Mark Steel Lectures Thomas Paine

[@barblessable]

Dont see enough of Mark these days , he was good friends with 2 of my favourite comics Jeremy Hardy and Linda Smith both gone now, hope we see more of Mark soon but these talks are a reminder of how good, informative and funny he is.

[@alistairthompson8311]

Still hear him on Radio 4 sometimes. He does a programme where he tours the country lecturing about the local history of whichever town he's in this time with his usual cheeky humour.

[@barblessable]

Yes Mark Steel in Town , but not heard much since his cancer diagnosis , can only wish him all the best for a full recovery.@@alistairthompson8311

[@TonyTN16]

This is what I call quality entertainment. Many thx for uploading this. Mark should be teaching history in schools. Or, schools should be showing his series.

[@TurboMintyFresh]

I loved this show so much. Wish there was more like it

[@valeriemacphail9180]

ADORABLE Mark Steele, instructive and hilarious!

[@Mr_Gray_Sky]

Thomas Paine is definitely one of the greatest Britons. A man so far ahead of his time he'd still be shunned today.

[@jes79a]

A great man but also a traitor to this country. In a pamphlet he supported Napoleon invading Britain; this would have set liberty back years. We abolished slavery twenty years before France did.

[@blackpig52]

@@jes79a on the plus side we'd have gotten rid of the parasite royal family

[@robertyw2882]

"Thomas Paine The most valuable Englishman ever" Narrated by Actor & Writer Kenneth Griffith. Part 1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2OrkoiVqKujfdU Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpy9omCChd1sbaM

[@lewismacpherson9098]

You can sort of see how Charlie Brooker was influenced by Mark Steel. They've even both got Barry Shitpeas.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*12 YEARS OF TORY RULE* since this was made and we now look back on New Labour as the good old days - when people could afford to heat their houses and feed their children...

[@luciatilyard2827]

All the best revolutionaries come from East Anglia.

[@DonLusher]

Maybe not from Thetford, but yes.

[@positivistnullifidian4865]

"Call it hunch, but I've got a feeling that this entire book is a pack of lies." Uproarious bits here!

[@captur69]

The 11 thumbs down are form Bruce Springsteen the e street band..for the ''Philadelphia ''dig..classic

[@MellorDR]

if Marx did a stand a comedy tour mark would be at the helm , love these talks

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

Except for outside of the UK. Only here in the US we keep forgetting he was only in the country for a little bit

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

Anyone know the track at 18:17?

[@richardepoulinjr]

Great video!

[@grahamlive]

7:45 Is that Barry Shitpeas?

[@666deadman1988]

Was that Barry Shitpeas?

[@markfranklin5300]

The fear of a monolith human species has really kept us in our place..

[@jaimeuribe4558]

what was the name of the ship paine was a pirate on , and what was the name of the captain?

[@12pokechamp]

Oh god, the Reggie Perrin bit...

[@loza09]

whas the song

[@Hellsbunnies]

Milk before tea? Messah Steel is a heathen like myself.

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

Working class people had cheap earthenware cups which would break if you put the boiling water in first which is why we used to put in cold milk first. However posh people had porcelain (like Lucy Worsley who said this on TV which is how I know) so they could put the milk in last. I don't actually take milk anymore but I put it in second for my wife so you can tell how brown you want it & mugs these days are more classless.

[@slasha666]

Hellsbunnies Always use milk before tea, tastes completely differently

[@WORKERS.DREADNOUGHT]

Lemon

[@EclecticSceptic]

Mark Steel referred to it in the episode but not by name. Read 'Agrarian Justice' by Tom Paine. He pretty much argues for basic income on the basis that the Earth is the common property of all. A real trailblazing, uncompromising, thinker. The only 'Founding Father' worth respecting today.

[@tonygreen6010]

Paine's father was a "stay-maker" which isn't making corsets, but mooring ropes! The story about him being a corset-maker was put about by his enemies.

[@HrhFish]

+Tony Green You just made me think of Spode from Jeeves and Wooster....Eulily

[@JoeySchmidt74]

I wouldn't think any different of a man who makes corsets today, but I imagine it must've been quite the slur back in the day.

[@jonathangwynne1917]

I think you'll find that a "stay" is a piece of supporting material used in various pieces of clothing - including corsets.

[@luciatilyard2827]

Maybe it has 2 meanings?

[@HrhFish]

17.08 Issac Hunt..... :^) Is that Mike Hunts brother ..... :):):):)

[@1969JohnnyM]

A great man... Thomas Paine English by birth American by adoption French by decree

[@lsobrien]

Because he was the only decent one in the lot.

[@2sandup]

Paine wrote the Declaration of Independence. Lewis makes this claim and frankly I believe him. Paine will never be appreciated in this Country for his ideas.

[@ThexGamexBrotherhood]

George Washington had ivory teeth, not wooden

[@slasha666]

Yes, you're right, but the common misconception is that he had wooden teeth and this is comedic historical documentary, so to be taken a bit tongue in cheek!!!

[@RilianSharp]

1:03

[@HarindermintyModelTownldh]

What if ..he will b a guy nextdoor...? Definately he has something unique to offer like alladin' chiraag

[@charlessmyth]

1776 was a turf war :-)

[@ridanann]

tiocfaidh ar la saor domhan

[@t.v.fjordland558]

America's Original Progressive

[@yeshaya24]

Full of false boasting and xenophobia ....

[@jes79a]

At 13:22 I remember this repitile coming on Have I Got News For You and making the same point, only to have the hypocritical snobbery of it all summed by Ian Hislop with the following remark 'there's nothing like a socialist who despises his own class is there?'

[@markpaul120]

Not a fan then ? Ian hislop did not say that though, he said working class didn't he. Why hypocritical?

[@grahamlive]

Mark was ridiculing working class people who suck up to royalty. Not the working class in general. Hislop’s criticism was unfair.

[@bingeltube]

Heavy accent, but at times funny!

[@valeriemacphail9180]

Heavy? Only for those who have never lived in London 😂😂😂

[@bingeltube]

@@valeriemacphail9180 How did you figure out I never lived in London? I have been a tourist though.

[@valeriemacphail9180]

@@bingeltube Spend as little as 3 months there and you will never forget that accent as long as you live!

[@bingeltube]

@@valeriemacphail9180 London is a great city! I will definitely reserve this for my next life.