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The Mark Steel Lecture

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 2, Episode 6 - Karl Marx

Mark presents the life of Karl Marx, and shows that the one thing that everyone now knows about him was that he was wrong.

Broadcast details

Date
Tuesday 20th March 2001
Time
6:30pm
Channel
BBC Radio 4
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 3rd March 2009 10:30pm Radio 7
Tuesday 14th January 2014 10:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Friday 15th April 2016 11:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 4th November 2017 10:00pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 31st July 2021 11:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Saturday 7th August 2021 3:30pm Radio 4 Extra
Sunday 8th August 2021 3:30am Radio 4 Extra

Cast & crew

Cast
Mark Steel Host / Presenter
Martin Hyder Ensemble Actor
Carla Mendonca Ensemble Actor
Writing team
Mark Steel Writer
Production team
Lucy Armitage Producer

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