Mark Watson

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Mark Watson on the underrepresentation of the city of Bristol. Do we hear the accent enough and how have they not had a football club in the Premier League? Mark and Colin also get into problems with comparing themselves to more successful people, having a small, loyal following over being a household name, being ghosted by a production company, their shared fascination with sports stadiums, and why Mark decided to write a book about ‘car crash’ stories from his stand-up career.

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0:00.0	He's a rule breaker, a trend setter. He reshaped art and redefined graffiti.
0:07.4	How does he smell?
0:08.4	Like paint.
0:09.3	Has he got any distinction features?
0:10.8	His anonymity.
0:11.9	But who is he?
0:13.2	What's his name?
0:14.1	Banksy.
0:15.0	Apparently, I've met him twice.
0:16.5	The Banksy story.
0:18.0	Banksy's work is always about the human spirit versus establishment.
0:24.2	Listen on BBC Science.
0:26.4	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:32.2	Hello and welcome to another brand new Midnight meets.
0:39.6	Don't forget, this is just one hour of what we do in BBC Radio 5 live Monday to Thursday
0:45.0	10 until 1.
0:46.5	But we love our Midnight meets on a Tuesday night and hopefully you'll enjoy this new
0:50.8	interview.
0:51.8	It's our flagship long form interview.
0:53.5	And tonight, this episode is with a comedian and author.
0:56.8	His new book Modification is, it's awesome and we talk a lot about that.
1:00.8	Mark Watson and I, well we look alike, we like each other and he's lovely so that's
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