First stop of the new series is Oakham, nestled in the UK’s smallest county – Rutland.

Oakham is proudly twinned with Paris (even if the Parisians don’t know), has Europe’s largest man-made lake (which required flooding a local village) and hangs its horseshoes the other way round (so the devil falls out, obviously).

Joining Mark is Clare Balding, who’s also in town to take him on a ramble around Rutland, which you can hear in Ramblings, this Thursday on Radio 4.

This is the 14th series of Mark's award winning show where he travels around the country visiting towns that have nothing in common but their uniqueness. After thoroughly researching each town, Mark writes and performs a bespoke evening of comedy for a local audience. As well as Oakham, in this series, Mark be will also be popping to Wrexham, Cambridge, Lewisham and, Lerwick and Unst in Shetland.

This is an extended edition of the broadcast version.

Written and performed by Mark Steel

Additional material by Pete Sinclair

Production co-ordinator Caroline Barlow and Katie Baum

Sound Manager Jerry Peal

Producer Carl Cooper

A BBC Studios production for Radio 4

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Erscheinungs­datum: 7.10.2025, 19:30:00