View episodes
Writer
2014 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 5
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2013 BBC New Comedy Award - 2013
  1. E10 - Semi Final 1
Guest
2013 Have I Got News For You - Series 46
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2013 7 Day Saturday - Series 5
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E9 - Episode Nine
Guest
2013 Heresy - Series 9
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2013 Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2013 Mock The Week Looks Back At...
  1. E1 - Health
  2. E2 - Animals
  3. E7 - Travel
  4. E9 - Royals
Self (Archive Material)
2012 The News Quiz - Series 79
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2012 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 4
View episodes
Writer
2012 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 4
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2012 7 Day Saturday - Series 4
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. E13 - Episode Thirteen
Guest
2012 Mark Steel's In Town - Edinburgh Writer
2012 Mark Steel's In Town - Edinburgh Host / Presenter
2012 Have I Got Sport For You Guest
2012 Vive La Revolution - Mark Steel Writer
2012 Vive La Revolution - Mark Steel Host / Presenter
2012 The News Quiz - Series 77
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2012 What's So Funny? - Series 3
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
Guest
2012 7 Day Saturday - Series 3
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2012 It's Not What You Know - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2012 The News Quiz - Series 76
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2011 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 3
View episodes
Writer
2011 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 3
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2011 Sitcom Does...
  1. E4 - Sitcom Does Christmas With Ricky Tomlinson
Self
2011 Heresy - Series 8
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2011 QI - Making Of Special
  1. QI Genesis
Guest
2011 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2011 Specials
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To Driving
Self
2011 Chain Reaction - Series 7
  1. E6 - Mark Steel interviews Barry Davies
Host / Presenter
2011 Chain Reaction - Series 7
  1. E5 - Kevin Eldon interviews Mark Steel
Guest
2011 The News Quiz - Series 74
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2011 The Back End Of Next Week
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2011 Stand Up For Comic Relief Guest
2011 The News Quiz - Series 73
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2010 Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story Self
2010 7 Day Saturday - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2010 The News Quiz - Series 72
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2010 The News Quiz - Series 71
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
Guest
2010 Heresy - Series 7
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2010 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2010 Specials
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To The Eighties
  2. Special - The Grumpy Guide To School Days
Self
2010 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 2
View episodes
Writer
2010 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 2
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2010 Nerdstock: 9 Lessons And Carols For Godless People Self
2009 The Grumpy Guide To... - Grumpy Guide To Christmas
  1. The Grumpy Guide To Christmas
Self
2009 Have I Got News For You - Series 38
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2009 The News Quiz - Series 69
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2009 The News Quiz - Series 68
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2009 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 6
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2009 Heresy - Series 6
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2009 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 1
View episodes
  1. E1 - Skipton
  2. E2 - Boston
  3. E3 - Lewes
  4. E4 - Walsall
  5. E5 - Merthyr Tydfil
  6. E6 - Portland
Writer
2009 Mark Steel's In Town - Series 1
View episodes
  1. E1 - Skipton
  2. E2 - Boston
  3. E3 - Lewes
  4. E4 - Walsall
  5. E5 - Merthyr Tydfil
  6. E6 - Portland
Host / Presenter
2009 The News Quiz - Series 67
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2008 What The Dickens? - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2008 Have I Got News For You - Series 36
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2008 The News Quiz - Series 66
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2008 I've Never Seen Star Wars - Series 1
  1. E3 - Mark Steel
Guest
2008 Political Animal - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2008 Heresy - Series 5
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2008 The Late Edition - Series 6
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2008 The News Quiz - Series 64
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
  3. E8 - Episode Eight
Guest
2008 Two Men On A Bench Self
2007 The News Quiz - Series 63
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E6 - Episode Five
  3. E7 - Episode Six
  4. Special - News Quiz of the Year
Guest
2007 Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Self (Archive Material)
2007 The News Quiz - Series 62
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E4 - Episode Four
  3. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2007 Have I Got News For You - Series 33
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2007 The News Quiz - Series 61
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2007 Room 101 - Series 11
  1. E4 - Mark Steel
Guest
2006 I Think The Nurses Are Stealing My Clothes Guest
2006 Linda Smith Gala Self
2006 Mock The Week - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2006 QI - Series D
  1. E11 - Denial And Deprivation
Guest
2006 The News Quiz - Series 60
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E6 - Episode Six
  3. E7 - Episode Seven
  4. Special - The News Quiz of the Year 2006
Guest
2006 Linda Smith - A Modern Radio Star Self
2006 Have I Got News For You - Series 31
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2006 The Mark Steel Lectures - Series 3
View episodes
Writer
2006 The Mark Steel Lectures - Series 3
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2006 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2005 The News Quiz - Series 58
  1. Special - The News Quiz of the Year 2005
Guest
2005 Have I Got News For You - Series 30
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2005 QI - Series C
  1. E10 - Cleve Crudgington
Guest
2005 Mock The Week - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2005 The News Quiz - Series 57
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2005 Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2005 The Comic Side Of 7 Days - Series 1
View episodes
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E5 - Episode Five
  4. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2004 The Mark Steel Lectures - Series 2
View episodes
Writer
2004 The Mark Steel Lectures - Series 2
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2004 Have I Got News For You - Series 28
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2004 QI - Series B
  1. Special - Birth
Guest
2004 Britain's Best Sitcom
  1. E11 - Dad's Army
Guest
2003 The News Quiz - Series 53
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - News Quiz of the Year 2003 (Part 1)
Guest
2003 The Mark Steel Lectures - Series 1
View episodes
Writer
2003 The Mark Steel Lectures - Series 1
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2003 The News Quiz - Series 52
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2003 Have I Got News For You - Series 25
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2003 The News Quiz - Series 51
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2002 The News Quiz - Series 50
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
  3. Special - The News Quiz of the Year 2002
Guest
2002 The Mark Steel Lecture - Series 3
View episodes
Writer
2002 The Mark Steel Lecture - Series 3
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2002 The News Quiz - Series 49
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2002 The Mark Steel Lectures - The Mark Steel Lecture Writer
2002 The Mark Steel Lectures - The Mark Steel Lecture Host / Presenter
2002 Have I Got News For You - Series 23
  1. E4 - Episode Four
Guest
2001 The News Quiz - Series 47
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2001 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 9
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2001 Linda Smith's A Brief History Of Timewasting - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E6 - Episode Six
Ensemble Actor
2001 The News Quiz - Series 46
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2001 The Mark Steel Lecture - Series 2
View episodes
Writer
2001 The Mark Steel Lecture - Series 2
View episodes
Host / Presenter
2000 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 7
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2000 The News Quiz - Series 43
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
Guest
1999 The News Quiz - Series 42
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - The News Quiz of the Year (Part 1)
Guest
1999 The Richard Blackwood Show - Series 1
View episodes
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
Writer
1999 The Mark Steel Lecture - Series 1
View episodes
Writer
1999 The Mark Steel Lecture - Series 1
View episodes
Host / Presenter
1999 The News Quiz - Series 41
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
1998 The Motion Show - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
1998 The Mark Steel Revolution
View episodes
  1. E1 - The French Revolution
  2. E2 - The Sexual Revolution
  3. E3 - The Russian Revolution
  4. E4 - The Industrial Revolution
  5. E5 - The American Civil War
  6. E6 - The Evolution Of Man
Writer
1998 The Mark Steel Revolution
View episodes
  1. E1 - The French Revolution
  2. E2 - The Sexual Revolution
  3. E3 - The Russian Revolution
  4. E4 - The Industrial Revolution
  5. E5 - The American Civil War
  6. E6 - The Evolution Of Man
Host / Presenter
1998 The Beaton Generation
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
1998 If I Ruled The World - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
1997 The Detectives - Series 5
  1. E3 - The Beast Of Hackney Marshes
  2. E4 - The Curse Of The Comanches
Pike
1997 Does China Exist? Ensemble Actor
1996 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 4
View episodes
  1. E1 - Religion
  2. E2 - Media
  3. E3 - Education
  4. E4 - Pessimism
Writer
1996 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 4
View episodes
  1. E1 - Religion
  2. E2 - Media
  3. E3 - Education
  4. E4 - Pessimism
Host / Presenter
1996 The News Quiz - Series 35
  1. E9 - Episode Nine
Guest
1996 The Detectives - Series 4
  1. E4 - Sacked
Pike
1995 The News Quiz - Series 34
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
1995 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 3
View episodes
  1. E1 - Sexual Politics
  2. E2 - Charity
  3. E3 - Crime
  4. E4 - Immigration
Writer
1995 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 3
View episodes
  1. E1 - Sexual Politics
  2. E2 - Charity
  3. E3 - Crime
  4. E4 - Immigration
Host / Presenter
1994 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 2
View episodes
  1. E1 - Unemployment
  2. E2 - Transport
  3. E3 - Housing
  4. E4 - Royal Famliy
Writer
1994 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 2
View episodes
  1. E1 - Unemployment
  2. E2 - Transport
  3. E3 - Housing
  4. E4 - Royal Famliy
Host / Presenter
1992 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 1
View episodes
  1. E1 - Royal Family By Lottery
  2. E2 - The Same Family For A Year
  3. E3 - All Judges Must Be Ex-Convicts
  4. E4 - Start School At 35
  5. E5 - Deport Anyone Born In England
  6. E6 - Decide Economic Policy By Sport
Writer
1992 The Mark Steel Solution - Series 1
View episodes
  1. E1 - Royal Family By Lottery
  2. E2 - The Same Family For A Year
  3. E3 - All Judges Must Be Ex-Convicts
  4. E4 - Start School At 35
  5. E5 - Deport Anyone Born In England
  6. E6 - Decide Economic Policy By Sport
Host / Presenter
1989 Red Dwarf - Series III
  1. E5 - Timeslides
Ski Man
1986 Alas Smith & Jones - Series 3 Writer
1985 The Last Laugh Before TV-am Ensemble Actor

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Mark Steel on IMDb

Born
Monday 4th July 1960 (64 years-old)
Nationality
English
Society Of Editors Press Awards 2021
Columnist of the Year - Popular (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2016
Best Full-Length Solo Show (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2014
Radio Award (Nominee)
Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards 2010
Best Radio Comedy (Winner)
BAFTA Television Awards 2005
Best Comedy (Nominee)
RTS Awards 2004
Entertainment Performance (Nominee)

Further contact details are available to BCG Pro members. See below.

Correct/update this page

Share this page