Jon Plowman
Production
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.
Known for
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movieAbsolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024
Executive Producer
movieAll My Friends Hate Me
2022
Executive Producer
movieThe Devil of Christmas
2016
Producer
movieThe Trial of Elizabeth Gadge
2015
Executive Producer
movieThe 12 Days of Christine
2015
Executive Producer
movieLa Couchette
2015
Executive Producer
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
tvWay to Go
2013
Executive Producer
tvTwenty Twelve
2011
Executive Producer
Robert's Web
2010
Producer
moviePsychoville Halloween Special
2010
Executive Producer
tvPsychoville
2009
Producer
tvBeautiful People
2008
Executive Producer
movieSpinners and Losers
2007
Executive Producer
HR
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
Doctors and Nurses
2004
Executive Producer
tvAbsolute Power
2003
Producer
tvDead Ringers
2002
Producer
tv15 Storeys High
2002
Producer
tvThe Office
2001
Executive Producer
movieVictoria Wood with All the Trimmings
2000
Executive Producer
movieMirrorball
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
tvGoodness Gracious Me
1998
Producer
movieHow to Be Absolutely Fabulous
1995
Executive Producer
tvThe Vicar of Dibley
1994
Executive 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
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tvBeautiful People
2008
Father Piers
movieMama Jack
2005
Security (uncredited)
movieAbsolution
1978
Father Piers
