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
Mark Steel performs a show for the residents of Dartford in Kent, where he talks about the peasants' revolt, gypsy tart, Mick Jagger and what one resident calls the Road to Hell.
DetailsMark Steel travels to the Scottish border town of Dumfries, where he discovers a bloodthirsty history and seagull-hating inhabitants who are obsessed with the poet Robert Burns.
DetailsComedian Mark Steel visits Gateshead (not to be confused with Newcastle), home of the Angel of the North, Blaydon Races and innovations that left the rest of the country standing.
DetailsMark Steel visits Kirkwall in the Orkneys to find out about their skullsplitting Viking past and penchant for a violent ball game.
DetailsMark Steel visits towns across the UK and creates a stand-up show for a local audience. He visits Penzance in Cornwall to find out what makes this remote town so distinctive.
DetailsMark Steel visits Wilmslow in Cheshire and gets to grips with footballers' mansions, 3D eyelashes and the rhyming Wizard of Alderley Edge.
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