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*'''''The Peacemaker''''' is the name of a film; see ''[[The Peacemaker (film)|The Peacemaker]]''.
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*'''Peacemaker''' is the name of a comic book character; see [[Peacemaker (comics)]].
*'''''The Peacemaker''''' is the name of an anti-duelling pamphlet by [[Thomas Middleton]].
'''Mark Clifford Thomas''' (born [[1963]]) is an [[England|English]] [[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]].
*'''Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers''' is a rock band [[Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers]].
*'''The Peacemaker''' is a name for the [[Colt Single Action Army handgun]], a pistol first manufactured in 1873.
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.
*'''The Great Peacemaker''', a prophet who helped found the [[Haudenosaunee|Haudenosaunee nation]]
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His political comedy shows, ''The Mark Thomas Comedy Product'' and ''The Mark Thomas Product'' on [[Channel 4]] earned him criticism from [[politician]]s 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 union]]s 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.
==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]])
== Trivia ==
* His left ear is pierced twice - but he no longer wears the jewellery
== External links ==
*[http://www.mtcp.co.uk/ Mark Thomas Product] "The 'unofficially official' repository of all things Mark Thomas."
*[http://www.fnord.demon.co.uk/mt/markt.html http://www.fnord.demon.co.uk/mt/markt.html]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1106167.stm Mark Thomas: Taking comedy seriously] BBC website
*[http://www.unesco.org/courier/1999_05/uk/dires/txt1.htm Mark Thomas: method and madness of a TV comic] - Interview
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