Mark Thomas - The Manifesto

Where - he asks - are the great ideas, theories and visions that will help this country in its hour of need?

Mark wants to create a 'People's Manifesto', so he takes suggestions from his studio audience and gets them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, SO pay attention!

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.

The comedian and activist pieces together working policies with the aid of you, the people

Where - he asks - are the great ideas, theories and visions that will help this country in its hour of need?

Mark wants to create a 'People's Manifesto', so he takes suggestions from his studio audience and gets them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, SO pay attention!

In this episode, the focus is on honesty for politicians and truthful ads.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 2009.

The activist tries to shape policies, including honesty for politicians and truthful ads.

He's taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention!

In this episode, the focus is on policies such as restricting Prime Ministers to two full terms of office; the introduction of a maximum wage; and making all 4x4s transparent.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.

Should 4x4s be made of perspex and Ofsted inspectors expected to teach?

He's taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention!

In this episode, policies include forcing Ofsted inspectors to teach; taxing commodities trading, and paying off the mortgages of the customers of failed banks.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.

The freethinking funny man chooses who to bail or charge - bankers or mortgage payers?

He's taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention!

In this episode, policies include banning cars from city centres; monitoring investment bankers' testosterone levels; and abolishing all forms of self-regulation.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.

Ideas to improve life including mood lighting on buses and driving in bus lanes.

In this edition: policies such as crushing the cars of anyone illegally parked in a disabled space; the legalisation of Viking-style funerals; and consolidating the United Kingdom's national debt into one easy-to-pay loan.

Producer: Ed Morrish

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2010.

Crush cars illegally parked in disabled spaces? An audience interacts with the funny man.

This week Mark and the audience consider an agenda which includes a shame-based pay-policy for professional footballers, compulsory relationship MOTs and the public funding of political parties, plus there's 'any other business' suggestions from the theatre audience.

Mark also starts to pursue one of the winning policies from last series - that he should invade Jersey.

Mark Thomas returns to collates policies suggested by his studio audience.

Comedian-activist, Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto.

He's taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention!

In this episode, policies include:

* Shame-based pay-policy for professional footballers

* Compulsory relationship MOTs

* The public-funding of political parties.

Mark also starts to pursue one of the winning policies from last series - that he should invade the island of Jersey.

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.

The freethinking funny man chooses shame-based pay for footballers and relationship MOTs

A shame-based pay-policy for professional footballers and compulsory relationship MOTs. Mark collates more policies. From 2011.

These policies are intended to improve our world, nation or just our own lives, with tonight's agenda including:

1. 50% Minimum Participation in Elections

2. Converting Fast Food into Renewable Gas

3. Imposing an Earning Cap of £30k on All Bank Employees

Plus there are plenty of 'any other business?' suggestions from the studio audience.

Minimum 50% participation in elections and converting fast food into renewable gas.

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas creates a people's manifesto.

He's taking suggestions from his studio audience and then getting them to vote for the best.

The winner of each show will be enforceable by law, so pay attention!

In this episode, policies include:

* 50% Minimum Participation in Elections

* Converting Fast Food into Renewable Gas

* Imposing an Earning Cap of £30k on All Bank Employees.

Plus there are plenty of 'any other business?' suggestions from the studio audience..

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.

Minimum 50 per cent participation in elections and converting fast food into renewable gas

Fifty per cent minimum participation in elections and converting fast food into renewable gas. Mark collates more policies. From 2011.

Comedian-activist, Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto.

In this episode, policies include 50% Minimum Participation in Elections, Converting Fast Food into Renewable Gas and Imposing an Earning Cap of £30k on All Bank Employees.

Plus there are plenty of any other business? suggestions from the studio audience..

50% minimum participation in elections and converting fast food into renewable gas. Mark collates more policies. From 2011.

This week's agenda:

1) Nationalise British Music Festivals

2) Abolish Stamp Duty

3) Reduce Voting Age to 16

Plus more weird and wonderful suggestions from the studio audience, submitted as 'Any Other Business'.

Nationalise British music festivals, abolish stamp duty, and reduce the voting age to 16.

Plus more weird and wonderful suggestions from the studio audience, submitted as Any Other Business.

Mark Thomas collates more policies suggested by his studio audience. This week's business: Nationalise British music festivals, abolish stamp duty, and reduce the voting age to 16.

Comedian-activist Mark Thomas, considers the blue-sky political policy suggestions of the public.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.

Nationalise British music festivals, abolish stamp duty, and reduce the voting age to 16. Mark collates more policies. From 2011.

This week's agenda:

1) Civil Partnerships to be Made Available to Heterosexual Couples

2) Introduce a Government Department for Externalities

3) A Traffic Ban During Rush-Hour

Plus a wide range of 'Any Other Business' suggestions from the studio audience.

Extend civilian partnerships to straight couples, and ban traffic during the rush hour.

On the agenda:

Plus a wide range of Any Other Business suggestions from the studio audience.

Producer: Colin Anderson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2011.

On Mark's agenda today: extend civilian partnerships to straight couples and ban traffic during the rush hour. From 2011.

This week's agenda:

1) Excluding Non-Doms from free access to the NHS

2) Every citizen to be given £10,000 in quantitative easing vouchers, to be spent in the next 6 months

3) Proportional voting rights for MPs based on the size of their majorities

Any Other Business policies are also taken from the studio audience throughout the show.

Written and presented by Mark Thomas

Produced by Colin Anderson.

Mark addresses tax avoidance, quantitative easing and voting reform.

The agenda includes:

Any Other Business' policies are also taken from the studio audience throughout the show.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

The comedian-activist and his audience consider tax-avoidance, quantitative easing and voting reform. From February 2012.

Producer: Colin Anderson

This week's agenda:

1) Councils to plant fruit trees in public spaces

2) 3 Years' free education for all between age 25 and retirement

3) Buckingham Palace to be converted into homeless flats

Plus lots of any other business suggestions for the studio audience, including a novel approach to reducing knife crime.

Written and presented by Mark Thomas

Produced by Colin Anderson.

Mark and his studio audience consider community gardening, homelessness and education.

Plus lots of 'any other business' suggestions for the studio audience, including a novel approach to reducing knife crime.

The comedian/activist is in Sheffield to consider plans both for Buckingham Palace and for reducing knife crime. From February 2012.

The Agenda:

1) Cancel out everyone's debt.

2) Sue Goldman Sachs for their part in the Greek economic collapse.

3) Increase the indicated speed on car speedometers.

Plus throughout the show there are any other business policy suggestions from the studio audience.

Produced by Colin Anderson.

Comedian Mark Thomas and his studio audience consider proposals for a People's Manifesto.

The Agenda includes:

Plus throughout the show there are 'any other business' policy suggestions from the studio audience.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

Comedian/activist Mark Thomas and his studio audience consider a policy to cancel out everybody's debts. From February 2012.

This week's agenda:

1) A kick-starter to kick Scotland out of the Union.

2) Bankers to be given bonuses in the form of NHS donation cards.

3) An end to bank fees for those on a family income of less than £30,000.

Plus there are plenty of any other business policy suggestions from the audience.

Written and presented by Mark Thomas

Produced by Colin Anderson.

Mark Thomas and his Glasgow audience consider a policy to buy Scotland out of the Union.

Plus there are plenty of 'any other business' policy suggestions from the audience.

Comedian and activist Mark Thomas is in Glasgow to consider plans for a policy to buy Scotland out of the Union. From February 2012.

Agenda:

1) Bedroom tax to be applied to MPs' second homes

2) Re-nationalise the railways

3) Make politicians more directly accountable

Researcher: Susan McNicholas

Producer: Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

Comedian Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto based on suggestions from the audience.

Agenda:

1) Farmers to stop spraypainting sheep

2) Abandon the recycling of plastic bottles

3) Land Value Tax to replace all other taxation.

Researcher: Susan McNicholas

Producer: Colin Anderson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.

Comedian Mark Thomas creates a People's Manifesto based on suggestions from the audience.