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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 [[politician]]s but was seen by critics as a crucial investigative tool. He leftLeaving Channel 4 afterwas theya refusedmutual todecision, airfollowing a programmeseries onof 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 - onwhich the scheduled date, incoincided favour of coverage of thewith [[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==