Education
Plowman was educated in Welwyn Garden City 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.
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Career
He has been a Producer at the British Broadcasting Corporation since 1980, when he produced Russell Harty"s chat show Harty. He moved on to executive producing at the British Broadcasting Corporation 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. 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 television He was responsible for producing and commissioning programmes produced in-house at the British Broadcasting Corporation, of which the greatest successes include The Office and French & Saunders. Plowman became Head of Comedy in October 2005, and now oversees the British Broadcasting Corporation"s in-house comedy production, but no longer commissions programmes.
In June 2007, Plowman announced he was quitting his post at the British Broadcasting Corporation after 27 years. He decided to become a freelance producer for other shows and hoped to carry on his relationship with the British Broadcasting Corporation, 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.
More recently he has moved into the world of theatre. He co-produced Lucky You, the Carl Hiaasen bestseller that is premiered as a theatre production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2008. Plowman was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to British comedy.
Ab Fab: The Movie (2016)
A Bit of Fry and Laurie (1986)
French & Saunders (1987)
Smith and Jones (1989)
Bottom (1991)
Absolutely Fabulous (1992)
Kit and The Widow (1992)
The Vicar of Dibley (1994)
Alexei Sayle"s Merry-Go-Round (1998)
Goodness Gracious Maine (1998)
The Ben Elton Show (1998)
This Morning with Richard Not Judy (1998)
British Broadcasting Corporation New Comedy Awards (1999)
Gimme Gimme Gimme (1999)
Let Them Eat Cake (1999)
People Like Us (1999)
Sir Bernard"s Stately Homes (1999)
The League of Gentlemen (1999)
Bruiser (2000)
Life"s A Pitch (2000)
Mirrorball (2000)
Rhona (2000)
The Nearly Complete And Utter History Of Everything (2000)
The Office (2000)
The Way lieutenant Is (2000)
Tv to Go (2000)
Victoria Wood With All The Trimmings (2000)
We are History (2000)
Aaagh! lieutenant"s the Mr.
Hell Show (2001)
15 Storeys High (2002)
Celeb (2002)
Cyderdelic (2002)
Dead Ringers (2002)
Grass (2003)
Little Britain (2003)
The Harringham Harker (2003)
Doctors and Nurses (2004)
Comic Aid (2005)
Extras (2005)
The Late Edition (2005)
The Robinsons (2005)
The Thick of lieutenant (2005)
The Brown Couch (2006)
Jam and Jerusalem (2006) executive producer
The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle (2007)
Beautiful People (2008)
Psychoville (2009)
Twenty Twelve (2011)
Way to Go (2013)
W1A (since 2014).
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