The Mark Steel Lecture

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Comedy: Sketch

Comedy: Standup

Lectures and sketches by the comedian, arguing the significance of historical figures

Lectures and sketches delivered by the socialist comedian, arguing the significance of historical figures

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The Mark Steel Lecture: Series 3: Episode 6: Napoleon Bonaparte

Episode 6

Episode 6: Napoleon Bonaparte

Series 3

Napoleon Bonaparte

BBC Radio 4 Extra - The Mark Steel Lecture, Series 3, Napoleon Bonaparte

Humorous assessment of the life and career of the battling French emperor.

The radical comedian offers his humorous assessment of the life and career of the battling French emperor. From October 2002.

A profile of the short Corsican, married to Josephine and who goes on to declare himself emperor.   

Mark Steel's comic lectures about the lives of historical figures whose ideas and enthusiasm shaped their generation.

With:

Mark Steel
Debbie Isett
Martin Hyder

Producer: Lucy Armitage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2002.

The Mark Steel Lecture: Series 3

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