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Aberystwyth

Mark Steel visits Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales, and performs a bespoke comedy show for the local residents

"Croeso i Mark Steel鈥檚 in Town, Sy鈥檔 dod wythnos yma o Aberystwyth"

Mark Steel returns to Radio 4 with the ninth series of his award-winning show that travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the local residents.

In this episode Mark visits Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales. He visits the National Library of Wales in search of books, which is a harder task than you would imagine. They do have The Holy Grail in there though, so that makes up for it. He speaks to some students, avoids some dangerous seagulls and discovers why Aber is the 'Athens of Wales'.

Written and performed by Mark Steel
Additional material by Pete Sinclair
Production co-ordinator, Hayley Sterling
Sound Manager, Jerry Peal
Producer, Carl Cooper

Picture Credit, Tom Stanier

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28 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 May 2023 22:00

Broadcasts

  • Thu 7 Feb 2019 18:30
  • Thu 14 Feb 2019 07:30
  • Thu 14 Feb 2019 17:30
  • Thu 14 Feb 2019 22:00
  • Fri 15 Feb 2019 05:30
  • Sun 14 May 2023 19:15
  • Fri 19 May 2023 22:00

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