The Mark Thomas Comedy Product
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The Mark Thomas Comedy Product was a television show fronted by the English comedian, presenter, political activist and reporter, Mark Thomas
. It was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4
from February 1996 to May 2002.
The show, described as "a brilliantly ludicrous alternative to Watchdog
", was a hybrid of comedy and serious politics, with Thomas often using silly or surreal methods to gain interviews with politicians and corporations and to highlight issues.
Mark Thomas
Mark Clifford Thomas is a left-wing 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...
. It was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
from February 1996 to May 2002.
The show, described as "a brilliantly ludicrous alternative to Watchdog
Watchdog (TV series)
Watchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers' reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK...
", was a hybrid of comedy and serious politics, with Thomas often using silly or surreal methods to gain interviews with politicians and corporations and to highlight issues.
Episode guide
| Series | Episode | Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Bear Necessities" | |
| 2 | "McDonalds and Mad Saddam" | ||
| 3 | "Parliament!" | ||
| 4 | "Tours of London" | ||
| 5 | "MI6 and Birching Young Offenders" | ||
| 6 | "Show in a flat" | ||
| Series | Episode | Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | "Campbell, Fayed and Straw" | |
| 2 | "Church Money" | ||
| 3 | "Sellafield and Mice" | ||
| 4 | "Virgin Trains" | ||
| 5 | "Lottery" | ||
| 6 | "CEWA and Dome" | ||
| Series | Episode | Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | "Arms Fair" | |
| 2 | "Indonesian Torture" | ||
| 3 | "Geoffrey Robinson Geoffrey Robinson Geoffrey Robinson is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Coventry North West since 1976. He was Paymaster General from May 1997 to January 1999, resigning after it was revealed that he had lent his government colleague Peter Mandelson £373,000 to buy a house... " |
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| 4 | "Local Referendums" | ||
| 5 | "Nuclear Trains" | ||
| 6 | "Company Directors" | ||
| 7 | "Menwith Hill" | ||
| 8 | "Updates" | ||
| 9 | "Special Report: Asylum and Immigration Bill" | ||
| Series | Episode | Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | "Burma & Premier Oil" | |
| 2 | "Iraqi Sanctions" | ||
| 3 | "Nestle" | ||
| 4 | "Aldermaston AWE" | ||
| 5 | "ECGD" | ||
| 6 | "David Shayler" | ||
| 7 | "PPL human Milk Production" | ||
| 8 | "Xenotransplantation" | ||
| 9 | "ECGD (Ilisu Dam)" | ||
| 10 | "Government Accountability" | ||
| 11 | "Series Updates" | ||
| Series | Episode | Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | "CCTV & the Data Protection Act" | |
| 2 | "MEP's Interests" | ||
| 3 | "Michael Meacher" | ||
| 4 | "Pester Power" | ||
| 5 | "Balfour Beatty" | ||
| 6 | "Tube Privatisation" | ||
| 7 | "Series Updates" | ||
| Series | Episode | Title | Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 1 | "Organophosphates" | |
| 2 | "Drug Dumping" | ||
| 3 | "Corporate Killing" | ||
| 4 | "Yusufeli Dam" | ||
| 5 | "Quango State" | ||
| 6 | "Arms Dealing" | ||