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- Production
- Born
- July 4, 1953
- Place of Birth
- Welwyn Garden City, England United Kingdom
Jon Plowman
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…
Filmography
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024 · Self, Executive Producer
movieBottom: Exposed
2024 · Self
movieimagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
2023 · Self
movieAll My Friends Hate Me
2022 · Executive Producer
movieWogan: Now You're Talking
2021 · Self
movieThe Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
2021 · Self
movieThe Vicar of Dibley: In Lockdown
2020 · Writer
movieThe Devil of Christmas
2016 · Producer
movieBritish Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016 · Self
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Movie
2016 · Producer
movieThe Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015 · Executive Producer
movieThe 12 Days of Christine
2015 · Executive Producer
movieLa Couchette
2015 · Executive Producer
movieRik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
2014 · Self
movieThe Harrowing
2014 · Executive Producer
movieThe Understudy
2014 · Executive Producer
movieLast Gasp
2014 · Executive Producer
movieTom & Gerri
2014 · Executive Producer
movieA Quiet Night In
2014 · Executive Producer
movieSardines
2014 · Executive Producer
tvInside No. 9
2014 · Executive Producer
movieMel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013 · Self
tvWay to Go
2013 · Executive Producer
tvTwenty Twelve
2011 · Executive Producer
Robert's Web
tvRobert's Web
2010 · Producer
movieFry and Laurie Reunited
2010 · Self
moviePsychoville Halloween Special
2010 · Executive Producer
tvRoger & Val Have Just Got In
2010 · Producer
tvPsychoville
2009 · Producer
tvBeautiful People
2008 · Father Piers, Executive Producer
tvThe Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle
2007 · Producer
movieSpinners and Losers
2007 · Executive Producer
HR
movieHR
2007 · Executive Producer
tvJam and Jerusalem
2006 · Executive Producer
tvThat Mitchell and Webb Look
2006 · Executive Producer
tvTime Trumpet
2006 · Executive Producer
tvBroken News
2005 · Producer
tvLove Soup
2005 · Producer
tvExtras
2005 · Executive Producer
tvThe Thick of It
2005 · Executive Producer
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
movieThe Funny Blokes of British Comedy
2005 · Self
movieMama Jack
2005 · Security (uncredited)
Doctors and Nurses
tvDoctors and Nurses
2004 · Executive Producer
tvAbsolute Power
2003 · Producer
tvDead Ringers
2002 · Producer
tv15 Storeys High
2002 · Producer
movieThe Best of French & Saunders
2002 · Producer
tvThe Office
2001 · Executive Producer
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000 · Executive Producer
movieMirrorball
2000 · Producer
The Big Impression
tvThe Big Impression
2000 · Producer
tvPeople Like Us
1999 · Producer
tvLet Them Eat Cake
1999 · Producer
tvThe League of Gentlemen
1999 · Executive Producer
tvGimme Gimme Gimme
1999 · Executive Producer
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: A Life
1998 · Executive Producer
tvIn the Red
1998 · Executive Producer
tvThis Morning with Richard Not Judy
1998 · Producer
tvGoodness Gracious Me
1998 · Producer
movieAbsolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout
1996 · Producer
movieHow to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995 · Executive Producer
tvThe Vicar of Dibley
1994 · Executive Producer
movieSmashie and Nicey's Top of the Pops Party
1994 · Producer
tvAbsolutely Fabulous
1992 · Producer
tvMurder Most Horrid
1991 · Producer
tvBottom
1991 · Executive Producer
tvA Bit of Fry & Laurie
1989 · Producer
tvFrench & Saunders
1987 · Producer, Executive Producer
tvAlas Smith and Jones
1984 · Producer
tvAlfresco
1983 · Researcher
movieAbsolution
1978 · Father Piers