Jon Magnusson (producer)

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Jon Magnusson
BornMay 1965 (age 57)
OccupationTelevision producer, writer and director
Parents
Relatives Sally Magnusson (sister)

Jon Magnusson (born May 1965) [1] is a British producer, writer and director. He is the son of Magnus Magnusson, the original presenter of Mastermind and Mamie Baird, a journalist, and a brother of TV presenter Sally Magnusson.

Magnusson produced the medical sketch show Struck Off and Die , [2] several editions of the spoof radio panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue , and episodes of the sketch series Bremner, Bird and Fortune [3] and Alas Smith and Jones [4] on television.

He has a long involvement with Graham Norton, as producer of So Graham Norton (1999), Graham Norton's Bigger Picture (2005), and series producer of The Graham Norton Show (2009–2018). [3] [5] [6]

Magnusson was awarded a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme or Series for The Graham Norton Show in 2013, [7] and for So Graham Norton in 2001, [8] and was nominated for the same award for the same programme in 2000. [8] Magnusson was also nominated for another BAFTA, the Best Light Entertainment award, for impressionist show Rory Bremner, Who Else? [8]

Magnusson credits Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones ("the Guv'nors") with teaching him to write comedy, [5] and has written for Bremner, Bird and Fortune and So Graham Norton. [3]

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  7. "Television Entertainment Programme in 2013". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
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