# Steven Canny > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steven_Canny > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Steven_Canny.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Canny > Source revision: 1329402776 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|British television producer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Steven Canny''' is an [Executive Producer](/source/Executive_Producer) for [BBC Studios](/source/BBC_Studios) Comedy and has written a number of plays.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbjmgt.co.uk/artists/steven-canny/credits|title = PBJ Management}} ==Education== Canny attended Filton High School, Bristol, before going to [St. Brendan's Sixth Form College](/source/St._Brendan's_Sixth_Form_College), Bristol, and the [University of Surrey](/source/University_of_Surrey). ==Career== Canny moved into his career as a [theatre director](/source/theatre_director) and writer after several years working at London's National Theatre. He was associate director for theatre company [Complicite](/source/Complicite) from 1999 to 2004 where productions included Mnemonic, The Noise of Time, The Elephant Vanishes, Light and he was also associate director on Al Pacino's [The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui](/source/The_Resistible_Rise_of_Arturo_Ui).{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2002/legit/reviews/the-resistible-rise-of-arturo-ui-3-1200545356/|title = The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui|date = 21 October 2002}} He was the dramaturg on Complicite's production of Measure for Measure at the National Theatre. In 2009 he won the Sony Gold Drama Award with ''[Mr Larkin's Awkward Day](/source/Mr_Larkin's_Awkward_Day)'', a comedy radio play by Chris Harrald, broadcast on [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4) on Tuesday, 29 April 2008 as the [Afternoon Play](/source/Afternoon_Play).{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5310477/Sony-Radio-Academy-Awards-2009-the-winners.html |title=Sony Radio Academy Awards 2009: the winners – Telegraph |last=Staff |work=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |date=12 May 2009 |location=[London](/source/London%2C_UK) |issn=0307-1235 |oclc=49632006 |access-date=3 May 2011}} The Sony Gold citation said: "Assured direction, excellent performances and concise, skilfully-researched writing all made this deceptively straightforward story a masterpiece. Funny and touching by turns, a single, seemingly insignificant incident in the life of [Philip Larkin](/source/Philip_Larkin) brought out the humanity and humour of a poet whose personal life is not commonly associated with either." In 2010 he won the Sony Gold Drama Award with ''People Snogging in Public Places'' by [Jack Thorne](/source/Jack_Thorne_(writer)). It was broadcast on Radio 3's The Wire. The Sony Gold citation said: "The judges described this as a wonderfully written and performed, highly original piece of radio drama in which the production perfectly mirrored the subject. Painful and funny, it was a bold exciting listen." The production was also shortlisted for the 2010 Prix Italia and the Tinniswood Award.{{cite web |url= http://www.radioawards.org/winners/2010/production-awards/best-drama/ |title=The Sony Radio Academy Awards – Winners – 2010 – Production Awards – Best Drama |last=Staff |work=radioawards.org |year=2011 |access-date=3 May 2011}} Canny was listed as the Executive Producer of the winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Sony Awards for Best Comedy in 2011.{{Cite web |url=http://www.radioacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Sony-Radio-Academy-Award-Winners-Nominees.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-17 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928055912/http://www.radioacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2011-Sony-Radio-Academy-Award-Winners-Nominees.pdf |url-status=dead }} He was Executive Producer of the pan-BBC initiative for the Edinburgh Festival in 2011.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110804153715/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/edinburgh/2011/ BBC Edinburgh Fringe – 2011 – Home] Canny was Executive Producer of more than 300 hours of comedy on Radio 4 including: News Quiz, Tom Basden's Party, Rudy's Rare Records, Radio 4's Advent Calendar and The Show What You Wrote.[https://archive.today/20140228130546/http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/be-inspired/steven-canny bbc.co.uk] Plays written include: A Dulditch Angel,[https://www.bbc.co.uk/suffolk/content/articles/2005/11/14/dulditch_angel_review_feature.shtml BBC – Suffolk – Entertainment – A Dulditch Angel] Spyski (revived as The Importance of Being Honest),[http://www.peepolykus.co.uk/spyski-the-importance-of-being-honest PEEPOLYKUS: SPYSKI! (The Importance of Being Honest)] Origins,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pentabus.co.uk/index.php/current-programme/origins |title=Pentabus Theatre : Current Programme : Origins |access-date=2012-12-14 |archive-date=2011-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024210311/http://www.pentabus.co.uk/index.php/current-programme/origins |url-status=dead }} No Wise Men,[http://www.peepolykus.co.uk/no-wise-men PEEPOLYKUS: No Wise Men] The Hound of the Baskervilles The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society,{{Cite web |url=http://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on-buy-tickets/the-arthur-conan-doyle-appreciation-society |title=The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh |access-date=2013-01-04 |archive-date=2013-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116121206/http://www.traverse.co.uk/whats-on-buy-tickets/the-arthur-conan-doyle-appreciation-society |url-status=dead }} and The Time Machine; A Comedy (nominated for an Olivier Award 2024).{{cite web | url=https://www.originaltheatre.com/our-productions/the-time-machine | title=The Original Theatre Company | Award-winning UK based touring theatre company }} By Spring 2023 The Hound of the Baskervilles has had more than 200 theatrical productions worldwide with the majority being in the US.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/13/nyregion/a-review-of-the-hound-of-the-baskervilles-at-the-new-jersey-repertory-company.html?_r=0 | work=The New York Times | first=Michael | last=Sommers | title=A Review of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles,' at the New Jersey Repertory Company | date=12 May 2012}} In September 2013, the BBC announced that they had appointed Canny as Executive Producer, BBC Comedy Scotland.[http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/people/bbc-comedy-lures-back-princess-exec/5060524.article BBC comedy lures back Princess exec | News | Broadcast] There he has been the Executive Producer of Mammoth, ''Miller's Mountain''[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/millers_mountain/ Mountain Goats – BBC1 Sitcom – British Comedy Guide] (winner Scottish BAFTA Best Comedy 2014),[http://www.bafta.org/scotland/awards/ceremony/nominees-winners/2014#comedy-entertainment British Academy Scotland Awards: Winners in 2014 | BAFTA] ''Bob Servant'' (winner Best Comedy RTS Scotland Award),[Bob Servant](/source/Bob_Servant) ''Don't Drop the Baton'',[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/dont_drop_the_baton/ Don't Drop The Baton – BBC1 Scot Sketch Show – British Comedy Guide] ''Comedy Playhouse: Where it All Began'',[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3704046/ Comedy Playhouse: Where It All Began (TV Movie 2014) – IMDb] ''What's Funny about the Indyref'',[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01sfbt5 BBC Two – What's Funny About the Indyref?] ''Still Game Live'',[https://www.amazon.co.uk/504/dp/B00OMYITZS Still Game – Live in Glasgow [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Michael Hines, Pati Marr, Laura Marks: DVD & Blu-ray] Radges,[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/radges/ Radges – BBC3 Sitcom – British Comedy Guide] ''Sketchland'', ''Two Doors Down'' (winner Best Comedy RTS Scotland Award),[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b072wv8z BBC Two – Two Doors Down] Mrs Brown's Boys (winner of BAFTA, Scottish BAFTA, IFTA, RTS and National Television Award),{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.in/1FZEqBc|title=BBC One - MRS Brown's Boys}} Gary: Tank Commander Election Special,[http://www.scotsman.com/news/nicola-sturgeon-gets-election-grilling-from-gary-tank-commander-1-4107078 Nicola Sturgeon gets election grilling – from Gary: Tank Commander – The Scotsman] Stop/Start,[http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/stop_start/ Stop/Start – BBC1 Sitcom – British Comedy Guide] Porridge,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7448858/|title = Porridge|website = [IMDb](/source/IMDb)|date = 6 October 2017}} Pumped,{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/pumped/|title=Pumped - BBC3 Sitcom|website=[British Comedy Guide](/source/British_Comedy_Guide) }} British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves,{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.in/2ceA56Z|title=BBC Four - British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves}} A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong,{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7766092/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm|title = A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (TV Movie 2017) - IMDb|website = [IMDb](/source/IMDb)}} Lost Sitcoms{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.in/2b5bzQB|title=BBC Four - Lost Sitcoms}} and Still Game series 7, 8 & 9.{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.in/1Q8hmC6|title=BBC One - Still Game}} ==Personal life== Canny is married to theatre director [Orla O'Loughlin](/source/Orla_O'Loughlin), currently the Vice Principal and Director of Drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. ==References== {{reflist|2}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Canny, Steven}} Category:Alumni of the University of Surrey Category:British radio producers Category:British television producers Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:British dramatists and playwrights Category:Living people Category:BBC people Category:People from Bristol --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Steven Canny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Canny) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Canny?action=history)). 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