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East Grinstead

Mark Steel visits the town of East Grinstead in West Sussex and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for the locals. From 2024.

Mark Steel is back with the 13th series of his award-winning show where he travels around the UK visiting towns with nothing in common but their uniqueness.

After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience.

This week, Mark visits East Grinstead and chats to the locals about their town, and discovers its places of interest, including the historic high street. Plus its connection to Winnie the Pooh.

As well as East Grinstead, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Margate, Malvern, Stoke-on-Trent, Coleraine in Northern Ireland and Nether Edge in Sheffield.

Written and performed by Mark Steel.

Additional material by Pete Sinclair.

Producer: Carl Cooper

A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in July 2024.

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35 minutes

On radio

Fri 19 Jun 2026 08:00

Broadcasts

  • Mon 8 Jul 2024 18:30
  • Sun 14 Jul 2024 12:30
  • Mon 15 Jul 2024 09:00
  • Mon 15 Jul 2024 22:00
  • Fri 19 Jun 2026 08:00
  • Fri 19 Jun 2026 13:00
  • Fri 19 Jun 2026 19:00
  • Sat 20 Jun 2026 03:00

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