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Mark Clifford Thomas (born 1963) is an United
Kingdom|British comedian, presenter and reporter
from south London. He first came to light as a
support comic on the BBC Radio 1 comedy show The
Mary Whitehouse Experience in the late 1980s.

Prior to his most renowned vehicle, The Mark
Thomas Comedy Product, Mark was the resident stand
up comic on Saturday Zoo (Channel 4) and presented
the highly successful BBC Radio 1 talk show 'Loose
Talk'. He is also a founder member of the London
The Comedy Store, London|Comedy Store's hard
hitting 'Cutting Edge' show.

His political comedy shows, The Mark Thomas Comedy
Product and The Mark Thomas Product on Channel 4
earned him criticism from politicians but was seen
by critics as a crucial investigative tool. 
Leaving Channel 4 was a mutual decision, following
a series of disputes over how far the Channel
would go in its broadcasting, one of which
concerned the Channel's reluctance to support
actions concerning corporate accountability and
corporate manslaughter laws - a cause he had
campaigned for - which coincided with Queen
Elizabeth, the Queen Mother|Queen Mother's
funeral.

Mark Thomas has appeared at numerous comedy
benefit nights, and is a well established stand up
comedian in the UK.  He is the Chairman of the
Ilisu Dam Campaign, a campaign which was
successful in blocking the development of a
large-scale hydro-electric dam in Southeast Turkey
that would have led to the displacement of up to
78,000 people, mostly Kurds, without adequate
compensation or consultation, as well as to
environmental and cultural destruction.

In recent months Mark has been working with War On
Want in India and investigating and filming human
rights violations in Colombia where trade unions
are targeted by militia allegedly controlled by
the government.  He continues to write a column
for the New Statesman.

Mark is married with a son and daughter called
Charlie and Izzy.

==Television programmes featuring Mark Thomas==
*Mark Thomas Comedy Product (later renamed Mark
Thomas product) (1996-2000) 
*Secret Map of Britain (2002)
*Mark Thomas: Debt Collector (2003) 
*Mark Thomas: Weapons Inspector (2003)

==Discography==
*The Night War Broke Out (2004)

== Trivia ==
* His left ear is pierced twice - but he no longer
wears the jewellery
* He gave out the mobile phone number of former
MI6 Agent David Shayler at a demonstration at the
US Spybase Menwith Hill in February 2001.