Mark Dolan

Dolan is well known as the host of Channel 4 show Balls of Steel, which he presented from 2005 until the show's end in 2008. He is also the presenter of Channel 4 Radio's satirical show The Weekly Show, which is now in its second series, and the TV documentary series The World's (Something) And Me, where he meets "the world's most extraordinary people", such as The World's Hairiest Person and The World's Strongest Child. This series has proved popular and has aired three seasons of documentaries. Dolan first came to the public's attention in 2002 after writing and performing in a Comedy Lab entitled The Richard Taylor Interviews.[2]

In 2006, Dolan helped launch More4 as the host of The Last Word, a nightly topical discussion show. He has also fronted shows for E4, including its launch comedy series, Show Me The Funny, and provides his voice as presenter of a new series for Five called Urban Legends. Dolan is currently the presenter for Sky Movies' weekly movie-news show 35mm[3] and Channel 4's The Mad Bad Ad Show.

In February 2013, Dolan took part in the fifth series of Let's Dance for Comic Relief as a member of "Destiny's Dad" alongside fellow stand up comedians Hal Cruttenden and Shaun Keaveny.[4]

In 2015, Dolan co-hosted If Katie Hopkins Ruled the World with British reality TV personality Katie Hopkins.[5]

Dolan started as a stand-up comedian in 2000, reaching the final of Channel 4's So You Think You're Funny competition in his first year of performing. He currently has a Saturday night residency at Soho’s Amused Moose Comedy Club.[6]

At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival at The Gilded Balloon in 2007, Dolan performed his one-man show I'm Here To Help!, a format in which the audience submit their real problems at the start of the show, to be solved by Dolan, the rest of the audience, and his mother on the phone.Roberts, John. "Mark Dolan Changes the World – Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh". The Reviews Hub.</ref>

Alongside the aforementioned C4 radio show, Dolan is a regular presenter on LBC radio and BBC London, and a panellist on Radio 4 comedy shows including The Personality Test and the Jon Ronson Show.

Dolan has lent his voice to a range of television and radio programmes, including commercials. Dolan is developing I'm Here To Help! for TV, and finished the third series of Balls of Steel.

Dolan presented a breakfast show on Fubar Radio, an uncensored radio station based in London.[7]