In this episode Mark talks about one of his favourite TV shows: the American comedy-drama detective mystery television series "Monk", created by Andy Breckman, starring Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk who is a former homicide detective and a consultant for the San Francisco Police department who has an extreme case of OCD as well as many fears and phobias that he has to daily deal with. "Monk" ran for 8 seasons - from 2002 to 2009 - and continues to have a cult-following around the world, because of the light-hearted police procedural premise of the series as well as the engaging and entertaining characters and the actors who portray them. The series stars Tony Shalhoub as Adrian Monk, Bitty Schram (seasons 1-3) as Sharona Fleming, Traylor Howard as Natalie Teeger (seasons 3-8), Ted Levine as Captain Leland Stottlemeyer, Jason Gray-Stanford as Lieutenant Randy Disher - as well as many other amazing actors who have played memorable characters, some of whom recur throughout the series. The series is joyful, heart-warming, entertaining, funny, and sometimes harrowing - especially when the character of Adrian Monk is seen struggling to find more clues to aid him in solving the overarching mystery of the show that revolves around his wife, Trudy, and her apparent murder.
