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Phillip Jon Plowman {{postnom|GBR|OBE}} (born 1953 in Welwyn Garden City, England) is a television and film producer. He has been a Producer at the BBC since 1980, when he produced Russell Harty's chat show Harty. He moved on to executive producing at the BBC in 1986, working on sketch show A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and became Head of Comedy Entertainment in 1994, mainly responsible for sketch shows. He produced the first four series of the BBC comedy show Absolutely Fabulous between 1992 and 2001, plus the big screen version in 2016. BiographyPlowman was educated in Welwyn Garden City and at University College, Oxford,[1] where was a member of the University College Players[2] 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 now oversees the BBC's in-house comedy production, but no longer commissions 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."[3] In December 2003, The Observer named him in its list of the '50 Funniest or Most Influential People in British Comedy'.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} On 14 March 2006, he was honoured with the 'Judges' Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Television' at the Royal Television Society awards.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} More recently he has moved into the world of theatre. He co-produced Lucky You, the Carl Hiaasen best-seller that is premiered as a theatre production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008.{{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} Plowman was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to British comedy.[4] Films produced
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References{{Morefootnotes|date=January 2010}}1. ^Sabine Durrant, [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/interview--plowmans-half-hour-jon-plowman-is-the-straight-man-behind-the-funny-women-played-by-french-and-saunders-lifes-a-gag-the-tv-producer-tells-sabine-durrant-1426479.html Interview / Plowman's half hour: Jon Plowman is the straight man behind the funny women played by French and Saunders. Life's a gag, the TV producer tells Sabine Durrant], The Independent, 2 March 1994. 2. ^Univ. Players, University College Record, 1975, page 14. 3. ^Matthew Hemley, Head of comedy Plowman to leave BBC, The Stage, 26 June 2007. 4. ^{{London Gazette|issue=60534|supp=y|page=12|date=15 June 2013}} External links
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