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Mark Watson, the Comedian

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About Me

Mark Watson is one of the most talked-about British comedians to emerge in recent years. The winner of numerous prizes including the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award, Chortle Award for Innovation and Tap Water Award, he has also been nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award, Times/South Bank Breakthrough Award, Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Novel Award, Time Out Stand-Up Award, and - in April 2006 - Barry Award for the best show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Despite all this he is perhaps best known for two marathon shows at the last two Edinburgh festivals, lasting respectively 24 and 33 hours. At the end of the 2004 show, he proposed, successfully, to his girlfriend (now wife). His first novel, Bullet Points, came out in 2004 to great acclaim and the next, A Light-Hearted Look At Murder, is out in Summer 2007. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows and is currently appearing in his own Radio 4 show on Tuesdays at 6.30 - 'Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better'. He may sound a bit annoying but he's not a bad man.He is now trying to make a small but interesting difference to the worrying state of the planet, through his new project myspace.com/crapattheenvironment. Click on these:
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Derren Brown. And anyone who is CRAP AT THE ENVIRONMENT and wouldn't mind being a bit less crap.

My Blog

Spike’s Lookalikes

Just the tiniest of updates on my life and work. My Radio 4 sitcom Spike's Lookalikes continues tonight at 11pm. If you missed the first one you can probably still just about find it on the Listen Aga...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:12:00 PST

Sorry About Today/Details For Tomorrow

  Massive apologies to anyone who came to the book-launch-that-never-was at Borders tonight. It was cancelled very late and for reasons I couldn't really control. I tried to spread the word as qu...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:46:00 PST

Crap At The Environment: Launch And Event NEXT WEEK!

  As I've mentioned briefly before, there are going to be two Things occurring in London to mark the publication of my Crap At The Environment book. Which is an amusing, but not piss-taking,...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:41:00 PST

Please Come And See Me Do Loads Of Bloody Things

Do you like seeing things? Why of course you do! I am doing a lot of things over the next few weeks. Of course some of them you wouldn't want to see, but a number of them, you might. I am just going...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Sat, 31 May 2008 02:25:00 PST

Radio 4 Sitcom (with Ardal OHanlon in it): COME AND LAUGH.

  Oh hi everyone. I hope this email isn't an irritating blot on your Sunday. Just letting you know I've written this Radio 4 sitcom, called Spike's Lookalikes, which is going to be on this summe...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Sun, 18 May 2008 02:14:00 PST

24-HOUR SHOW! JOIN IN!

It’s almost time for the latest, and biggest ever, 24 hour show. It’s in the Hi-Fi Bar on Swanston Street, Melbourne, with a live link to the Red Hedgehog, Highbury, in London. A minute to...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:31:00 PST

Melbourne: Main Show, 24-Hour Show

  As well as the Earth Summit, my climate change lecture, I’m up to all sorts in Melbourne over the next few weeks. My stand-up show, Can I Briefly Talk To You About The Point Of Life,...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:05:00 PST

MARK WATSON’S EARTH SUMMIT

’What about Crap At The Environment then? Sort of given up on it, have you?’ On the contrary. I admit the blog has been quiet to the point of non-existence, recently. However, I have been ...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:57:00 PST

Fans!

I'm aware that some people get very passionate about the relative merits of MySpace and Facebook, so I'm reluctant to mention the latter site on this blog. However. If you are one of the estimated 28...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:49:00 PST

Perth

Yes I know I've never come to Perth. I do want to though, and I will next year. Sorry Western Australia. Sorry.    ...
Posted by Mark Watson, the Comedian on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 04:10:00 PST