Mark Steel
Date of birth: 30-11-1960Mark Steel has performed as a stand-up since 1983. For Radio 4, he has written and performed four series of both The Mark Steel Solution and The Mark Steel Lecture, which transferred to BBC4, and more than 70 episodes of Mark Steel's In Town, where he visits a different location each week and creates a bespoke stand-up show.
Read MoreMark has also hosted the BBC Radio 5 sports programme Extra Time, produced a weekly column for The Guardian and The Independent.