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Jon Plowman

Plowman was educated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and at University College, Oxford,[1] where was a member of the University College Players[2] and made friends with others who went on to establish successful careers in comedy. One, Mel Smith, directed Plowman in a production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. After Oxford, Plowman followed Smith to the Royal Court Theatre, where he met the director Lindsay Anderson. Plowman worked in theatre for a while, then joined Granada TV. He was responsible for producing and commissioning programmes produced in-house at the BBC, of which the greatest successes include The Office and French & Saunders. Plowman became Head of Comedy in October 2005, and oversaw the BBC's in-house comedy production, but no longer commissioned programmes. In June 2007, Plowman announced he was quitting his post at the BBC after 27 years. He decided to become a freelance producer for other shows and hoped to carry on his relationship with the BBC, continuing to create programmes "for them and elsewhere."[3] In December 2003, The Observer named him in its list of the '50 Funniest or Most Influential People in British Comedy'. On 14 March 2006, he was honoured with the 'Judges' Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Television' at the Royal Television Society awards. Later he moved into the world of theatre. He co-produced Lucky You, the Carl Hiaasen best-seller that premiered as a theatre production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008.


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Born:
In Welwyn Garden City, England United Kingdom
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the movie Absolution 1978-06-05
Latest Project:
Movie Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out 2024-10-17
Known For
Poster of Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Poster of Bottom: Exposed
Poster of Wogan: Now You're Talking
Poster of The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Filmography
Movie Bottom: Exposed Self 2024-04-18
Movie Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out Self 2024-10-17
Movie imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter Self 2023-12-27
Movie The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out Self 2021-03-06
Movie Wogan: Now You're Talking Self 2021-12-30
Movie British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves Self 2016-09-12
Movie Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule Self 2014-12-20
Movie Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things Self 2013-12-24
Movie Fry and Laurie Reunited Self 2010-11-24
Series Beautiful People Father Piers 2008-10-02
Movie Mama Jack Security (uncredited) 2005-01-01
Movie Absolution Father Piers 1978-06-05