The Mark Steel Lectures Series 1, Episode 4 - Aristotle - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

With his philosophical subjects ranging from ballooning to Sue Barker , Aristotle is the fourth of Steel's subjects in an irreverent look at people who changed the way we think.

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Mark Steel traces the history of Greek Philosophy from Pythagoras ("never ate beans"), to Plato ("old and bald"), to Aristotle ("made lists of Olympic champions for fun, and possibly a bugger for the bottle, or possibly not").

The lecture takes in all the important areas of classical philosophy, including ethics, Sue Barker, whether the Four Tops are really the Four Tops at all, incontinence and Jim Davidson, ballooning, and why Aristotle would have disapproved of Orange marches.

Filmed at the Parthenon and across Athens, Mark Steel brings you the Aristotle that history has forgotten; the one that liked a pretty girl, a shop full of beds and a KFC, and just maybe a drink as well.

Broadcast details

Date

Tuesday 28th October 2003

Time

10pm

Channel

BBC Four

Length

30 minutes

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