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Radio 4,1 min

Mark Steel on the comedy in local stories

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Mark Steel tells Danny Wallace how some of the best comedy comes from bizarre local stories. The fourth series of ‘Mark Steel’s In Town’ begins on Wednesday 28th November at 6.30pm, expect to hear stories about Berwick-upon-Tweed still being at war with Russia and shooting at police helicopters in Handsworth.

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