Mark Clifford Thomas (born 11 April 1963) is an English comedian, presenter, political activist and reporter from south London. He first became known as a guest comic on the BBC Radio 1 comedy show The Mary Whitehouse Experience in the late 1980s. He is best known for political stunts on his show, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product on Channel 4. Thomas describes himself as a "libertarian anarchist."
Mark Thomas was born in South London. His mother was a midwife and his father a self employed builder (and ex lay preacher). Thomas was educated at Macaulay Church of England Primary School, Victoria Rise, Clapham until 1974, where his party trick was to recite the first verses of the four gospels from memory, and then the independent Christ's Hospital School, where he attained O-levels and A-levels. He went on to be awarded a degree in Theatre Arts at Bretton Hall College, just south of Wakefield.
Prior to his most renowned vehicle, The Mark Thomas Comedy Product, Thomas was a frequent guest comic on the BBC Radio 1 show The Mary Whitehouse Experience, where he would do a routine about a specific topic of the week and involve studio audience members in the discussions. He would also occasionally play parts in sketches written by the show's main performers. He then became the resident stand-up comic on Saturday Zoo, a Channel 4 comedy series first screened in 1993 and appeared on an episode of Have I Got News For You. He also co-presented the highly successful Radio 1 comedy talk show Loose Talk with Kevin Day, and is also a founder member of the London Comedy Store's hard hitting Cutting Edge show.
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast with Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas political comedy stand up show
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 4 Episode 3 Nestle
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 1 CCTV & Data Protection Act
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 3 Episode 1 Arms Fair
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Mark Thomas Details His 100 Acts of Dissent With Lee Camp
Mark Thomas Secret Map Of Britain
Mark Thomas Dispatches After School Arms Club
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 4 Pester Power
Mark Thomas Sex, Filth and Religion
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 6 Episode 5 Quango State
Mark Thomas | Carpool
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 3 Episode 5 Nuclear Trains
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 6 Episode 3 Corporate Killing
A film about politics... So yeah, it's a comedy.
Steven Mime: [after hearing a clip from the DP Dan Radio Show] What does that even mean, double penetration?::Hector: It's a sex act. [Steven doesn't understand] When a person has two penises inside them at once.::Steven Mime: How does that make him a more qualified radio host?
Ted Float: If you see any of the Horvath people, tell them that I would fuck both my parents on national television for that job. I'm done with this local crap. County allocation, zoning problems, millage issues... I'd like to take a giant shit on the lot of them.
Meghan Oliver: [talking about the rumor] Well, often these things fall into one of three categories: financial, sexual or other. Now, we hope for 'other', which could be easily deflected. Unless it somehow relates to illegal labor, or, dare I say, drug use. At that point I'd rather tackle 'sexual', unless it's like deviant with children or something. I guess in that instance 'financial' would be best. Of course barring any Madoff or TARP issues. Truthfully, in these situations, the best thing you can do is pray that your candidate magically drops dead.::Ted Float: So that's a solid Plan A. How about a Plan B?
Steven Mime: [on the phone with a caller] Well, thank you, caller. And, although I strongly disagree with your passionate plea to burn down candidate Richard O'Neal's house, we do appreciate your opinion.
Adrian Bluoff: Remember in 2000, about a week before the election, the 'Bushies' dropped that 'ol "W liked to drink and drive a bit"?::Ted Float: Yeah.::Adrian Bluoff: Well, the way they put it out there made it seem like it came from the other side. And, because of that, the story was more about smear tactics and less about how much of an unconscionable fuck up George was... is.
Sweet Jesus!
Plot
David King is an art thief who has retired to devote his time to his daughter on whom he dotes. He hasn't counted, however, on a mysterious gang who don't believe he is ready for retirement and who kidnap his daughter Gillian. If he doesn't do one more heist for them Gillian will be murdered.
Keywords: art-museum, art-thief, bare-butt, betrayal, double-cross, false-accusation, father-daughter-relationship, female-nudity, kidnapping, money
Plot
The story of Mary Thomas, the mother of basketball star 'Isiah Thomas' (qv), and how she fought to keep her family together and her sons out of trouble despite the surroundings of poverty, drugs, crime and violence of their ghetto neighborhood.
Keywords: 1940s, 1970s, basketball, brother-brother-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, character-name-in-title, church, college, docudrama, face-slap
A magical musical
Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast with Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas political comedy stand up show
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 4 Episode 3 Nestle
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 1 CCTV & Data Protection Act
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 3 Episode 1 Arms Fair
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Mark Thomas Details His 100 Acts of Dissent With Lee Camp
Mark Thomas Secret Map Of Britain
Mark Thomas Dispatches After School Arms Club
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 5 Episode 4 Pester Power
Mark Thomas Sex, Filth and Religion
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 6 Episode 5 Quango State
Mark Thomas | Carpool
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 3 Episode 5 Nuclear Trains
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 6 Episode 3 Corporate Killing
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 3 Episode 7: Menwith Hill
Mark Thomas On Coca Cola
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 2 Episode 5 Lottery
Mark Thomas Vs McDonalds
BBC National DAB: Mark Thomas - The Manifesto - Series 1 Ep 1 - 2009-06-25
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 2 Episode 3 Sellafield and Mice
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 1 episode 2 ECGD and McDonalds
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 2 Episode 2 Church Money
Mark Thomas Comedy Product Series 6 Episode 1 Organophosphates
Interview: Mark Thomas at Edinburgh Fringe 2013: "100 Acts of Minor Dissent"
Comedian Mark Thomas BBC Interview
Comedy Festival Allstars - Mark Thomas Interview
Edinburgh Fringe 2011 - Mark Thomas talks London riots
ORCHID - Under The Influence w/ Mark Thomas Baker (OFFICIAL INTERVIEW)
Blacksmith Interview - Mark Thomas of MT Forge
Mark Thomas interview about his 'Walking the Wall' tour
Paul Thomas Anderson interviewed by Mark Kermode
Mark Thomas interviews NC State basketball coach Mark Gottfried
New LM P3 category: Interview with Mark THOMAS
Jason Hewitt & Mark Thomas Interview 2010/11
Mark Thomas Baker and Theo Mindell of Orchid - INTERVIEW
Orakei Local Board Deputy Chair. Mark Thomas Interview
WSOZ interviews Rev. Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas Post-Game Interview - Stingrays, 22/02/2009
RC PILOT BIOGRAPHY - MARK THOMAS 3D FLYING & INTERVIEW
Mark Levin interviews Thomas Sowell
Dr Mark Thomas Consultant Interview
Mark Thomas Pre-Game Interview - Panthers, 26/12/2008
Interview With Mark Thomas
Mark Thomas - Socialist Workers Party - Interview
Bank Travel 2013 Mark Thomas Fee/Hedrick Entertainment Group Interview