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Profile: Paul Jackson

13 May 08

Paul Jackson

Paul Jackson took up his post as ITV’s Director of Entertainment and Comedy in February 2006 after  supervising Granada production businesses first in Australia and then in America. He went to Australia from the BBC where he held the role of Controller of Entertainment, responsible for five entertainment departments working in television, radio and online.

Paul Jackson was a key member of the original management team which wrote Carlton’s successful application for the London weekday franchise. He then became Director of Programmes for the new licensee and was appointed Managing Director when the station went on-air in January 1993.

He has a distinguished record as a programme producer. His hits include the BBC’s cult sci-fi sit-com Red Dwarf, 3 Of A Kind (BAFTA and Montreux Rose Winner), The Young Ones (BAFTA winner), Girls on Top for Central, Don’t Miss Wax and Saturday Live for Channel 4. He also co-produced an Oscar-winning success in 1988 with the comedy live action short The Appointments of Dennis Jennings, which starred American comedian Steven Wright and Rowan Atkinson.

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