Vive La Revolution - Mark Steel
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- 2012
- 2 episodes (1 series)
Mark Steel presents a comic take on the history of the French Revolution. Stars Mark Steel.
Key details
- Genre
- Stand-Up
- Broadcast
- 2012
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Episodes
- 2 (1 series)
- Star
- Mark Steel
- Writer
- Mark Steel
- Director
- Cal Barton
- Producer
- Mike O'Brien
For most of us, the French Revolution has been reduced to jokes about Marie Antoinette, guillotines and the Scarlet Pimpernel. But for Mark Steel, the French Revolution was one of the most inspirational moments in human history - a moment when ordinary people changed the world and became extraordinary. It deserves better jokes than that.
In this revolutionary show, Steel banishes stuffiness from history, telling us what happened in France between the storming of the Bastille and the rise of Napoleon, bringing to life the people who made them happen.
Additional details
- Production
- Studio
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Saturday 19th May 2012 at 10pm on BBC Radio 4 Extra