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Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for the locals.

Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK, meets the locals, and creates a stand up show for them - and us - about the town.

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Pete Sinclair

Carl Cooper

Mark Steel's in Town: Series 8: Episode 1: Bedford

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Episode 1: Bedford

Series 8

Bedford

BBC Radio 4 - Mark Steel's in Town, Series 8, Bedford

Mark Steel's in Town returns for an 8th series. First stop, Bedford.

Mark Steel visits Bedford, uncovering some surprises and performing a bespoke stand-up show for the residents. From 2017.

Everyone's heard of Bedford but not many seem to know where it is or what goes on there? 

Mark Steel returns with the 8th series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents. 

In this first episode Mark discovers Bedford is a town full of surprises.

It has the highest concentration of Italians in the country, it is the home of the biggest airship in the world and it has a museum dedicated to a cult called The Panacea Society, who believe The Garden of Eden is actually in Bedford. 

Written and performed by Mark Steel.

Additional material by Pete Sinclair.

Producer: Carl Cooper 

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2017.

Mark Steel's in Town: Series 8

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Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a show for a local audience

Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for a local audience based on what he finds out about the area

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