Jon Thoday

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Jonathan Murray Thoday (born May 1961^[1]) is a British television executive and businessman. He is the joint founder and managing director of Avalon Entertainment.

Founded in 1989, Avalon is an entertainment and talent management company with offices in the

In addition to Avalon Management Group, Thoday is the co-founding managing director of Avalon Promotions, Avalon Public Relations, Avalon Motion Pictures, and the production company Avalon Television.^[citation needed] He has led the expansion of the group in the USA, where Avalon Television now produces the sitcom Workaholics and in the UK, where the factual division (or Avalon Television) has produced shows such as Grumpy Old Men, Three Men in a Boat, and Heir Hunters.^{[citation needed]} His Avalon TV US branch was signed with Regency Television in 2005.^[2]

As a producer, he has been responsible for a number of shows, including Harry Hill's TV Burp, Not Going Out, and Russell Howard's Good News. He also worked with Frank Skinner and David Baddiel, to produce the single "Three Lions".^{[citation needed]}

He has also produced some of the largest gigs in British comedy history, including Newman and Baddiel at Wembley, the first ever arena comedy show, both Al Murray and Russell Howard at the O2 Arena, and the multi-award-winning musical

Thoday read Natural Sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating in 1983. He later studied for an MSc in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering.^{[citation needed]} He is married to Leanne Newman and has two children.^{[citation needed]}

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