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 3, Episode 4 - Chaucer
A comic take on the life of writer Geoffrey Chaucer.
Further details
Join Mark Steel as he charts Chaucer's course through history, his appointments to the royal household, his kidnapping in France, his marrying into the aristocracy, and how through the Canterbury Tales he bequeathed to us the first written sign of an England that we'd recognise today.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 16th March 2006
- Time
- 11pm
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Mark Steel | Host / Presenter |
| Martin Hyder | Ensemble Actor |
| Jenny Eclair | The Wife Of Bath |
| Geoffrey McGivern | The Miller |
| Mark Steel | Writer |
| Pete Sinclair | Writer |
| James Serafinowicz (as James Sezchuan) | Writer |
| Becky Martin | Director |
| Phil Bowker | Producer |
| Emma De'Ath | Executive Producer |
| Mobashir Dar (as Mob Dar) | Executive Producer |
| Gayle Cope | Line Producer |
| Jon Blow | Editor |
| Geoff Slack | Costume Designer |
| Sarah Burrows | Make-up Designer |