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Mark Steel, comedian

Mark Steel, comedian and writer, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would take with him if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Mark Steel is a writer, comedian and radio presenter.

His performing career began as a poet in the alternative comedy scene in the early eighties at the Comedy Store. A regular presenter on Radio 4, he began his award winning series, Mark Steel’s in Town in 2009.

Alongside his performing career, he’s been a regular newspaper columnist writing for the Guardian and Independent Newspapers.

Mark was born in 1960 and adopted at ten days old by Doreen and Ernie. He grew up in Swanley, Kent and left home at 18 to live in a squat in Crystal Palace.
After his own son was born, Mark spent many years tracing his birth parents and eventually met up with his genetic father who had been a professional gambler and a friend of Lord Lucan.
Mark has two children and lives in London.

DISC ONE: My Boy Lollipop - Millie Small
DISC TWO: Janie Jones - The Clash
DISC THREE: San Quentin (Live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969) - Johnny Cash
DISC FOUR: Killing in the Name - Rage Against The Machine
DISC FIVE: °Õ°ùø±ô±ô²¹²ú³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô - ·¡¾±±¹Ã¸°ù Pálsdóttir
DISC SIX: Love Me or Leave Me - Nina Simone
DISC SEVEN: Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
DISC EIGHT: 1977 - Ana Tijoux

BOOK CHOICE: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
LUXURY ITEM: A piano
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Love Me or Leave Me - Nina Simone

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Sarah Taylor

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59 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Dec 2024 09:00
Â鶹Éç Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Millie Small

    My Boy Lollipop

    • My Boy Lollipop: The Best Of Millie Small.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 1.

  • The Clash

    Janie Jones

    • The Clash (Remastered).
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 1.

  • Johnny Cash

    San Quentin (Live at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA - February 1969)

    • At San Quentin.
    • Columbia Nashville Legacy.
    • 6.

  • Rage Against the Machine

    Killing In The Name

    • Rage Against The Machine.
    • Epic.
    • 2.

  • ·¡¾±±¹Ã¸°ù

    °Õ°ùø±ô±ô²¹²ú³Ü²Ô»å¾±²Ô

    • Segl Live in Concert (Live at Nordic House, Faroe Islands, Sep 2020).
    • ·¡¾±±¹Ã¸°ù.
    • 15.

  • Nina Simone

    Love Me Or Leave Me

    • Little Girl Blue (2013 Remastered).
    • Bethlehem Jazz.
    • 5.

  • Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds

    Into My Arms

    • The Boatman's Call.
    • Mute Records Limited.
    • 1.

  • Ana Tijoux

    1977

    • 1977.
    • EMI Mexico.
    • 3.

Broadcasts

  • Sun 1 Dec 2024 10:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4
  • Fri 6 Dec 2024 09:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 4

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