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.
- Due to return for Series 14
Press clippings
Comedy.co.uk Awards 2024 shortlists revealed
Shortlists for the annual Comedy.co.uk Awards, recognising the best television and radio comedy programming, have been announced today after an initial round of voting.
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2025Comedy makes BBC Sounds top 10 most listened podcasts
You're Dead To Me and Mark Steel's In Town made the top ten most played shows on BBC Sounds. Just A Minute, It's A Fair Cop, The Unbelievable Truth and Conversations From A Long Marriage joined Steel in the top five most listened comedy shows.
BBC, 30th December 2024Mark Steel is back doing what he does best - taking the mick out of your home town
Given the all-clear from cancer last month, Steel is back on Radio 4, visiting towns across Britain then hilariously ripping them apart.
Tristram Fane Saunders, The Telegraph, 26th June 2024Chortle Awards 2023 nominees announced
Shortlisted nominees for the 2023 awards run by comedy website Chortle have been announced. Bob Mortimer, Alasdair Beckett-King and Jordan Gray have secured two nominations each.
British Comedy Guide, 24th January 2023Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2022 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 9th January 2023Mark Steel reveals the next series of In Town...
Series 12 includes a stop in Paris - where he performs two versions of the show, one in English and one in French. The other locations are Nottingham, the Isles of Scilly, Tring, Salisbury and Newport in South Wales.
Chortle, 5th July 2022The News Quiz is the most in-demand comedy on BBC Sounds
Fronted by Andy Zaltzman, it is also the third most requested on-demand show overall on the platform, behind The Archers and Desert Island Discs. David Mitchell's panel show The Unbelievable Truth is the second most popular comedy, followed by Mark Steel's In Town.
Chortle, 18th May 2022Chortle Awards 2022 shortlist revealed
The nominees have been announced for the Chortle Awards 2022, with Bob Mortimer, Liz Kingsman and Adam Rowe leading the shortlists, with two nominations apiece.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 shortlist
The 60 TV and radio programmes shortlisted across the 10 categories in the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2021 have been revealed. Voting is now open to determine the winners.
British Comedy Guide, 17th January 2022Mark Steel to perform French version of In Town
The comic and columnist will address the often fraught relationship between Britain and France, in French, at Komedia Brighton on January 23 and the Museum of Comedy, London, on January 28.
Chortle, 2nd November 2021