Mark Watson
- 44 years old
- English
- Writer, stand-up comedian, author and producer
Press clippings
Edinburgh Fringe comics pitch their own Baby Reindeer
With every streaming service now searching for their version of the Netlfix hit, Mark Watson, Lucy Porter, Celya AB and more pitch the TV show of their lives, from real-life origin stories and flights of fancy to, erm, Baby Reindeer.
Rich Pelley, The Guardian, 3rd August 2024Best Edinburgh Fringe Comedy 2024: Here are all 15 Edinburgh Comedy Award winners returning this August
With thousands of shows to choose from it can be hard to decide what to book at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe - all these comedians are tried-and-tested comedy champions.
David Hepburn, The Scotsman, 18th July 2024Comedy Arcade announces its first Fringe guests
Those taking part this year include Mark Watson, The Chase's Jenny Ryan, Andrew O'Neill, Mitch Benn, Mark Nelson, Lorna Rose Treen, Ada Campe, Thom Tuck, Rich Wilson and James Barr.
Chortle, 2nd July 2024Mark Watson review
Where would the comedy be without his neuroses?
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 29th January 2024Aurie Styla lands Radio 4 stand-up technology series Tech Talk
Aurie Styla has landed a Radio 4 comedy series about technology, Tech Talk, in which the stand-up and gadget enthusiast will explore the way technology has shaped and changed our lives, through the prism of his own relationship with it.
British Comedy Guide, 19th January 2024Mark Watson locked out of his own Bristol show
He told waiting audience members: "There's no other way to say it, I can't get in."
Sammy Jenkins, BBC, 6th November 2023Mark Watson says three-year affair was way of avoiding 'the fact I wasn't special'
The stand-up's three-year affair led to the end of his marriage.
Kate Ng, The Independent, 22nd August 2023Mark Watson: I hurt my wife - and the person I had an affair with
The comedian tells Michael Odell how he sabotaged his life and destroyed his marriage.
Michael Odell, The Times, 22nd August 2023Mark Watson is told to get in line - for the queue at his own show
The video has since been liked by over 1,900 people and has received dozens of comments from fans left chuckling at the comedian's prank.
Ivan Prothero, Deadline News, 9th August 2023Mark Watson mocks Edinburgh Fringe photo debate
'Not everyone got the joke so I should make it clear,' established comic later clafiried.
Jacob Stolworthy, The Independent, 8th August 2023