artist profile
Peter Benson
Television
| HEARTBEAT | Bernie Scripps (series regular) | Gerry Mill/ Archie Tate | Yorkshire TV | ||
| BORN & BRED | Peter Duguid | Thames TV | |||
| A TOUCH OF FROST | David Reynolds | Exec Prod | Yorkshire TV | ||
| MERLIN | Steve Baron | Mad Passions Ltd | |||
| THE CHIEF | Tom Cotter | Anglia | |||
| PEAK PRACTICE | Tony Garner | Central | |||
| 99-1 | David Penn | Carlton | |||
| THE BILL | Simon Myers | Exec Prod | Thames TV | ||
| CORONATION STREET | David Penn | Granada | |||
| PAUL MERTON | Liddy Oldryoyd | HatTrick | |||
| LOVEJOY | Jim Hill | Witzend | |||
| THE SCARLET AND THE BLACK | Ben Bolt | BBC | |||
| THE BILL | John Darnell | Thames TV | |||
| A TOUCH OF FROST | Roy Battersby | Yorkshire TV | |||
| RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY | John Gorrie | New Penny | |||
| NICE TOWN | Pedr James | BBC | |||
| THE BILL | Tom Cotter | Thames TV | |||
| JEEVES & WOOSTER | Ferdinand Fairfax | Carnival Films | |||
| BOYS FROM THE BUSH | Jane Howell | Cinema Verity | |||
| COUNT OF SOLAR | Tristram Powell | BBC | |||
| HIT THE PITCH | John Stroud | Thames TV | |||
| THE SHARP END | David Penn | BBC | |||
| MR. MAJIKA | Roger Clissold | TVS | |||
| ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL | Jeremy Summers | BBC | |||
| VANITY FAIR | Michael Owen Morris | BBC | |||
| THE REFUGE | Les Chatfield | Yorkshire TV | |||
| KISSES ON THE BOTTOM | Jeremy Ancock | BBC | |||
| ALBION MARKET | Gareth Jones | Patrick Lau | Granada | ||
| THE BURSTON REBELLION | Norman Stone | BBC | |||
| HAVE HIS CARCASS | Christopher Hodson | BBC | |||
| TENKO | Michael Owen Morris | BBC | |||
| EVENTS IN A MUSEUM | Gareth Davis | BBC | |||
| BLACKADDER | John Lloyd | BBC | |||
| THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO | Robin Midgeley | BBC | |||
| DR. WHO | Mary Ridge | BBC | |||
| RICHARD III | Henry VI | Jane Howell | BBC | ||
| HENRY VI parts I, II, III | Henry VI | Jane Howell | BBC | ||
| GREAT EXPECTATIONS | Julian Amyes | BBC | |||
| POCKETFUL OF DREAMS | Stuart Urban | BBC | |||
| MARIA MARTEN | Jane Howell | BBC | |||
| THE BORGIAS | Brian Farnham | BBC | |||
| THE LITTLE WORLD OF DON CAMILLO | Peter Hammond | BBC | |||
| THE WINTER’S TALE | Jane Howell | BBC | |||
| HAMLET | Rodney Bennett | BBC | |||
| THE GOOD COMPANIONS | Bill Hays | Yorkshire TV | |||
| ST. JOAN | The Dauphin | Jane Howell | BBC | ||
| NIGHT PEOPLE | Leonard Lewis | BBC | |||
| THE DYBBUK | Jane Howell | BBC | |||
| THE DEVIL’S CROWN | Jane Howell | BBC | |||
| THE LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE | Rob Knights | ATV | |||
| TRINITY TALES | Tristan de Vere Cole | BBC |
Theatre
Many productions in rep. including KISS ME KATE, THE TEMPEST and THE HOSTAGE for Jane Howell and David Toguri at the Northcott, Exeter and THE CANTERBURY TALES at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. More recent credits are:
| ASSASSINS | Charlie Guiteau | Roger Haines | Library Theatre, Manchester | ||
| THE TICKET OF LEAVE MAN | Green Jones | Philip Hedley | Theatre Royal, Stratford East | ||
| IT’S A MAD WORLD, MY MASTERS | Jane Howell | Theatre Royal, Stratford East | |||
| LANDMARKS | Peter Egan | Lyric Studio, Hammersmith | |||
| THE BALLARD OF THE SAD CAFÉ | Patrick Lau | Brighton Festival | |||
| A NIGHT IN OLD PEKING | Martin Duncan | Theatre Royal, Stratford East | |||
| REVELS OF GARGANTUA IN EXILE | Martin Duncan | Royal Court | |||
| SKUNG POOMERY | Clare Venables | Orange Tree | |||
| POOR TOM | Sam Walters | Orange Tree | |||
| THE KING | Archbishop | Peter James | Shaw Theatre | ||
| PRIVATE EAR, PUBLIC EYE | Sam Walters | Tour | |||
| LAND OF PALMS | Sam Walters | Orange Tree |
FILMS
| GETAWAY | David Jones/Alan Bleasdale | ||||
| EXCALIBUR | John Boorman | ||||
| HAWK THE SLAYER | Terry Marcel | ||||
| TESS | Roman Polanski | ||||
| THE FIRST GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY | Michael Crichton | ||||
| THE SAILOR’S RETURN | Jack Gold | ||||
| THE SHOUT | Jerzy Skowlimoski |