{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/672ce8c9a42e23dc4b630d32?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Mark Dolan: From 'Balls of Steel' to GB News ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776890942251-b0fe7af5-2264-444f-9f93-24b3ab52d0fa.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Mark Dolan once hosted a show where people did terrible things to each other on camera, has a very specific dream about opening a chain of cafes serving exactly three types of stew, and his dad's pub was once used as a location in Minder. These facts are all equally important.</p><p>Mark Dolan is a British comedian, writer, and television presenter known for hosting Channel 4's Balls of Steel and The World's...and Me, his work at GB News, and a career spanning stand-up, television and radio.</p><ul><li>How it all started with The Improverts at the University of Edinburgh — before anyone was watching</li><li>What hosting Balls of Steel revealed about the risks worth taking on camera — and the ones that aren't</li><li>The fact that Minder was once filmed in his dad's pub — and why this is more relevant than it appears</li><li>What The Jump was really like to film — and what it cost him that the audience never saw</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Mark here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mrmarkdolan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/mrmarkdolan\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@TheMarkDolanWay\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}