Mark Watson

Mark Watson

Born: February 13, 1980
in Bristol, England, UK
Mark Andrew Watson (born 13 February 1980) is a British comedian and novelist.

Watson was born in Bristol to a Welsh mother and English father. He has younger twin sisters called Emma and Lucy and a brother, Paul. He attended Henleaze Junior school and then Bristol Grammar School, an independent day school where he won the prize of 'Gabbler of the Year', before going to Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied English, graduating with first class honours. At university he was a member of the Footlights and contemporary of Stefan Golaszewski, Tim Key and Dan Stevens. He was part of the revue which was nominated for the Best Newcomer category in the Perrier Comedy Awards at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and also co-directed a revue with Key.

Although not born in Wales, Watson used to deliver his act with a common Welsh accent which is not quite his own. He adopted it when he started stand-up comedy saying that it made him "more comfortable to be talking in a voice that I didn't quite recognise as my own". He has since reverted to his own accent.

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Movies for Mark Watson...

Mark Watson: Search
Title: Mark Watson: Search
Released: August 12, 2023
Type: Movie
Mark Watson's 12-year-old son just got a phone. His 70-year-old dad has been through the most frightening experience of his life. Both a dad and a kid himself, around the midpoint of his life, the Taskmaster star, multiple award-winner and Fringe legend returns to consider the search for meaning that we're all on, with or without Google. There will be a lot of jokes.
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Title: Impatient at Monkey Barrel
Released: February 27, 2023
Type: TV
Mark Watson hosts a riotous selection of local and imported talent. Expect surprises both in the room and on the live stream. Although, by definition, you can't really expect a surprise. But do your best.
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Mark Watson: This Can't Be It
Title: Mark Watson: This Can't Be It
Character: Himself
Released: April 27, 2022
Type: Movie
Mark used a life expectancy app and discovered that he's halfway through his time on earth. There's never been a better time to join him as he brings his chaotic comedy to a meditation on the fragility of life.
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Mark Watson: The Infinite Show
Title: Mark Watson: The Infinite Show
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Inspired by the mostly alarming state of the world his children are growing up in, and a genuine, urgent desire to do something about it, this show is about empathy. 99 percent of the world's population is made up of other people: why can't we understand them? As scrawny and impassioned as ever, one of the UK's most beloved and thinnest acts offers some suggestions, with his usual notoriously high joke- and-rant-per-minute rate.
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Title: Dodo
Character: Dad (voice)
Released: June 14, 2021
Type: TV
Follow the misadventures of 11-year-old Joe Connolly and his three best friends in their first year at O’Malley Middle School.
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Title: Guessable
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 2020
Type: TV
Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. Sara Pascoe hosts the show with John Kearns on hand as her assistant. Alan Davies and Darren Harriott are the team captains, in a format that puts a twist on classic family games.
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Title: No More Jockeys
Released: June 19, 2020
Type: TV
Name a person, and a category they fall under – while avoiding naming people from all previous categories.
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Title: Catchpoint
Character: Himself
Released: March 23, 2019
Type: TV
Four participants, two teams and one premise: don't drop the ball. English actor and comedian Paddy McGuinness presents this new game show, that combines brains with physical abilities. A new twist to the classic question-answer game show. If the participants answer correctly, then the ball will fall directly on them. However, if they provide the wrong answer, they will have to run so they can catch the ball before it touches the ground, and stay in the competition to win the grand prize of 10,000 pounds.
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Title: Roast Battle
Character: Self
Released: January 15, 2018
Type: TV
It's comedy’s closed thing to a sport – comedians battle it out with the most brutal jokes imaginable.
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The Great Xmas Rant
Title: The Great Xmas Rant
Character: Self
Released: December 21, 2017
Type: Movie
Christmas special featuring comedians and other recognisable faces as they discuss their yuletide grievances.
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Title: Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: September 4, 2017
Type: TV
Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.
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Mark Watson: Flaws
Title: Mark Watson: Flaws
Character: Mark Watson
Released: November 30, 2015
Type: Movie
The darkest, funniest and most critically-acclaimed show of Watson's career, Flaws takes in a huge range of subjects from alcoholism to post office etiquette, includes a terrifying bit with balloons, and comes to a feel good conclusion which will convince you that for all our flaws, humans still have quite a lot to offer.
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Title: Taskmaster
Character: Self
Released: July 28, 2015
Type: TV
Greg Davies is the Taskmaster, and with the help of his ever-loyal assistant Alex Horne, they will set out to test the wiles, wit, wisdom and skills of five hyper-competitive comedians. Who will be crowned the Taskmaster champion in this brand new game show?
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Allstars Supershow 2015
Title: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Opening Night Allstars Supershow 2015
Released: March 13, 2015
Type: Movie
Hosted by Adam Hills, the 2015 Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow will also feature; Alex Edelman, Andrew Saunders, Cal Wilson, Chris Taylor & Andrew Hansen, Claire Hooper, Dane Baptiste, Greg Behrendt, Jen Kirkman, Jimeoin, Katherine Ryan, Luke McGregor, Mark Watson, Milton Jones, Nick Cody, Nina Conti, Sam Simmons, Sarah Kendall, Sara Pascoe, Steen Raskopoulos, Stephen K Amos, Tom Gleeson, Tripod, Wil Anderson and Wyatt Cenac.
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Title: Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2014
Type: TV
One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.
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Title: The Mad Bad Ad Show
Released: February 17, 2012
Type: TV
The Mad Bad Ad Show is a British comedy panel shown weekly on Channel 4 which is made by Objective Productions and hosted by Mark Dolan.
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Mark Watson Live
Title: Mark Watson Live
Character: Himself
Released: November 28, 2011
Type: Movie
British comic Mark Watson takes to the stage for this stand-up performance, recorded at the Bristol Hippodrome in July 2011. Mark has made guest appearances on various TV panel shows including 'Mock the Week' and 'Have I Got News for You' and also hosted his own radio show 'Mark Watson Makes the World Substantially Better'.
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Title: Pointless Celebrities
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: July 4, 2011
Type: TV
Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.
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Title: Mark Watson Kicks Off
Released: October 25, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2010
Type: TV
Join Comedy Central at The Comedy Store to see Britain's best comics perform at London's best comedy club.
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Title: Marco's Kitchen Burnout
Character: Himself - Contestant
Released: April 16, 2010
Type: TV
The bad boy of British cuisine, Marco-Pierre White brings us a brand new fierce and fiery knockout cooking competition with real bite. Marco will oversee celebrity cooks as they experience the heat, sweat and drama of a real working kitchen while vying to serve up the best dishes for their savvy paying customers. The only catch is that they are completely on thier own... Unlike Hell’s Kitchen, theres no team-work, no co-operation and no hand-holding from their mentor. The celebrities can buy Marco's time and help, but it'll cost them valuable points at the end. Great cooking won't be enough, as they will have to cope with the pressure of cooking incredible food, while playing a cool tactical game...but who will survive, and who will be burned?
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Title: Channel 4's Comedy Gala
Released: April 5, 2010
Type: TV
Channel 4's Comedy Gala is a British stand-up comedy benefit show organised Channel 4 in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital. The gig is filmed live at the O2 Arena in London, and then broadcast later by Channel 4. An inaugural gala was held in 2010, while a second gala was held in 2011. A third Gala aired in May 2012. A fourth Gala was filmed on Saturday 18th May 2013 at O2 Arena.
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Title: No More Women
Character: Self - Contestant
Released: December 3, 2009
Type: TV
No More Women was broadcast on the BBC Comedy website as a spin-off from We Need Answers.
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Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Title: Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV 2
Character: Self
Released: November 9, 2009
Type: Movie
Produced exclusively for DVD, three hilarious hours of the country's finest comic minds battling it out on TVs most outrageous comedy show. MOCK THE WEEK TOO HOT FOR TV 2 is the sharpest, rudest and funniest collection of Mock the Week moments so far, delving into the show's archives to unearth laugh out loud nuggets of comedy gold never previously allowed to be shown. Watch Dara O Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Russell Howard, Andy Parsons and a host of Britain s finest stand ups pushing the boundaries further than ever before
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Title: You Have Been Watching
Character: Self
Released: July 7, 2009
Type: TV
Notoriously foul-mouthed television critic Charlie Brooker invites three of his friends round to sit in oversized chairs, watch television, and they all take the mick out of it. Each discussion ends with one or more questions to the panel, for which points are awarded. In the final quick-fire round, there are buzzers and a suitable (ie disconcertingly jaunty) game show noise. At the end, a winner is determined, and we reckon that's enough to make it a game show.
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Title: We Need Answers
Character: Self - Host
Released: February 12, 2009
Type: TV
We Need Answers is a British television panel game presented by comedians Mark Watson, Tim Key and Alex Horne. The show features a pair of celebrities answering questions which have previously been texted in by the public, or the audience, to 63336, a text message service.
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Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV
Title: Mock The Week: Too Hot For TV
Released: November 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Produced exclusively for DVD, with nearly of 3 hours of the hottest standup comedians performing in the funniest program on TV. Mock the Week - Too Hot For TV contains all the best laugh out load moments that couldn't be shown on TV or anywhere else, for reasons of taste, decency and sheer outrageousness. For the first time see unbroadcastable material from Dara O'Briain, Frankie Boyle, Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons, Russell Howard and a host of the funniest stand-up comedians on the circuit
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Title: Would I Lie to You?
Character: Self
Released: June 16, 2007
Type: TV
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Title: Time Trumpet
Released: August 3, 2006
Type: TV
Set in the year 2031, this mockumentary looks back at events that ostensibly happened during the first 30 years of the 21st century. The series follows a format that co-creator Armando Iannucci previously used in his satirical year-in-review programme '2004: The Stupid Version'.
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Title: Mock the Week
Character: Self
Released: June 5, 2005
Type: TV
Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.
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Title: 8 Out of 10 Cats
Character: Self
Released: June 3, 2005
Type: TV
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".
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Title: QI
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2003
Type: TV
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Host
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
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Title: Good News Week
Character: Self
Released: April 12, 1996
Type: TV
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.
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Title: The Comedy Annual
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The Comedy Annual is a British entertainment comedy series which first aired on ITV on 22 December 2010. Presented by Phillip Schofield, the show features various comedians who talk about the unusuall events of the past year. There have been two episodes, the first airing in 2010 and the second in 2011.
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Title: Have I Got a Bit More News for You
Character: Self - Panellist
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Based on the week’s news and fronted by guest hosts, this extended version of the satirical news quiz features more of the stuff that wouldn't fit into the regular programme.
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Title: Mark Watson and Mat Ryer's The Company
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Cult interactive game born at the Edinburgh festival two years ago. You're on a company awayday to Edinburgh. Your votes decide what happens. You find yourself in some fiendish puzzles. You may have a knife. It is not a cult. Follow @MarkWatsonCo to catch up on the story; new employees welcome.