- Jon Canter
Jon Canter is an English
television comedy scriptwriter writing forLenny Henry and other leading comedians. Canter was born and brought up in the Jewish community ofGolders Green ,North London and studied law at theUniversity of Cambridge where he became President ofFootlights .After a spell in
advertising copywriting (and as a housemate ofDouglas Adams ) [cite web|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/core/Content/displayPrintable.jhtml?xml=/arts/2006/04/01/bodoug01.xml&site=6&page=0|title="The flatmate’s guide to the galaxy"|accessdate=2007-03-24] he became a freelance scriptwriter, setting up home inAldeburgh with his wife, painter Helen Napper. He became a principal writer for the comedianLenny Henry , also writing forDawn French ,Angus Deayton ,Mel Smith andGriff Rhys Jones , as well as script editing forStephen Fry andHugh Laurie . [cite web|url=http://www.pbjmgt.co.uk/clients/jon-canter|title="Jon Canter"|accessdate=2007-03-25] [cite web|url=http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/abitoffryandlaurie/|title="BBC Guide to Comedy: A Bit of Fry and Laurie"|accessdate=2007-03-25] He co-wrote the 2003BBC television satirical comedy "Posh Nosh " with the co-starArabella Weir ; and theBBC Radio 4 situation comedy "Legal, Decent, Honest and Truthful " with Guy Jenkin. He wrote for theITV animatedcartoon version ofMr. Bean , and the script for the film "Full Monty 2".His first novel, "Seeds of Greatness", a comic story inspired by his upbringing, was published in 2006 (ISBN 978-0-224-07773-6). [cite web|url=http://books.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1744722,00.html|title="In a flap with Hornby envy"|accessdate=2007-03-24]
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