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Input (English): Context: The Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its sister papers "The Guardian" and "The Guardian Weekly", whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993, it claims to take a social liberal or social democratic line on most issues. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper., The Mark Steel Revolution was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1998. Written and delivered by Mark Steel, each scripted lecture presents an informative, yet witty, account of a revolution. Many of the points are illustrated with readings by Martin Hyder, and Carla Mendonça. The programme was produced by Phil Clark., The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper, known from 1821 to 1959 as the Manchester Guardian. Along with its sister papers "The Observer" and "The Guardian Weekly", "The Guardian" is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by The Scott Trust Limited. The Trust was created in 1936 "to secure the financial and editorial independence of "The Guardian" in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of "The Guardian" free from commercial or political interference." The Scott Trust became a limited company in 2008, with a constitution to maintain the same protections for "The Guardian". Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than to the benefit of an owner or shareholders., Sir Anthony Joseph Francis "Tony" O'Reilly (born 7 May 1936, Dublin, Ireland), is a former Irish businessman and international rugby union player. He is known for his involvement in the Independent News & Media Group, which he led from 1973 to 2009, and as former CEO and Chairman of the H.J. Heinz Company. He was the leading shareholder of Waterford Wedgwood. Perhaps Ireland's first billionaire, as of 26 May 2014 O'Reilly is being pursued in the Irish courts for debts amounting to €22 million by AIB, following losses amounting to hundreds of millions of euro in his unsuccessful attempt to stop Denis O'Brien from assuming control of Independent News & Media., Mark Steel's in Town is a stand-up comedy show on BBC Radio 4, co-written and performed by Mark Steel. The series, that was first broadcast on 18 March 2009, is recorded in various small towns in the United Kingdom. Each episode is tailored to the town it is recorded in and the show is performed in front of a local audience., BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is Gwyneth Williams; and the station is part of BBC Radio and the "BBC Radio" department. The station is broadcast from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasting House, London., Mark Steel (born 4 July 1960) is an English comedian, broadcaster, newspaper columnist and author. A stand-up comedian known for his left-wing beliefs (he was a long-standing member of the Socialist Workers Party) he has made many appearances on radio and television shows as a guest panellist, and has written regular columns in "The Guardian" and "The Independent". He is perhaps best known for presenting "The Mark Steel Lectures", "The Mark Steel Revolution", "The Mark Steel Solution" and "Mark Steel's in Town"., Manchester is a major city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 514,414 . It lies within the United Kingdom's second-most populous urban area, with a population of 2.55 million. Manchester is fringed by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east and an arc of towns with which it forms a continuous conurbation. The local authority is Manchester City Council., Carla Mendonça (born 16 November 1964 in Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British actress. She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick., Mark Steel is an English comedian , broadcaster , newspaper columnist and author . A stand - up comedian known for his left - wing beliefs ( he was a long - standing member of the Socialist Workers Party ) he has made many appearances on radio and television shows as a guest panellist , and has written regular columns in The Guardian and The Independent . He is perhaps best known for presenting The Mark Steel Lectures , The Mark Steel Revolution , The Mark Steel Solution and Mark Steel 's in Town ., The Independent is a British online newspaper. Established in 1986 as an independent national morning newspaper published in London, it was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev in 2010. Since March 2016, it is no longer printed, but is available for readers online., Alexander Yevgenievich Lebedev (born 16 December 1959) is a Russian businessman, referred to as one of the Russian oligarchs., The Mark Steel Solution was initially broadcast on BBC Radio 5 for a series, before three series were broadcast on BBC Radio 4. The show's original slogan was "Give me thirty minutes and Ill convince you of anything!", The Guardian Weekly is a weekly British-based (London) English language newspaper published by the Guardian Media Group and is one of the world's oldest international newspapers. It has readers in 173 countries. It was founded with the aim of spreading progressive British ideas into the United States after the First World War. The first edition of the "Manchester Guardian Weekly" was printed a week after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, and stated its aim as "presenting what is best and most interesting in the Manchester Guardian, what is most distinctive and independent of time, in a compact weekly form". It has long also been printed in an airmail edition on light-weight paper, mailed directly to subscribers where it is not distributed by other means, and in modern times there is access to content via the Internet., The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster. It is headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, is the world's oldest national broadcasting organisation, and is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with over 20,950 staff in total, of whom 16,672 are in public sector broadcasting; including part-time, flexible as well as fixed contract staff, the total number is 35,402., Subject: mark steel, Relation: date_of_birth, Options: (A) 16 december 1959 (B) 173 (C) 1791 (D) 18 (E) 1821 (F) 1919 (G) 1936 (H) 1959 (I) 1964 (J) 1967 (K) 1986 (L) 1993 (M) 1998 (N) 20 (O) 2008 (P) 2010 (Q) 35 (R) 4 (S) 4 july 1960 (T) 402 (U) 414 (V) 5 (W) 672 (X) 7 (Y) 950 (Z) december 1959 ([) may 1936
Output (English): 4 july 1960