The Mark Steel Lectures

Season 1 Episode 6: Karl Marx

3 SeasonsNov 11, 2003NR30m8.2

As he moved from Paris to London, Marx managed to leave a trail of uncleaned rooms and even more untidy relationships in his wake. Mark picks his way through the discarded Pot Noodle cartons and unexpected children to reveal the real Marx. You'll discover why the state of Marx's flat caused consternation amongst those sent to spy on him, and get to watch him doing his grocery shopping. Mark also explains what made Marx's theories so revolutionary and why Marx wasn't a Marx...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Lord Byron

Aired: Oct 7, 2003

Mark Steel follows the glorious life of Lord Byron from his birth just off Ox...

Episode 2 Isaac Newton

2. Isaac Newton

Aired: Oct 14, 2003

He was a scientist who thought he could turn lead into gold. He was an obsess...

Episode 3 Sigmund Freud

3. Sigmund Freud

Aired: Oct 21, 2003

With a life measured out in cigar-cutters and cocaine wraps, Sigmund Freud wa...

Episode 4 Aristotle

Aired: Oct 28, 2003

Mark Steel traces the history of Greek Philosophy from Pythagoras (“never ate...

Episode 5 Charles Darwin

5. Charles Darwin

Aired: Nov 4, 2003

Delving further, and more imaginatively, into the evolution of Charles Darwin...

Episode 6 Karl Marx

Aired: Nov 11, 2003

As he moved from Paris to London, Marx managed to leave a trail of uncleaned ...

Main Cast

Martin Hyder

Martin HyderKarl Marx

Creators

Mark SteelWriter

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Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Four

Genres:Comedy, Documentary, History, Biography