When I was three years old, my mum and dad took the budgie cage out into the garden to clean it and I thought: “I’m going to open the door to see what happens.” Obviously what happened was the budgie flew out of the cage.
Born in Kent, Mark Steel, 64, began his radio career in 1992 with the satirical show The Mark Steel Solution.
Mark Steel: ‘At 16, I thought I’d help transform the world into a socialist arena of peace and justice.
He has made 13 series of Mark Steel’s in Town for Radio 4, and his podcast is What the F*** Is Going On?.
From 1999 to 2002, he presented The Mark Steel Lectures on Radio 4, which was nominated for a Bafta when it transferred to television.
