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Paul Jackson Biography

Birth Name:Kevin Paul Jackson

Profession Producer, Director, Writer, Actor

Fast Facts

  • Received an Honorary Doctor of Letters in 2004 from the University of Exeter
  • Serves as a chair of the volunteering organization Timebank
  • Founding Chairman of the charity group Comic Relief
  • Named chairman of the Royal Television Society from 1994 to 1996
  • Graduated with a degree in English from the University of Exeter in 1970
  • Son of producer, actor and director T․ Leslie Jackson
  • Jackson's career in television began in 1971 as an assistant floor manager for the BBC

Awards

  • 1981BAFTA TV Award-Best Light Entertainment Programme: nominated
  • 1982BAFTA TV Award-Best Light Entertainment Programme: nominated
  • 1983BAFTA TV Award-Best Light Entertainment Programme: winner
  • 1983BAFTA TV Award-Best Light Entertainment Programme: nominated
  • 1984BAFTA TV Award-Best Light Entertainment Programme: nominated
  • 1985BAFTA TV Award-Best Comedy Series: winner
  • 1985ACE-Comedy Series: nominated