The Mark Steel Lecture
- Radio stand-up
- BBC Radio 4
- 1999 - 2002
- 16 episodes (3 series)
Mark Steel presents a series of lectures about people who changed the course of history. Also features Melanie Hudson, Martin Hyder, Carla Mendonca and Debbie Isitt.
Episode menu
Series 3, Episode 3 - Isaac Newton
Mark presents the life of Isaac Newton, whose great achievement was to overcome the main prejudice of his day - that religion was right about everything.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 2nd October 2002
- Time
- 6:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Radio 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Sunday 22nd March 2009 | 10:30pm | Radio 7 |
Sunday 2nd May 2010 | 10:30pm | Radio 7 |
Saturday 3rd January 2015 | 11:00pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Monday 28th November 2016 | 10:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Sunday 14th October 2018 | 10:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Saturday 19th August 2023 | 11:30pm | Radio 4 Extra |
Cast & crew
Mark Steel | Host / Presenter |
Melanie Hudson (as Mel Hudson) | Ensemble Actor |
Martin Hyder | Ensemble Actor |
Mark Steel | Writer |
Lucy Armitage | Producer |