town town stand comedy written performed series broadcast march recorded small towns united_kingdom episode tailored town recorded performed local audience series episodes recorded towns england boston wales second series episodes broadcast april performed towns england scotland series episodes broadcast december january visited towns england wales douglas special episode recording edinburgh festival fringe covering broadcast august fourth series broadcast november january series steel performs towns england mary scotland fifth series broadcast january february performed towns england wales northern_ireland sixth series recorded march towns england scotland seventh series planned air september series steel perform towns england gibraltar programme received positive reviews critics steel observations locals fact series took place multiple locations compared majority stand shows radio television normally recorded single location criticised way commented locations town won silver award best comedy won gold award category won writers guild great britain award best radio comedy light entertainment series voted awards held awards format episode steel history town going perform research interests include local notable people landmarks customs humorous anecdotes majority research took place close actual recording date example steel carried research episode days recording spent days town research met locals performs tailor town local audience style programme similar shows starring steel steel presented humorous lecture famous person history production small budget certain places recorded series example episodes series recorded scotland steel said interview restrictions got budget radio got going tiny couldn scotland fare like student borrow money want scotland hoping series love excited going like fascinating place moment sort weird places cornwall far second series feature episodes recorded scotland scottish border steel writer providing additional material produced series produced series produced series produced series produce upcoming series working studio manager production reception majority reaction town positive programme given silver award best comedy won gold award category november won writers guild great britain award best radio comedy light entertainment january won best radio entertainment award awards held won award awards times wrote review recorded tough gig like shooting fish barrel judge reception received honest moment remarked fact hall performing cattle market day got approving laughter steel known wrong critics commented main features ability locals laugh wrote ability laugh country finest attributes mob happy celebrate guardian reviewed episode said going place insulting takes careful strategies steel use fact nearby signal knows area better hometown journalist reviewing episode commented like programmes laugh hope laugh ignorant stereotypes observer praised saying simple idea executed humane englishman thank exist portland correspondent said recording audience responsive humour views special island left doubt return town welcome historian helped provide research steel portland commented amazed absorbed island history short period time joked portland winds saying comparison wouldn bothered face hurricane katrina remarks rivalry friends present laughed rest commented fact series moved town town impressive meant steel write unique half hour routine venue compare stand ups come hour strong material year times local journalists responded negatively programme reviewed episode recorded commented steel socialist political views mix nearby visited purposes recording wrote enjoyable evening funny gags large material focused champagne lifestyle portrayed media said steel focused good area place live suppose wouldn good comedy episodes series series series edinburgh fringe special series series series series merchandise series town released download march series released book accompanying series entitled town published released october
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