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Channel 4 series combining stand-up with stunts and campaigns designed to highlight issues of politics, human rights and globalisation. Known simply as the "Mark Thomas Product" after 2000, when activism began to assume a more central role in the programme. Written and created by Mark Thomas. First aired on Channel 4 in February 1996.

Resources in This Category

• BBC News: Comic blasts 'rotten' public bodies

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1936918.stm
  "TV comedian Mark Thomas issued a withering attack on public bodies, describing them as 'rotten to the core' when it comes to members registering their outside interests."

• BBC News: DTI denies smear campaign claims

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1106142.stm
  "The Department for Trade and Industry has denied claims that a government minister attempted to smear Mark Thomas."

• BBC News: Mark Thomas: Taking comedy seriously

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1106167.stm
  Profile and details of stunts featured in the show.

• IMDb: The Mark Thomas Comedy Product

  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161167/
  Production details and comments from viewers.

• Mark Thomas Info

  http://www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/
  News items, tour dates, articles, photographs, audio clips, and links.

• Socialist Standard: The Mark Thomas Comedy Product

  http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/socialist-standard/1990s/1998/no-1124-april-1998/tv-review
  Review of the programme, with details of some of the issues explored by it.

• The Guardian: Mark Thomas on the rampage

  http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jun/27/artsfeatures3
  Review of a show on the Ilisu dam project in south-east Turkey and the plight of the Kurds.

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