You're listening to Unfiltered with James O'Brien, brought to you by Joe.

Hello and welcome to Unfiltered with me, James O'Brien. My guest this week is a man I do know but not very well and I'm looking forward to finding out a lot more about him.

Mark Steele is a course a journalist, comedian, Radio 4 Stalwart and also has his new show

Every little thing's going to be all right at the Edinburgh Fringe this year.

It's at the Assembly.

Boring from the second to the 12th of August.

Also, he's adopted and some of the stuff he's discovered about his biological family is breathtaking.

As you will know if you've listened to this series a lot.

I'm adopted myself so I'm quite looking forward

to comparing notes on that, as well as all the obvious stuff

involving comedy and politics. Mark Steele.

Hello.

Hello, lovely to see Zay.

It's lovely to see you and it's hard to know where to begin, but we'll begin at the very

very beginning because your origins both sort of biological and

non-biological have formed the basis of one of your recent shows. You were you were

ten days old when you were when you were adopted. I was adopted as well I don't know if I've ever told you that

I know I didn't know no similar 28 days old so I never I never didn't know did you

no I never didn't know so in fact I said in the show that I did about it I said you sort of people expect there to be a bit

where yeah big story of being sat down when you're six now then Mark

Something very important to tell you, you're special.

You're not like the other boys and girls, as mommy's dads have to keep them even if they hate the

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