The Mark Steel Lectures
- TV factual / stand-up
- BBC Four
- 2002 - 2006
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Series telling the story of some of the world's greatest names, from Byron to Pankhurst, in an accessible, comic manner. Features Mark Steel and Martin Hyder.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 2 - Isaac Newton
Further details
He was a scientist who thought he could turn lead into gold. He was an obsessive with a secret Swiss boyfriend. And, in the world of The Mark Steel Lectures, he likes Alphabetti Spaghetti and the Communards.
The contradictions of this fascinating character, half-scientist, half-magician, take us from Newton's childhood penchant for arson to the Houses of Parliament via Old Compton Street, discovering on the way why God can't draw circles and what Cliff Richard will be doing in the year 3150.
Mark Steel explores the world and the discoveries of Isaac Newton - surely one of Britain's finest scientific alchemical gay fraud-busting genius MPs.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 14th October 2003
- Time
- 10:40pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Mark Steel | Host / Presenter |
| Martin Hyder | Ensemble Actor |
| Ainsley Harriott | Ensemble Actor |
| Benedict Sandiford | Ensemble Actor |
| Mark Steel | Writer |
| Pete Sinclair | Writer (Additional Material) |
| James Serafinowicz (as James Sezchuan) | Writer (Additional Material) |
| Phil Clarke | Script Editor |
| Michael Cumming | Director |
| Jon Rolph | Producer |
| Graham Smith | Executive Producer |
| Jon Blow | Editor |
| Claire Buckett (as Clare Buckett) | Make-up Designer |