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Balls Of Steel
Balls Of Steel

Balls Of Steel

  • TV sketch show
  • Channel 4
  • 2005 - 2008
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Hidden camera prank show. Mark Dolan dares a team of fearless comedians and performers to gird up their loins for the ultimate test. Stars Mark Dolan.

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Press clippings

Balls of Steel 10 years on - Where are they now?

Mark Dolan headed up a team of fearless comedians that first aired on Channel 4 10 years ago this week.

Danny Walker, The Mirror, 21st August 2015

Britain's Got Talent's Toju was on Balls Of Steel

If you sat through comedian Toju Okurodudu's performance on the Britain's Got Talent semi-final thinking that he looked a tad familiar, then here's why. The 40-year-old funnyman found fleeting fame a few years back as one of the stars of Channel 4 prank show Balls Of Steel.

Caroline Westbrook, Metro, 29th May 2014

Frasier, we miss you

However, both The Magoons and Bromwell High suffer from being part of the same scheduling squad as Balls of Steel. It's very easy to call Balls of Steel the worst programme ever broadcast on terrestrial television - primarily because it is the worst programme ever broadcast on terrestrial television.

Caitlin Moran, The Times, 22nd August 2005

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