Production
Plowman was educated in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and at University College, Oxford, where was a member of the University College Players and made friends with others who went on to establish successful careers in comedy. One, Mel Smith, directed Plowman in a production of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. After Oxford, Plowman followed Smith to the Royal Court Theatre, where he met the director Lindsay Anderson. Plowman worked in theatre for a while, then joined Granada TV.
He was responsible for producing and commissioning programmes produced in-house at the BBC, of which the g…

Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
as Self

Bottom: Exposed
as Self

imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter
as Self

The Vicar of Dibley: Inside Out
as Self

Wogan: Now You're Talking
as Self

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
as Self

Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
as Self

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
as Self

Fry and Laurie Reunited
as Self

Mama Jack
as Security (uncredited)