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Jon Plowman
Welwyn Garden City, England United Kingdom
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…
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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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2024
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Movie Self
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2024
Bottom: Exposed
Movie Self
- 2023
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2022
All My Friends Hate Me
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Wogan: Now You're Talking
Movie Self
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2021
The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
Movie Self
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2020
The Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
Movie Writer
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2016
The Devil of Christmas
Movie Producer
- 2016
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2016
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Movie Producer
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2015
The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
The 12 Days of Christine
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
La Couchette
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
Movie Self
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2014
The Harrowing
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
The Understudy
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Last Gasp
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Tom & Gerri
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
A Quiet Night In
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Sardines
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Inside No. 9
TV show Executive Producer
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2013
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
Movie Self
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2013
Way to Go
TV show Executive Producer
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2011
Twenty Twelve
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2010
Robert's Web
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2010
Fry and Laurie Reunited
Movie Self
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2010
Psychoville Halloween Special
Movie Executive Producer
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2010
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
TV show Producer
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2009
Psychoville
TV show Producer
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2008
Beautiful People
TV show Father Piers
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2007
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
TV show Producer
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2007
Spinners and Losers
Movie Executive Producer
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2007
HR
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2006
Jam and Jerusalem
TV show Executive Producer
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2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look
TV show Executive Producer
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2006
Time Trumpet
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2005
Broken News
TV show Producer
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2005
Love Soup
TV show Producer
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2005
Extras
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2005
The Thick of It
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