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Mark Watson is one of the UK’s most successful comedians, the winner of the Panel Prize at the Edinburgh Fringe (where he has been one of the biggest-selling acts over the past twenty years), as well as Best Show at the Adelaide and Sydney Comedy Festivals, multiple Chortle Awards – including a Legend of Lockdown, in 2021, for his online work – Time Out Comedian of the Year and quite a lot more. He will be going on a UK tour this year with his show, Mark Watson Before it Overtakes Us.

His many TV credits include Taskmaster, Live At The Apollo, QI, Have I Got News For You, Would I Lie To You and The Celebrity Island with Bear Grylls. He is also a very familiar voice on Radio 4, where his series ‘Mark Watson Talks A Bit About Life‘ has been a popular fixture for more than fifteen years. He has also appeared on Breaking the News, Franke off the Radio, and Unspeakable. Mark is one-third of the cult YouTube phenomenon No More Jockeys, which has had well over nine million views since it began in 2020. He currently presents the World Snooker Tour’s podcast with sporting legend Stephen Hendry.

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Mark Watson Writing

Not only a stand-up, but Mark has also written eight novels: Bullet Points (2004), A Light-Hearted Look At Murder (2007), Eleven (2010), The Knot (2012), Hotel Alpha (2014), The Place That Didn’t Exist (2016) Contacts (2020) and One Minute Away (2025). With Oliver Harud, he co-authored a graphic novel, Dan And Sam, which was optioned by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and is now in development with Universal.

– Bullet Points (2002)
– A Light-Hearted Look at Murder (2007)
– Eleven (2010)
– The Knot (2012)
– Hotel Alpha (2014)
– The Place That Didn’t Exist (2016)
– Contacts (2020)

In 2017, his graphic novel Dan and Sam was purchased by Amblin, Steven Spielberg’s studio, for a possible film adaptation.

In 2020 he arranged and hosted The Watsonathon, a 24 Hour online show which raised over £44,000 in aide of FareShare, Hospice Income Generation Network, and the Nextup Comedy Heckle The Virus fund. He will also be on tour with his latest show, How You Can Almost Win, which was inspired by his time on Bear Gryll’s Celebrity Island.

Mark Watson Corporate Hosting

He is a popular corporate booking for all types of live event including awards hosting.

Mark Watson Testimonials

Belly laugh brilliant… The audience was weeping with laughter.
Time Out

“The highest achiever the Edinburgh Festival has seen this decade. A huge comic presence.”
The Times

“Mark Watson is a prodigy.”
The Guardian

“Simply exhilarating.”
Daily Telegraph

“Brilliantly, darkly funny.”
Chortle

“He has a knack for turning minor events … into major routines.”
London Evening Standard

So, firstly Mark Watson is one of the nicest guys I’ve met, very easy to chat to and very relaxed. He was excellent at the awards. He is very funny to start with, but the way he played our audience and adapted to one ‘heckler’ and actually incorporated him in to the show was sheer brilliance! Just say “Northern Ireland” to Mark and he will know what I mean! I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending him. He is highly professional and an absolute pleasure to deal with.
National Tyre

Just wanted to say thanks for providing such a great comedian for our event last week. Mark was fabulous – hilarious and such a nice guy! He went down really well with all the staff and I’ve had loads of great comments about him. It was lovely that he’d researched our company – the jokes around our marketing/website write-ups were genius and really got us in a fun, festive mood!
Delta Rail

Mark was so funny, came across very well and we’ve had lots of great feedback following on from the gig. Please pass our thanks on to him!
XL Vets

Mark was perfect – he judged the audience really well and was appreciated by all. Please do pass on our thanks.
Social Enterprise Awards

AMAZING!!! The best after-dinner speaker we have ever booked in my view – I know it’s subjective, but he was brilliant! – Capita Children’s Education Services Awards Dinner I just had a nice chat on the phone with my client from the event at the Celtic Manor, which Mark hosted the Awards Ceremony last week, and they were delighted with him. Everyone found him really funny, and they were so pleased he joined them at the top table for dinner also!
Scarlett Entertainment

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