Mark Watson
Mark Watson is not actually Welsh but from Bristol. He has said in the past that when he came to do stand-up: "it just made me more comfortable to be talking in a voice that I didn't quite recognise as my own. It's now become instinctive", and there's no doubt it makes the act funnier when you hear him introduce himself in a bumbling Welsh lilt ("Hello. I'm from Wales. I know what you're thinking, it's happening again!").
Watson is an Edinburgh Fringe favourite and has carved himself a new genre of comedy there - the comedy marathon. In 2004 he did a show called Mark Watson's Overambitious 24-Hour Show which was described as a 'seminal moment in Fringe comedy' by The Scotsman and ended with him proposing to his girlfriend.
In 2005, he followed this with 2005 Years in 2005 minutes and received a 'Best Newcomer' Perrier nomination for a separate show 50 Years Before Death And The Awful Prospect Of Eternity. Clearly a multi-talented guy, Watson has written two novels, one non-fiction on the environment and attempted to write another as part of a Fringe show with new audience suggestions submitted each day for the next chapter.
Watson regularly appears as a panelist on Mock the Week and has appeared on a number of other TV shows including Nevermind The Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. He also hosts the ITV sports panel show Mark Watson Kicks Off.
On stage, he has a friendly and endearing persona and does observational really well; whether it's about losing numbers on a mobile phone or fat kids chasing pigeons, he never fails to have the audience in fits of laughter. A true comedy king.
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Watson is an Edinburgh Fringe favourite and has carved himself a new genre of comedy there - the comedy marathon. In 2004 he did a show called Mark Watson's Overambitious 24-Hour Show which was described as a 'seminal moment in Fringe comedy' by The Scotsman and ended with him proposing to his girlfriend.
In 2005, he followed this with 2005 Years in 2005 minutes and received a 'Best Newcomer' Perrier nomination for a separate show 50 Years Before Death And The Awful Prospect Of Eternity. Clearly a multi-talented guy, Watson has written two novels, one non-fiction on the environment and attempted to write another as part of a Fringe show with new audience suggestions submitted each day for the next chapter.
Watson regularly appears as a panelist on Mock the Week and has appeared on a number of other TV shows including Nevermind The Buzzcocks, Have I Got News for You, Would I Lie to You and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow. He also hosts the ITV sports panel show Mark Watson Kicks Off.
On stage, he has a friendly and endearing persona and does observational really well; whether it's about losing numbers on a mobile phone or fat kids chasing pigeons, he never fails to have the audience in fits of laughter. A true comedy king.
Click here to read a review of Mark Watson
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