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Mark Steel's in Town Series 7
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Mark Steel hits Greater Manchester to ride the 192 bus, probe marauding peacocks and perform for local residents. From 2016.

"Welcome to Stockport - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ of Stockport College"

Mark Steel returns for a seventh series of the award winning show that travels around the country, researching the history, heritage and culture of six towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness, and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.

In the first programme, Mark visits the Greater Manchester town of Stockport, once the centre of the hatting industry.

He takes a trip on the infamous 192 bus, visits the world famous hat museum and tries to get to the bottom of how one of its suburbs ended up with an infestation of marauding peacocks.

In this series Mark visits Stockport in Greater Manchester, Colchester in Essex, Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire, The Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames, Lynton in North Devon and the British overseas territory of Gibraltar.

Written and performed by ... Mark Steel
Additional material by ... Pete Sinclair
Production co-ordinator ... Hayley Sterling
Producer ... Carl Cooper

A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Studios production for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 first broadcast in 2016.

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Performer Mark Steel
Writer Mark Steel
Writer Pete Sinclair
Producer Carl Cooper

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  • Wed 7 Sep 2016 18:30
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  • Wed 14 Sep 2016 17:30
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  • Wed 14 Sep 2016 22:00
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  • Thu 15 Sep 2016 05:30
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  • Sat 8 Jun 2019 22:00
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  • Sat 2 Jan 2021 23:00
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  • Sun 28 Mar 2021 19:15
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  • Fri 2 Apr 2021 07:30
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  • Fri 2 Apr 2021 17:30
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  • Fri 2 Apr 2021 22:00
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  • Sat 3 Apr 2021 05:30
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    Comedian Mark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for the locals.