Avalon alum Dawson joins multichannel group UKTV as comedy commissioner

BBC Studios-owned multichannel broadcaster UKTV has appointed Jason Dawson as commissioning executive to help grow its comedy entertainment slate.

Jason Dawson

Starting today, Dawson will work to support UKTV’s comedy entertainment commissions for entertainment channel Dave as well as digital shortform content and podcasts.

Reporting to Mark Iddon, senior commissioner for comedy entertainment, Dawson has joined the team whose credits include Outsiders, Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable, Hypothetical, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Comedians Giving Lectures, Late Night Mash and Live At The Moth Club.

Before joining UKTV, Dawson spent most of his career at UK comedy producer Avalon, where he worked as a producer and series producer with talent including Russell Howard, Greta Thunberg, John Oliver, Billy Connolly, Katherine Ryan, Guz Khan and Senator Bernie Sanders.

His credits include Stand Up Central (Comedy Central), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC), The Russell Howard Hour (Sky) and Until The Wheels Come Off (Netflix).

As well as his experience at Avalon, Dawson worked as a development producer at Objective Scotland and produced Hat Trick’s Revolting: Brexageddon (BBC Two).