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The Mark Steel Lecture

The Mark Steel Lecture

Radio stand-up
BBC Radio 4
1999 - 2002
16 episodes (3 series)

Mark Steel presents a series of lectures about people who changed the course of history. Also features Melanie Hudson, Martin Hyder, Carla Mendonca and Debbie Isitt.

All cast & crew

Cast
Person	Role	Episode count
Mark Steel	Host / Presenter View episodes Series 1, Episode 1 - Oliver Cromwell Series 1, Episode 2 - W. G. Grace Series 1, Episode 3 - Charlie Chaplin Series 1, Episode 4 - Thomas Paine Series 2, Episode 1 - Lord Byron Series 2, Episode 2 - Aristotle Series 2, Episode 3 - Leonardo Da Vinci Series 2, Episode 4 - Che Guevara Series 2, Episode 5 - Billie Holliday Series 2, Episode 6 - Karl Marx Series 3, Episode 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven Series 3, Episode 2 - Hannibal Series 3, Episode 3 - Isaac Newton Series 3, Episode 4 - Mary Shelley Series 3, Episode 5 - Muhammad Ali Series 3, Episode 6 - Napoleon Bonaparte	16
Melanie Hudson (as Mel Hudson)	Ensemble Actor View episodes Series 1, Episode 1 - Oliver Cromwell Series 1, Episode 2 - W. G. Grace Series 1, Episode 3 - Charlie Chaplin Series 1, Episode 4 - Thomas Paine Series 2, Episode 1 - Lord Byron Series 2, Episode 2 - Aristotle Series 2, Episode 3 - Leonardo Da Vinci Series 3, Episode 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven Series 3, Episode 2 - Hannibal Series 3, Episode 3 - Isaac Newton	10
Martin Hyder	Ensemble Actor View episodes Series 1, Episode 1 - Oliver Cromwell Series 1, Episode 2 - W. G. Grace Series 1, Episode 3 - Charlie Chaplin Series 1, Episode 4 - Thomas Paine Series 2, Episode 1 - Lord Byron Series 2, Episode 2 - Aristotle Series 2, Episode 3 - Leonardo Da Vinci Series 2, Episode 4 - Che Guevara Series 2, Episode 5 - Billie Holliday Series 2, Episode 6 - Karl Marx Series 3, Episode 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven Series 3, Episode 2 - Hannibal Series 3, Episode 3 - Isaac Newton Series 3, Episode 4 - Mary Shelley Series 3, Episode 5 - Muhammad Ali Series 3, Episode 6 - Napoleon Bonaparte	16
Debbie Isitt	Ensemble Actor View episodes Series 3, Episode 4 - Mary Shelley Series 3, Episode 5 - Muhammad Ali Series 3, Episode 6 - Napoleon Bonaparte	3
Carla Mendonca	Ensemble Actor View episodes Series 2, Episode 4 - Che Guevara Series 2, Episode 5 - Billie Holliday Series 2, Episode 6 - Karl Marx	3

Guest cast
Person	Role	Episode count
Femi Elufowoju Jr	Ensemble Actor View episodes Series 3, Episode 5 - Muhammad Ali	1
Kim Wall	Ensemble Actor View episodes Series 1, Episode 2 - W. G. Grace	1

Writing team
Person	Role	Episode count
Mark Steel	Writer View episodes Series 1, Episode 1 - Oliver Cromwell Series 1, Episode 2 - W. G. Grace Series 1, Episode 3 - Charlie Chaplin Series 1, Episode 4 - Thomas Paine Series 2, Episode 1 - Lord Byron Series 2, Episode 2 - Aristotle Series 2, Episode 3 - Leonardo Da Vinci Series 2, Episode 4 - Che Guevara Series 2, Episode 5 - Billie Holliday Series 2, Episode 6 - Karl Marx Series 3, Episode 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven Series 3, Episode 2 - Hannibal Series 3, Episode 3 - Isaac Newton Series 3, Episode 4 - Mary Shelley Series 3, Episode 5 - Muhammad Ali Series 3, Episode 6 - Napoleon Bonaparte	16

Production team
Person	Role	Episode count
Lucy Armitage	Producer View episodes Series 2, Episode 1 - Lord Byron Series 2, Episode 2 - Aristotle Series 2, Episode 3 - Leonardo Da Vinci Series 2, Episode 4 - Che Guevara Series 2, Episode 5 - Billie Holliday Series 2, Episode 6 - Karl Marx Series 3, Episode 1 - Ludwig van Beethoven Series 3, Episode 2 - Hannibal Series 3, Episode 3 - Isaac Newton Series 3, Episode 4 - Mary Shelley Series 3, Episode 5 - Muhammad Ali Series 3, Episode 6 - Napoleon Bonaparte	12
Phil Clarke	Producer View episodes Series 1, Episode 1 - Oliver Cromwell Series 1, Episode 2 - W. G. Grace Series 1, Episode 3 - Charlie Chaplin Series 1, Episode 4 - Thomas Paine	4