Mark Watson

Mark Watson

A former Cambridge Footlighter, Mark Watson first made an impact on the comedy circuit in 2002 when he won the Daily Telegraph Open Mic competition andwas a runner-up in So You Think You're Funny?

He has become known for his Edinburgh shows (2005's 50 Years Before Death And The Awful Prospect Of Enternity was nominated for the Perrier) and his gruelling shows that last more than 24 hours. Perrier's successor, the if.comeddies, awarded the panel award for best capturing the spirit of the fringe, in 2007.

Watson won the Chortle award winner for innovation in 2005, when he was also nominated for best breakthrough act, and was nominated for best compere in 2007.

He is also a novelist, with his debut Bullet Points, published in 2003; has written for TV and in 2007 landed his first radio series, Mark Watson Makes The World Substantially Better.

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Mark Watson creates a text adventure game

Demo of Main Character available now

Mark Watson has released the demo version of a game he’s co-written.

Main Character is a text-based adventure designed to be played every day ‘like Wordle’. It is due for release next June, but the newly released tester runs for three days for Halloween.

In an email to fans, Watson – who created the game with collaborator Mat Ryer - wrote: ‘It’s a text adventure which you can play in hundreds of different ways. 

‘The basic idea is, at the start of the game, you’ve downloaded an app called Main Character which promises to shake up your life, make you a better person - change you. 

‘Almost as soon as it’s on your phone, strange things start to happen to you; you are in dramatic situations, you have dilemmas to resolve. In fact, the app is almost working TOO well. It is making you into - what they call a main character. Can you step up to that? Or, if you don’t want to, can you escape?’

The demo version can be played at https://maincharacter.app/ – with Waton warning: ‘Not everything might be working perfectly yet, but you will get the idea.’

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Published: 30 Oct 2026

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Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2001

Far Too Happy


Montreal 2009

Britcom gala 2009


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