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Mark Steel's in Town

Comedy: Standup

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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Mark Steel's in Town: Series 8: Hull

Hull

Series 8

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

Mark Steel visits Hull and performs a bespoke comedy show for the local residents.

Mark Steel visits former City of Culture and white phone box haven, Hull, performing a bespoke show for residents. From 2018.

Mark Steel visits Hull. 

He has a wonderful time exploring the 2017 City of Culture exhibits as well as all the other normal stuff like the world's smallest window and white phone boxes. 

Mark talks to a man who painted himself blue and walked naked through the town as part of the Sea of Hull installation, samples the delights of Chip Spice and patties and gets to the bottom of why they call their aquarium a submarium. 

Mark Steele's award-winning series 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.

Written and performed by Mark Steel.

Additional material by Pete Sinclair.

Producer:  Carl Cooper

A BBC Studio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.

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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