Mark Thomas

Evidently... John Cooper Clarke

John Ross

John Cooper Clarke, Ben Drew

A look at the life of John Cooper Clarke. From his rise as a 'punk poet', through his heroin addiction, and finally to his comeback.

Mark Thomas: Sex, Filth and Religion

Mark Thomas

Popular stand up Mark Thomas expounds his no-holds barred views on sex, religion and the universe in this live set, filmed at the Banana Cabaret, Balham.

Mark Thomas : Cuckooed

Mark Thomas

The true story of how Mark discovered his close friend was spying on him for Britain's biggest arms dealer. A tale of hubris, friendship, loss and undercover deceit told by an award-winning comedian.

Mark Thomas : The Red Shed

Mark Thomas

A topical tale about the miners' strike The Red Shed is a 47 foot long, wooden, red, Socialist shed in Wakefield where Mark first started to perform in public and where he politically came of age as a student involved in the miners strike. The battle of politics is remembering over forgetting.

Mark Thomas: Serious Organised Criminal

Mark Thomas

Comedy that really makes a difference! This is Mark's true story of cake icing as a political weapon, of demonstrations to Defend Surrealism and getting to like the police. Mark turns an 18 month battle over Parliament Square and the right to demonstrate into bizarrely brilliant stand up. This is how Mark fought the law ... with the law's permission! It is a laugh out loud funny world inhabited by anarchists, Goths, artists and the Westminster Constabulary, in which Mark becomes a Guinness World Record holder, organises 2,500 protests in one day and changes the law in the process.

Mark Thomas - Showtime From The Frontline

Mark Thomas, Faisal Abu Al-Heija

Name the comedian who might say 'I wonder if I can set up a comedy club… in a refugee camp... in Palestine?' Of course, it’s Mark Thomas. And that is exactly what he tries to do. Dodging cultural and literal bullets, Israeli incursions and religion, Mark and his team set out to run a comedy club and put on two nights in the Palestinian city of Jenin. Only to find that it is not so simple to celebrate freedom of speech in a place with so little freedom.

Mark Thomas: Check Up - Our NHS @ 70

Nicolas Kent

Mark Thomas

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of the NHS, award-winning theatre maker, comedian and activist Mark Thomas takes a look at our NHS. What state is it in, where it's going and what we need to do to keep it?

WitchHunt

Jon Pullman

Lewis Gordon, Salma Karmi-Ayyoub

Through interviews, analysis, archive footage and witness testimony, WitchHunt explores the connections between the attacks on Labour, the ongoing tragedy of Palestine and the wider struggle against race-based oppression. It argues that, if it is to mean anything at all, the fight against racism must be a shared one, that includes all peoples.

Mark Thomas: Alive

Mark Thomas

a 2005 comedy special.

Mark Thomas: Ouch

Mark Thomas

From the most unexpected story teller comes Christmas stories from the life, time and family of Mark Thomas. The one where his dad was Father Christmas for the school fete, the time his mum found his dad's secret stash of presents that were not for her, the Christmas spent alone, the one where they found dead neighbours and why celebrating in the darkest time of year is a rebellious act. With music, comedy, pathos and more Christmas cheer than a Laplander's eggnog party!

Mark Thomas : Bravo Figaro!

Mark Thomas

As a teenager working on his dad's building sites, Mark used to cringe when he blasted opera out to the workers. Now he's written a show about him in all his grumpy glory. In the performance I say this is not a show about love, well it turns out I was wrong.