Jon Plowman
Production
Born 1953-07-04
Welwyn Garden City, England United Kingdom
72 credits
Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1
Awards
Won 1 Officer of the Order of the British Empire Award
Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1 won
- 2013 Officer of the Order of the British Empire Won
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Plowman was educated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and at University College, Oxford, where was a member of the University College Players 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."
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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Filmography
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Producing
51 credits
Inside No. 9
Absolutely Fabulous
Extras
The Office
The Thick of It
Murder Most Horrid
French & Saunders
Twenty Twelve
Bottom
Psychoville
The Vicar of Dibley
Jam and Jerusalem
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
The League of Gentlemen
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Dead Ringers
That Mitchell and Webb Look
Love Soup
Beautiful People
Alas Smith and Jones
The Robinsons
Absolute Power
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
People Like Us
Goodness Gracious Me
Let Them Eat Cake
15 Storeys High
Broken News
In the Red
Way to Go
Time Trumpet
The Harrowing
Last Gasp
All My Friends Hate Me
The Understudy
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
Doctors and Nurses
Sardines
La Couchette
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
Tom & Gerri
The Big Impression
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
HR
The 12 Days of Christine
Psychoville Halloween Special
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
Acting
11 credits
Beautiful People
Alfresco
Bottom: Exposed
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
Absolution
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
Mama Jack
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Fry and Laurie Reunited
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
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