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Ep. 148 - Mark Steel

Mark Steel is a comedian and writer best known for his BBC Radio 4 shows Mark Steel's in Town, The Mark Steel Lectures and The Mark Steel Solution as well as regular appearances on shows such as The News Quiz, Have I Got News For You, Room 101, Mock the Week, the Graham Norton Show and Question Time. He has also written regular columns in The Guardian, The Independent and Daily Mirror. Mark Steel is guest 148 on My Time Capsule and he chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .


Follow Mark Steel on Twitter: @mrmarksteel .


Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .


Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens .


Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by Matthew Boxall .

Social media support by Harriet Stevens .


This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.

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