Kenton Allen
| Kenton Allen | |
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| Born |
16 June 1965 Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England |
| Occupation | Chief Executive of Big Talk Productions |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Television |
Tonight with Jonathan Ross The Royle Family Six Shooter Funland The Visit The Omid Djalili Show That Mitchell and Webb Look Ideal After You've Gone Massive Rev. Him & Her Friday Night Dinner King Of... Show Me The Funny Chickens Free Agents (US) Threesome |
| Website | http://www.bigtalkproductions.com |
Kenton Allen is a British television producer and executive. He became Chief Executive of Big Talk Productions in September 2008. He is a multi-award–winning programme-maker with credits including the BAFTA Award-winning sitcoms The Royle Family and Rev. and the Oscar-winning film Six Shooter. He was the Advisory Chair of the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival 2012.
He was born in Stourbridge,Worcestershire and educated at the Grange Comprehensive School and King Edward VI College, Stourbridge. He turned down a place to study the clarinet and saxophone at the Royal School of Music. In 1983, aged 18, he joined the BBC at Pebble Mill in Birmingham. His first BBC job was as a trainee studio manager, working on radio, TV and film productions as a sound recordist on productions including Howards' Way, Pebble Mill at One, and The Archers, where he spent three months doing spot Fx and once played Aunt Laura's dead body wrapped in ¼ inch recording tape.
In 1986 he moved to BBC Radio Nottingham where he briefly worked as a producer/presenter. This led to two simultaneous job offers from BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 1. He took both and worked for a year as a producer on Ned Sherrin's Sony award-winning Loose Ends for BBC Radio 4 before moving to BBC Radio 1 in 1988 where he became the station's youngest ever producer. At BBC Radio 1 he produced Simon Bates, Steve Wright in the Afternoon, Walters Weekly presented by John Peel's producer John Walters and created a new series Jonathan Ross Live from Ronnie Scott's, which was broadcast live from Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club on Fridays at 6pm for 13 weeks. The script for the series was written by Danny Baker and the diverse range of guests included a memorable appearance by Robert Maxwell.
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