Kenton Allen

Kenton Allen is the CEO of Big Talk Studios – one of the UK’s leading film and television production companies, winner of Best Independent Production Company at the 2017 Broadcast Awards. Kenton is a multi-award-winning producer including BAFTAs for Rev, The Royle Family and Him & Her. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to television, Kenton was awarded the Fellowship award by the Royal Television Society in 2019. Kenton’s other notable credits include Martin McDonagh’s Oscar-winning film Six Shooter, as well as a host of critically acclaimed television series in comedy and drama including Ambassadors, Back, Chickens, Crashing, Cockroaches, Free Agents, Friday Night Dinner, Mum, Mr. Sloane, The Job Lot, Threesome, Timewasters and most recently The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin, starring Noel Fielding. Alongside drama series The Town, The Outlaws, Our Zoo, Houdini and Doyle, Cold Feet and A Young Doctor’s Notebook, starring Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm.

Kenton has led the dynamic growth of Big Talk over the past fifteen years, including BBCW’s investment in Big Talk in 2008, which culminated in the sale of the company to ITV Studios in 2013. He has continued to lead Big Talk’s strategic growth in North America via changed format, international co-production and US originals. With numerous comedy and drama projects in active development at US SVOD, premium cable and broadcast networks, Kenton, supported by an exceptional team, oversees an increasingly dynamic international portfolio – most recently producing Dinner With The Parents, the US version of Friday Night Dinner, for Amazon Freevee, a 10 x 30 series all produced in the UK.

Kenton and the Big Talk team have a keen eye for discovering and encouraging relationships with new and emerging talent; the next generation of writers, actors, directors and producers are key to the company’s success and Big Talk takes pride in nurturing existing high-profile talent, whilst building new creative relationships, on and off camera – which may be one reason why the company was named as one of Broadcast’s Best Places to Work in both 2017, 2018 and 2022.

Kenton is married with two children, two dogs and four iPads.