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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1953-07-04
- event Death Date Unknown
- school Known for: Production
- star Popularity: 1.2
- info Birth Place Welwyn Garden City, England United Kingdom
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Jon Plowman
7.5
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014-12-20
0
Wogan: Now You're Talking
2021-12-30
7
imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023-12-27
5.5
Bottom: Exposed
2024-04-18
5.7
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016-09-12
6.8
Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010-11-24
6.4
Absolution
1978-06-05
5.7
Mama Jack
2005-01-01
4
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013-12-24
0
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021-03-06
0
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024-10-17
7.4
Beautiful People
2008-10-02
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7.4
Smashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party
1994-01-04
7.4
Spinners and Losers
2007-07-03
7.4
All My Friends Hate Me
2022-03-11
7.4
The Best of French & Saunders
2002-08-05
7.4
Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996-11-06
7.4
Absolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998-10-28
7.4
How to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995-01-06
7.4
Mirrorball
2000-12-22
7.4
Psychoville Halloween Special
2010-10-31
7.4
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016-07-01
7.4
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000-12-25
7.4
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020-12-20
7.4
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024-10-17
7.4
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989-01-13
7.4
Goodness Gracious Me
1996-07-05
7.4
This Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998-02-15
7.4
15 Storeys High
2002-11-07
7.4
French & Saunders
1987-03-09
7.4
French & Saunders
1987-03-09
7.4
People Like Us
1999-09-20
7.4
Alas Smith and Jones
1984-01-31
7.4
Murder Most Horrid
1991-11-14
7.4
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007-10-04
7.4
Gimme Gimme Gimme
1999-01-08
7.4
Absolute Power
2003-11-10
7.4
Dead Ringers
2002-11-18
7.4
Absolutely Fabulous
1992-11-12
7.4
The Thick of It
2005-05-19
7.4
The League of Gentlemen
1999-01-11
7.4
Let Them Eat Cake
1999-09-09
7.4
The Big Impression
2000-04-26
7.4
Love Soup
2005-09-27
7.4
Extras
2005-07-21
7.4
Broken News
2005-10-31
7.4
The Vicar of Dibley
1994-11-10
7.4
That Mitchell and Webb Look
2006-09-14
7.4
The Office
2001-07-09
7.4
Robert's Web
2010-11-26
7.4
Twenty Twelve
2011-03-14
7.4
Psychoville
2009-06-18
7.4
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
2010-08-06
7.4
Inside No. 9
2014-02-05
7.4
Time Trumpet
2006-08-03
7.4
Alfresco
1983-05-01
7.4
Beautiful People
2008-10-02