Jon Canter
- Writers
Jon is the author of three comic novels - Seeds of Greatness, A Short Gentleman and Worth. He has also written stand-up comedy (for Lenny Henry), the BBC2 series Posh Nosh (with Arabella Weir), comment pieces for The Guardian, four Radio plays and five Stage plays. In 2018 Jon Started work on Series 4 of ‘Believe It’ for Radio 4 as well as co-writing the hugely popular ‘Lenny Henry Birthday’ show for BBC1. In 2019 he co-wrote Arabella Weir’s popular Edinburgh show ‘Does My Mum Loom Big In This’ as worked with Lenny again co-writing his book tour show, ‘Who Am I, Again?’ and interviewing him on stage through his 2019 national tour. In 2020 Jon wrote Series 5 of 'Believe It' as well as new radio series 'Their Dinner with Bob' for Radio 4, and is developing one of his books as an online play.
Selected Credits (See Full Credits)
Their Dinner with Bob (Radio)
Writer
2020
BBC Radio 4
Believe It (Series 1 - 5) (Radio)
Writer
2012 - 2020
BBC Radio 4
Lenny Henry: Who Am I Again? (Theatre)
Co-Writer and Performer
2019
Book Tour
Arabella Weir: Does My Mum Loom Big In This? (Theatre)
Co-writer
2019
Edinburgh Fringe
Lenny Henry Birthday (Television)
Writer
2018
BBC 1