Kenton Allen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kenton Allen
Occupation	TV Producer
Date Of Birth	Jun 16, 1965(1965-06-16)
Age	59
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Kenton Allen Biography

Kenton Allen is one of the most popular and richest TV Producer who was born on June 16, 1965 in England, England, United Kingdom. Known for his work on such acclaimed television series and films as, respectively, The Royle Family and Six Shooter, this C.E.O. of Big Talk Productions produced TV series that won British Comedy Awards, BAFTA TV Awards, and National Television Awards.

His short film, Six Shooter, featuring a screenplay by the renowned Irish playwright Martin McDonagh, earned an Academy Award in 2006.

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 6 pm 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.

In 1990 he joined the recently formed independent production company Channel X to produce all of Jonathan Ross’s shows. He produced over 200 live editions of Tonight with Jonathan Ross for Channel 4. In 1991 he produced Jonathan Ross Presents Madonna, which became Channel 4’s highest rated entertainment programme of the year. Other credits include the innovative live comedy entertainment series Saturday Zoo which featured the live television debuts of the likes of Steve Coogan, John Thompson, Lily Savage, and Mark Thomas, and the factual entertainment hit Fantastic Facts for ITV.

His marriage to fiction writer and journalist Imogen Edwards-Jones resulted in children named Rafe and Allegra.

Kenton Allen Net Worth

Kenton Allen is one of the richest TV Producer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kenton Allen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Early in his life, he pursued a career in music. Ultimately, however, he rejected an offer to attend the Royal School of Music in favor of working in production at the BBC studios in Birmingham, England.

He produced such popular BBC series as Funland, That Mitchell and Webb Look, and After You’ve Gone.

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.

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Allen was BBC’s Creative Head of Comedy Talent and Comedy North. He joined the BBC as its comedy editor in February 2003, and was responsible for developing and producing all forms of comedy for the four main BBC broadcast networks and running the in-house production teams. He immediately established a department based in Manchester called Comedy North. He produced and executive-produced a diverse range of comedy programming including the BAFTA-winning sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look (BBC Two), the BAFTA-nominated drama series Funland (BBC Three), The Omid Djalili Show (BBC One), After You’ve Gone (BBC One), Freezing (BBC Two), The Visit (BBC One and BBC Three), Massive (BBC Three) and four series of Ideal (BBC Two and BBC Three).

Facts & Trivia

Kenton Ranked on the list of most popular TV Producer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kenton Allen celebrates birthday on June 16 of every year.

Allen became CEO of Big Talk Productions in 2008. There he has produced two six-part comedies which were broadcast to record audiences and huge critical acclaim. The BAFTA-winning Rev. created by James Wood and Tom Hollander for BBC2 scooped four titles at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and was nominated at the BAFTAs for Best Situation Comedy. Him & Her, the most successful sitcom launch in the history of BBC3, written by Stefan Golaszewski and starring Russell Tovey and Sarah Solemani, picked up Best Comedy Performance for the two stars at the Royal Television Society Awards. Having acknowledged the loyal audience of Him & Her during its first and second series, a third series was commissioned.