Jon Magnusson (producer)

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Jon Magnusson
BornMay 1965 (age 60)
Occupation(s)Television 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 wrote the original music for the 1994 BBC Radio 4 series 'The Skivers'. [5]

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] [6] [7]

Magnusson was awarded a BAFTA for Best Entertainment Programme or Series for The Graham Norton Show in 2013, [8] and for So Graham Norton in 2001, [9] and was nominated for the same award for the same programme in 2000. [9] Magnusson was also nominated for another BAFTA, the Best Light Entertainment award, for impressionist show Rory Bremner, Who Else? [9]

Magnusson credits Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones ("the Guv'nors") with teaching him to write comedy, [6] and has written for Bremner, Bird and Fortune and So Graham Norton. [3]

References

  1. ↑ ltd, company check. "MR JON MAGNUSSON director information. Free director information. Director id 904689215". Company Check.
  2. ↑ Davies, Russell (14 June 1997). "A funny thing happened on the way to the theatre". The Daily Telegraph . Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Jon Magnusson (I)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 September 2018.[ unreliable source? ]
  4. ↑ "Smith & Jones (1984–1998) Full Cast & Crew". IMDb. Retrieved 6 September 2018.[ unreliable source? ]
  5. ↑ "So who's the mastermind behind a TV success?". The Herald. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
  6. 1 2 "So who's the mastermind behind a TV success?". The Herald . 16 November 2001. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  7. ↑ Williams, Zoe (29 September 2017). "'He's phenomenal': how Graham Norton became the undisputed talk show king". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  8. ↑ "Television Entertainment Programme in 2013". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 "Jon Magnusson Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 6 September 2018.[ unreliable source? ]
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