1866                 

Henry Gatiss, is born. Mark's great grandfather

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1869                 

Elizabeth Gatiss is born, Mark's great grandmother

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1897               

 George Gatiss is born, Mark's grandfather

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1931                 

Winifred Rose (née O'Kane) is born,  Mark Gatiss mother                                               (D.2003)

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Maurice Gatiss was born, Mark Gatiss fathe

 

Jeremiah O' Kane died/ Mark's grandfather.

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1939                 

Margaret O' Kane died, Mark great-grandmother and mother  of  Jeremiah O'Kane 

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1957  

Summer           

Mark's parent's Maurice and Winnie were married 

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1959                   

Jill Gatiss is born, Mark's older sister

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1963                   

Phillip Gatiss is born, Mark's older brother

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1966                 

Mark Gatiss was born in Sedgefield, County Durham to Winifred  Rose and Maurice Gatiss.

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1972                   

 Mark  first time in London. It was to see the  Tutankhamun exhibition.

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1974

9th November     

Ian Christopher Hallard was born in Birmingham, England , Mark Gatiss  future husband

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1979                 

 Mark  had his first foreign holiday in  Spain

1983

March                 

Mark  early work into theatre was the role of Dad in "The Waiting Room", written by Tony Stowers in Darlington

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1995                   

The League of Gentlemen initially began as a stage act

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1992

August                

Mark published  his first graphic novel, "Nightshade", which was part of the Doctor Who stories.

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1993 

October               

Mark Gatiss had his  early screen appearance in "Harry" (TV Series) as the Diner Manager

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1994

January               

"P.R.O.B.E." a series of direct-to-video science-fiction films  mostly  written by Mark Gatiss and produced by BBV Productions was first aired. It is the first live-action Doctor Who spin-off series.

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October             

  "St Anthony's Fire" written by Mark Gatiss, based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who, was published.

     

1997               

Mark won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival They became the first sketch group to win since the Awards began in 1981.

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24th November   

"The Round heads" a BBC Books original novel written by Mark Gatiss was published. This was based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features         the Second Doctor, Ben, Jamie, and Polly.

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1998                 

 Mark then met actor Ian Hallard, a fellow British actor and husband, whom he first met online.

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1998–1999     

Mark made an appearance in This Morning with Richard Not Judy, in the role of Greg Evigan a BBC comedy television programme.

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2001               

  Mark wrote two episodes of  Randall & Hopkirk"Two Can Play at That Game"&"Painkillers" (2001)

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2003                   

Mark's mother Winifred Rose died, and only short time later, Mark' sister Gill was diagnosed with cancer, and sadly died.

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 Mark Gatiss was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters by the  University of Huddersfield 

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Mark Gatiss received a monumental phone call from Clayton Hickman, who was then the editor of Doctor Who Magazine, informing him that Doctor Who was returning and was asked to            write for the new show

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2004

20th February      

"Sex Lives of the Potato Men" a 2004 British comedy film. The film is about the sexual antics of a group of potato delivery men in Birmingham   cast includes Mark Gatiss     

 

 "The Vesuvius Club" a  historical spy story by Mark Gatiss was  published. It is the first novel in a series featuring the spy, Lucifer Box.

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2005

6th January         

 Mark Gatiss appears in "Nebulous"  a post- apocalyptic science fiction comedy radio show written by Graham Duff and directed  by Nicholas Briggs.

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2nd April               

 The Quatermass Experiment a live television film remake of the 1953 television series of the same name by Nigel Kneale. Actor Jason Flemyng was cast as Quatermass, with long- time Kneale admirer Mark Gatiss as Paterson

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9th April           

  "The Unquiet Dead" is the third episode of the first series of the British science-fiction television programme Doctor Who, was first broadcast. Written  Mark Gatiss

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2006

6th November     

"The Devil in Amber" the second novel in a series featuring the fictional spy, Lucifer Box. It was published, Written  Mark Gatiss

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2007                       

5th May               

"The Lazarus Experiment" the sixth episode of the third  series of the revived British science fiction   television series Doctor Who, was first broadcast on BBC One. Mark played the character of Professor Lazarus

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13th June            

 "The Worst Journey in the World", premiered on BBC Four. A  Television docudrama based on the memoir of the same name by polar  explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Written by Mark Gatiss

                                 

Mark was working in theatre, IN the play All About My Mother" as the role of Agrada at Old Vic

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2008                    

Mark married Ian Hallard in Middle Temple, in the City of  London underneath a portrait of Edward Carson QC, the man who prosecuted Oscar Wilde

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7th October         

"Free Jimmy"  was released in the UK . British comedy writer and actor Simon Pegg wrote this screenplay for the wider English- speaking  world  of which was subsequently released straight to DVD  by Break Thru Films. The voice actors of the 2008 English-                language version is made up of an international ensemble cast that included Mark Gatiss as the voice of Jakki

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"Black Butterfly" the third and final novel in Mark Gatiss' Lucifer                                    Box trilogy was published.

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17th November     

Clone a 2008 BBC Three comedy series was first aired  starring Jonathan  Pryce and Mark Gatiss, centred on the creation and education of the world's first human clone. A series of six 30-minute episodes

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22nd December   

"Crooked House" (TV series)  a supernatural drama mini-series, was first aired on BBC Four. It was written and co-produced by actor and writer Mark Gatiss.

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2010

March                  

Mark, was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3                                     

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16th May             

"Worried About the Boy" is premiered on BBC  Two British biographical drama television film directed by Julian Jarrold and written by Tony Basgallop, based on the life of English          singer Boy George.Mark Gatiss plays the role of  Malcolm                                            McLaren                                                                                             

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25th July             

"Sherlock" a British crime drama television series based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created  by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss,premiers on BBC One.Mark is also part  of  the cast playing the character Mycroft Holmes                                     

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11th October      
 "A History of Horror" (also known as A History of Horror with Mark  Gatiss) premiered on BBC Four. A three-part documentary series made for the BBC by British writer and actor Mark Gatiss.

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19th October     

"The First Men in the Moon  was first aired o BBC Four  written by Mark Gatiss                                       

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December             

Mark, was playing the role of "Bernard" in Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings at the Royal National Theatre in  London alongside Catherine Tate.                                                            

 

 "Mark Gatiss is Gay " was featured on The Independent on Sunday's Pink List of influential gay people in the UK

                                             

2013                     

21st November    
"An Adventure in Space and Time", a British biographical television film,written by regular Doctor Who writer Mark Gatiss,was  premiered. The biographical film focuses on a dramatised version of  events surrounding the creation of Doctor Who in the 1960s, with  emphasis on actor William Hartnell, portrayed by Bradley, as he took on the role of the original incarnation of the show's main  character, the Doctor. 

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6th December      

Mark Gatiss joined the cast of the Donmar Warehouse Production of Coriolanus as Senator of    Rome, Menenius. The play went from 6th December 2013 through 13th February 2014.For his role on the play, Gatiss received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting            Role nomination.

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25th December     

"The Tractate Middoth" short a ghost story by British author M. R. James was  adapted by Mark Gatiss, and was broadcast by the BBC2 as part of the long-running A Ghost Story for                  Christmas series

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2015                   

Mark Won Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in 'Coriolanus' at British Stage Awards 2015.

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October                

Mark appeared at Darlington Civic Theatre on Saturday to  raise money for a memorial at Darlington Police Station.The memorial will honour police officers who have died, including        Gatiss' brother-in-law, Detective Sergeant Dave Storey.

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2016                   

Mark returned to the theatre in The Boys in the Band where he played the role of Harold alongside Ian Hallard. This was their first play in theatre together

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June                   

 Team Sherlock is participating in the Blenheim Triathlon, raising  funds for Switchboard.Team members: Sue Vertue, Steven Moffat, Mark Gatiss

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2017

7th January         

 "Taboo"is a BBC television drama series produced by Scott Free London and Hardy Son & Baker. first aired on BBC One.Mark Gatiss  played the role of the Prince George, heir to the King of Great Britain

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Mark curated and directed Queers – a series of eight monologues  for BBC Four to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which saw the partial decriminalisation           of male    homosexual

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Mark Gatiss visits childhood hero and author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, to chat children's books, family and sci-fi, Judith Kerr.

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21st October         

 Gunpowder is a British historical period drama television  miniseries  was first aired on BBC One. Produced  by Kudos and Kit Harington’s Thriker Films for BBC One. The three-part drama series.Mark Gatiss played the role of  Sir Robert  Cecil.

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2018

9th February         

The Mercy a British biographical drama film,was released in the UK. Directed by James Marsh and written by Scott Z. Burns. It is based on the true story of the disastrous attempt by the amateur sailor Donald Crowhurst to complete the Sunday Times Golden            Globe Race in 1962. Mark Gatiss played the role of  Ronald Hall.

 

August                   

Mark Gatiss wrote and presented the documentary John Minton:"The Lost Man of British Art"for BBC Four 

                  

November             

Mark appeared as the lead in a revival of The Madness of  George III at Nottingham Playhouse.

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24th December   

"Dead Room", a a British supernatural drama television film broadcast on BBC Four .The thirty-minute film, written and directed by Mark Gatiss, tells the tale of a long-running radio                  horror series of the same name

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2019

Mark Gatiss  become the patron of children’s literacy charity  Grimm & Co.

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24th December   

"Martin's Close" a ghost story by British writer M. R. James A version of the story adapted by Mark Gatiss is set to air on the  24th December 2019 on BBC Four as part of the long-running A Ghost Story for Christmas series.

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2020

1st January           

Dracula is an upcoming television series developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, based on the novel of the same  name by Bram Stoker. The series is being developed for broadcast          and release on BBC One and Netflix, and will consist of three episodes.  

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