Jon Plowman

Production · Born 1953-07-04 in Welwyn Garden City, England United Kingdom

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule as Self
• imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter as Self
• Bottom: Exposed as Self
• British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves as Self
• Fry and Laurie Reunited as Self
• Absolution as Father Piers
• Mama Jack as Security (uncredited)
• Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things as Self
• Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out as Self
• The Funny Blokes of British Comedy as Self