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Mark Steel's In Town. Mark Steel. Copyright: BBC
Mark Steel's In Town

Mark Steel's In Town

  • Radio stand-up
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2009 - 2024
  • 73 episodes (13 series)

Mark Steel visits a town in Britain and investigates its society & history before performing a bespoke stand-up show for locals.

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Series 1 (2009)

Mark visits Skipton, Boston, Lewes, Walsall, Merthyr Tydfil and Portland.

Series 2 (2010)

Dartford, Wilmslow, Dumfries, Penzance, Gateshead and Kirkwall were the locations visited in Series 2.

Series 3 (2011 - 2012)

Berwick-Upon-Tweed, Holyhead, Basingstoke, Douglas on the Isle Of Man, Bungay and Wigan feature in Series 3.

Series 4 (2012 - 2013)

Whitehaven, Tobermory, Corby, Handsworth, Ottery St. Mary and Chipping Norton were visited by Mark in 2012.

Series 5 (2014)

Mark visits Glastonbury, Derry / Londonderry, St. Davids, Southall, Birkenhead and Huddersfield.

Series 6 (2015)

This series stops off in Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire; Fleetwood in Lancashire; Shrewsbury in Shropshire; Barnard Castle in County Durham; Paisley in Renfrewshire; and Saint Anne, capital of Alderney in the Channel Islands.

Series 7 (2016)

In the seventh series Mark visits Stockport, Colchester, Hebden Bridge, Kingston Upon Thames, Lynton and a cave in the Rock of Gibraltar.

Series 8 (2017 - 2018)

Bedford, Matlock and Matlock Bath, Inverness, Portishead, Hull and Ventnor on the Isle of Wight are the locations in this series.

Series 9 (2019)

Hastings, King's Lynn, Carlisle, Abserystwyth, The Forest of Dean and Malta are the towns (and in one case, country) visited this time around.

Series 10 (2020)

Series 10 sees Mark visiting Brighton and Stratford-upon-Avon, and conducting a show on Zoom. This is a short series, as it was produced between coronavirus lockdowns and thus it was only possible to make a couple of episodes.

Series 11 (2021)

The 11th series sees performances in Blyth, Walthamstow and Whitby.

Series 12 (2022)

Series 12 will see Mark performing in Nottingham, the Isles of Scilly, Tring, Salisbury, Newport, and Paris - where he will be performing two versions of the show, one in English and one in French.

Series 13 (2024)

This series will see Mark visiting Margate, Malvern, East Grinstead, Coleraine, Stoke-on-Trent and Nether Edge. Extended episodes will be released on BBC iPlayer.

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