Mark Steel's in Town

Mark Steel's in Town

BBC Radio 4

Episodes 80
Avg. Duration 30m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 4.8 (46)
Since Jul 2021
Latest Episode Dec 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Hosting
podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk

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About This Podcast

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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Recent Episodes

6. Unst (Shetland part 2)

Dec 09, 2025 38m

6/6 - Unst - 'The Island Above All Others'. After performing in Lerwick earlier in the series, Mark’s Shetland adventure concludes in Unst, as far north as you can get. There will also be extended…

5. Lerwick (Shetland part 1)

Dec 02, 2025 41m

For the fifth stop of the series, Mark travels to Lerwick, the capital of Shetland, perched at the far edge of Britain, where everyone’s on first-name terms with the fog.It’s a place where Viking…

4. Cambridge

Nov 25, 2025 40m

Mark Steel visits Cambridge and creates a show for the local audience.There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds.Written and performed by Mark Steel Additional…

3. Lewisham

Nov 18, 2025 39m

Mark Steel visits Lewisham in south London and creates a show for the local audience.There will also be extended versions of each episode available on BBC sounds.Written and performed by Mark…

2. Wrexham

Nov 11, 2025 38m

Second stop of the new series is Wrexham in North Wales. Wrexham has gone from industrial workhorse to global celebrity, thanks to two Hollywood actors who bought the local football club. It’s a…

1. Oakham

Oct 07, 2025 40m

First stop of the new series is Oakham, nestled in the UK’s smallest county – Rutland.Rutland has a village that's proudly twinned with Paris (even if the Parisians don’t know), has Europe’s largest…

Coleraine

Jul 29, 2024 37m

Mark Steel's In Town - Coleraine"...Coleraine is a big town and is ready for City status..." This week Mark visits the town of Coleraine in Northern Ireland.This is the 13th series of Mark's…

Nether Edge

Jul 22, 2024 33m

Mark Steel’s award-winning show where he travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke…

Stoke-on-Trent

Jul 15, 2024 40m

Mark Steel’s award-winning show where he travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke…

East Grinstead

Jul 08, 2024 35m

Mark Steel is back with the 13th series of his award-winning show where he travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town,…

Malvern

Jul 01, 2024 40m

The award-winning show where Mark Steel travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke…

Margate

Jun 24, 2024 41m

Mark Steel is back with the 13th series of his award-winning show where he travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town,…

Paris (English and French)

Sep 30, 2022 1h 3m

Mark Steel's In Town - ParisMark Steel is back with the 12th series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After…

Paris

Sep 27, 2022 36m

Mark Steel continues his award winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each location, Mark writes…

Newport

Sep 21, 2022 43m

Mark Steel continues his award-winning show travelling around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town, he writes and…

Salisbury

Sep 12, 2022 35m

Mark Steel continues his award-winning show travelling around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town, he writes and…

The Isles of Scilly

Sep 09, 2022 41m

Mark Steel continues his award-winning show travelling around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town, he writes and…

Tring

Aug 30, 2022 42m

Mark Steel continues his award-winning show travelling around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly researching each town, he writes and…

Nottingham

Aug 22, 2022 44m

"Ay up me duck!"Mark Steel returns with the 12th series of his award winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness.After thoroughly…

Whitby

Dec 16, 2021 28m

There’s one thing you definitely can’t miss in Whitby and that’s the ruined abbey up on a cliff looking down on the town. It’s also hard to miss the jawbone of a blue whale set atop the opposite hill…

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Mark Steel's in Town has published 80 episodes since July 2021, covering topics in Comedy, Stand-Up.

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