Mark Watson (born 13 February 1980) is a British stand-up comedian and novelist. He was born in Bristol of a Welsh family. Mark Watson has appeared regularly at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, winning the first ever Panel Prize at the if.comeddies in 2006 and being nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2005 Perrier Comedy Awards. His other awards include the Time Out Critic's Choice Award 2006 and a Barry Award nomination for best show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival 2006.
Mark Watson has performed several unusual shows at the Edinburgh Fringe and Melbourne Festivals, including marathon shows lasting 24 hours and more. Watson undertook his first long show at the 2004 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which lasted 24 hours. At the end of the show he proposed to his girlfriend Emily Howes, who accepted. At the 2007 Fringe, Mark Watson hosted a panel show We Need Answers with Alex Horne and Tim Key. This saw 16 comedians take part in a knock out quiz where all the questions and answers came from text service Any Question Answered. Paul Sinha won the competition, beating Josie Long in the final. We Need Answers returned in 2008 with fewer rounds, Josie Long emerged as winner, beating Sinha in the semi-final and Kristen Schaal in the final.
Mark Watson performed his final 24 hour show at the 2009 Fringe along with his "Earth Summit" and his "Edit". The Earth Summit was Watson's version of the Al Gore talk about world pollution and global warming and the Edit was a compilation of Watson's fringe shows to date, made particularly for those who had not seen him perform there. Watson's debut DVD, titled The Mark Watson Edit is due for release on 15 November 2010. In 2010,
Mark Watson took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.
Mark Watson has made regular appearances on BBC Two's comedy panel show Mock The Week; he has also been a panellist on BBC music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks four timesonce as guest captain and once as presenterin addition to appearing on current affairs panel show Have I Got News for You.
Mark Watson has appeared on the popular BBC panel show Would I Lie To You? and he also makes regular appearances on panel show cum debate programme Argumental. In Australia, Watson has been seen on Rove, Good News Week, Spicks and Specks and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, all aired in April 2007. Mark Watson performed stand up on episode one of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, aired 7 June 2009.
Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better, aired on BBC Radio 4 in February 2007, followed by a second series in August 2008. Both series featured poems by Tim Key and music, performed by Tim Minchin in the first series and Tom Basden in the second. In August 2009, Watson hosted a three-episode series on BBC Radio 5 Live called 100 Million or Bust, where a panel of guests attempted to spend 100 million on transfers as managers of an English Premier League team. Mark Watson has made regular appearances on the BBC Radio 5 Live show Fighting Talk where he took part in the infamous "pen Gate" against Tom Watt, he also boasted about of his show-biz meetings with Cameron Jerome and Ricardo Fuller. On 25 February, Watson presented the 2009 NME Awards at Brixton Academy. At the start of the 2009/2010 season, Mark Watson writes a regular article in the Bristol City official matchday programme Well Red.
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