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Mark Steel

Mark Steel is a British socialist and comedian. He has been a member of the Socialist Workers Party since his late teens. He has written and performed several radio and television series for the BBC.

He wrote a column for The Guardian between 1996 and 1999. He was sacked by that newspaper (according to him because The Guardian wanted to "realign towards Tony Blair". The Guardian deny this.) In 2000 he started writing a weekly column for The Independent which appears every Thursday.

He is the author of several books.

In 2000 he took part in the London Assembly elections on behalf of the London Socialist Alliance (a pre-cursor to the Socialist Alliance) in the Croydon & Sutton constituency, he received 1,823 votes (1.5 per cent of the vote).

Table of contents

1 Radio programmes Mark Steel has contributed to or appeared on 2 Television programmes Mark Steel has contributed to or appeared on 3 Books Mark Steel has written 4 External links

Radio programmes Mark Steel has contributed to or appeared on

• The Good Human Guide BBC Radio 2(1985). Contributing writer.

• Extra Time BBC Radio 5 . Presenter. Sports programme.

• The Mark Steel Solution (1992, 1994 - 1996) BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio 4

• Late Edition BBC Radio 4 (1995). Regular panellist on this satirical talk show.

• The Mark Steel Revolution (1998) BBC Radio 4

• The Mark Steel Lectures (1999 - 2002) BBC Radio 4

• The News Quiz BBC Radio 4 several occasions from the late 1990s onwards. Guest panellist on this satirical news based panel game.

• Loose Ends BBC Radio 4. Interviewee.

• Midweek BBC Radio 4. Interviewee.

• Excess Baggage BBC Radio 4. Interviewee.

There are plans for a new BBC Radio 4 series called Dedicated Troublemaker.

Television programmes Mark Steel has contributed to or appeared on

• Red Dwarf BBC 2 (1989). Playing Ski-man in episode 'Timeslides (non speaking part).

• Loose Talk (1994). Guest.

• The Late Jonathan Ross (1996). Guest.

• Does China Exist. (1997).

• If I Ruled the World BBC2 (1998). Guest panellist.

• Lamarr's Attacks (2000) BBC2. Guest.

• Never Mind the Buzzcocks BBC2 (2000, 2001). Guest panellist on this satirical music based panel game.

• Have I Got News for You BBC 1 (2002, 2003). Guest panellist on this satirical news based panel game.

• Question Time BBC 1 (2003) . Guest panellist on discussion show.

• The Mark Steel Lectures BBC 4 (2003). Writer and Presenter. Television version of his radio programme of the same title. Produced in association with The Open University.

Books Mark Steel has written

• Its Not A Runner Bean. Autobiography concentrating on his comedy career.

• Reasons To Be Cheerful. Autobiography concentrating on political activism.

• Vive La Revolution. History of the French Revolution.

External links

• Site devoted to him by his agents Off The Kerb.
• BBC site devoted to his radio version of The Mark Steel Lectures.
• Open University site dedicated to the television version of The Mark Steel Lectures.
• Chortle profile.
• Information about It's Not A Runner Bean (including extract).
• Interview with Socialist Review.
• Interview with Socialist Worker.

• Audio Files
  • [http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~marks/1917coup.mp3 Mark giving a lecture entitled 'The Russian Revolution - Was It A Coup?' at

Marxism 1999.]

• • Mark's lecture on Karl Marx at Marxism 2002 Part 1 Part 2
  • Mark's lecture on the French Revolution at Marxism 2003 (6th July 2003)Part 1 Part 2
  • [http://www.diversity-radio.net/archives/mark_steel_1.mp3 Mark performing live at the Camden Centre in London

on 19th November 2003 as part of the programme of events in protest at the visit of George W. Bush]

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