Mark Watson
- 44 years old
- English
- Writer, stand-up comedian, author and producer
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Mark Watson interview
The innovative comedian prepares for another 24-hour entertainment extravaganza.
Brian Donaldson, The List, 29th April 2020Lockdown Comedy 1: where to get your laughs this week
Live stand-up, podcasts and not the Eurovision Song Contest.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 27th April 2020Mark Watson to stage 24-hour online comedy show
The Machynlleth Festival is set to be resurrected online ... as one of Mark Watson's 24-hour shows.
British Comedy Guide, 8th April 2020How comedians are fighting coronavirus from their sofas
Being an observational comedian is a lot tougher when there's nothing to observe but the same four walls every day. But necessity is the mother of invention, as comedians have shown this week in a flurry of online shows - many available now for catch-up viewing, and with more happening every day.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 26th March 2020Line up for Bristol Comedy Garden revealed
This year's Bristol Comedy Garden returns to Queen Square (June 3rd-7th) for a ninth edition of the South West's biggest comedy festival.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th March 2020My first home: Mark Watson
The comedian found owning his first flat a bit of a culture shock after renting...
Oliver Stallwood, Metro, 2nd March 2020Mark Watson calls off Leicester show due to Storm Clara
'The show is about how I survived three weeks on @TheIsland so it's doubly embarrassing/ironic'
Adrian Troughton, Leicester Mercury, 9th February 2020Ents24 Hardest Working Comedians 2019
Lee Ridley, also known as Lost Voice Guy, has been named the Hardest Working Comedian of 2019 by ticket company Ents24.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd December 2019Mark Watson writes two more novels
The first, entitled Contacts, revolves around a man who sends a message to everyone in his phone contacts list, to tell them all that he plans to end his life - then turns his phone off, triggering response from friends, family and near-strangers across the world.
Chortle, 4th October 2019No laughing matter: Edinburgh comics on Brexit
As new PM Boris Johnson pushes on with plans for the UK's exit, we ask some of Britain's best loved comedians what they have to say about Brexit.
Spirit FM, 17th August 2019