UKTV hires Jason Dawson as Commissioning Executive

UKTV has appointed Jason Dawson as Commissioning Executive to help grow the multichannel broadcaster's comedy entertainment slate. Starting today, Dawson will be working to support UKTV's comedy entertainment commissions for entertainment channel Dave, as well as digital short form content and podcasts.

Reporting to Mark Iddon, Senior Commissioner for Comedy Entertainment, Dawson has joined the team that keeps UKTV as one of the local leaders of the genre, with recent shows including “Outsiders,” “Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable,” “Hypothetical,” “Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled,” “Comedians Giving Lectures,” “Late Night Mash,” and “Live At The Moth Club.”

“Jason's fantastic reputation with talent in the comedy industry, coupled with his experience in making ambitious television shows, makes him an exciting addition to our team. With our continued mission to bring a fresh fix of funny to the UKTV audiences, Jason brings a wealth of knowledge to the table which we are excited to embrace,”  Iddon commented.

Before joining UKTV, Dawson spent most of his career at Avalon, where he worked as a producer and series producer with many of the UK's top talent from the world of comedy and beyond, 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).

“After spending the last decade of my career mocking the quotes people write in their new job press releases, today is truly humbling as I realize how deeply uncomfortable it is. That said, I am thrilled to be joining UKTV, a broadcaster with a proven track record of providing a platform for our brightest and best comedy talent to make people laugh. Collaborating with those talents has been a huge passion of mine, so I look forward to continuing in that vein and helping bring shows to UKTV that comedians love doing and audiences love watching,”  Dawson said.