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==Awards== * [[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] Comedy Award (1990) * [[Perrier Comedy Award]] nominee (1992)<ref name="timeout"> {{Cite web |url=http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/1891.html |title=Mark Thomas: Interview |date=25 August 2006 |access-date=2007-01-17 |publisher=[[Time Out (company)|Time Out]] |author=Malcolm Hay}} </ref> In addition to being recognised for his comedy career, Mark Thomas has been awarded various citations for his political campaigning, including: * Kurdish National Congress Medal of Honour (2002)<ref name="amnestyaward"> {{Cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17067 |title=Scotland: Mark Thomas gives Amnesty International's Annual Lecture |date=18 August 2006 |access-date=2007-01-17 |publisher=[[Amnesty International]]}} </ref> * International Service Award for the Global Defence of Human Rights (2004) * MediActivist Awards (2005)<ref name="MISTY"> {{Cite web |url = http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/misty.htm |title = MISTY awards 2005 |date = 25 November 2005 |access-date = 2007-06-16 |publisher = Undercurrents |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070609232140/http://www.undercurrents.org/beyondtv/misty.htm |archive-date = 9 June 2007}} </ref> * Former Guinness World Record Holder for Most Number of Political Demonstrations in 24 Hours<ref>[https://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=18689 Herts school smashes world record for protests in a day]</ref> He was also made an [[honorary degree|honorary Doctor of Letters]] by the [[University of Bradford]] on 3 December 2008, in recognition of his peace campaigning and services to comedy.<ref>[http://www.brad.ac.uk/news/awards/hon/ Honorary Graduates December 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206202742/http://www.brad.ac.uk/news/awards/hon/ |date=6 December 2008 }}</ref>
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