Mark performs from the Acorn Arts Centre in Penzance, Cornwall, where the locals revel in their remoteness, pilchards and pasties. Struck by the beauty of this rugged coastal town he is surprised to ...

Mark performs from the Marine Hall in Fleetwood, Lancashire, a proud town full of optimistic people (until you mention Blackpool). During his stay Mark looks into Fleetwood's love of trams, female ...

In each episode of this BBC Radio 4 series Mark Steel visits a UK town and researches its history, heritage and culture, after which he performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.

Mark Steel is back with two more series of his award-winning show, in which he explores weird and wonderful places around the UK and beyond. After thoroughly researching each town's history, people ...

Mark performs from the Acorn Arts Centre in Penzance, Cornwall, where the locals revel in their remoteness, pilchards and pasties. Struck by the beauty of this rugged coastal town he is surprised to ...

Mark performs at the Town Hall in Walsall, the West Midlands, celebrating the accent, the concrete hippo, the anarchists who were framed by the police and how the town has absolutely nothing to do ...

This week, Mark is in the Mick Jagger Centre in Dartford, Kent - Mark's home county. Mark begins by commenting that the town is not quite London, but not quite rural Kent either. Mark then talks about ...

Mark then takes a look at Kirkwall itself, where he learns that the crime rate is one of the lowest in Britain. The locals do however have a strong dislike of Stromness, the second largest city in ...

This week, Mark performs at the Blackfriars Arts Centre in Boston, South Lincolnshire - a town which Mark finds off-putting due to its sheer flatness. It is so flat, that the driving instructors know ...

Mark Steel: Mark Steel's in Town - The writer and comic creator of the hugely popular BBC Radio 4 show Mark Steel's In Town brings us this recording from one of the stops on his UK tour. More info ...