Robert Banks Stewart

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Robert Banks Stewart

Writing July 16, 1931

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Robert Banks Stewart (16 July 1931 – 14 January 2016) was a Scottish screenwriter, television producer and former journalist. He was sometimes credited as Robert Stewart early in…

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Doctor Who

Doctor Who

7.9 1963 TV Show
The Saint

The Saint

7.4 1962 TV Show
The Avengers

The Avengers

7.8 1961 TV Show
Bergerac

Bergerac

7.0 1981 TV Show
The Sweeney

The Sweeney

8.1 1975 TV Show
ITV Saturday Night Theatre

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7.0 1969 TV Show
The Protectors

The Protectors

6.1 1972 TV Show
Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

6.7 1962 TV Show
The Darling Buds of May

The Darling Buds of May

7.9 1991 TV Show
New Scotland Yard

New Scotland Yard

6.3 1972 TV Show
Interpol Calling

Interpol Calling

7.3 1959 TV Show
Bergerac

Bergerac

5.9 2025 TV Show

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Robert Banks Stewart (16 July 1931 – 14 January 2016) was a Scottish screenwriter, television producer and former journalist. He was sometimes credited as Robert Stewart early in his career. Banks Stewart contributed extensively to drama for the BBC and ITV for several decades, which included creating and producing the series Shoestring (1979) and Bergerac (1981) and producing the first series of Lovejoy (1986). He also produced and co-adapted the early episodes of The Darling Buds of May (1991).

Filmography

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  1. 2025
    Bergerac

    TV show Original Series Creator

  2. 2016
    Callan: This Man Alone

    Movie Himself

  3. 2013
    Scotch Mist in Sussex

    Movie

  4. 2013
    Remembering Douglas Camfield

    Movie

  5. 2010
    Podshock

    Movie

  6. 2010
    The Foe from the Future

    Movie

  7. 2004
    Serial Thrillers

    Movie

  8. 2001
    My Uncle Silas

    TV show Writer

  9. 2001
    Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?

    Movie Creature Design

  10. 1992
    Moon and Son

    TV show Writer

  11. 1991
    The Darling Buds of May

    TV show Writer

  12. 1986
    Call Me Mister

    TV show Producer

  13. 1981
    Bergerac

    TV show Writer

  14. 1979
    Shoestring

    TV show Writer

  15. 1976
    Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

    Movie Writer

  16. 1976
    Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

    Movie Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 1975
    The Legend of Robin Hood

    TV show Writer

  2. 1975
    Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

    Movie Writer

  3. 1975
    The Sweeney

    TV show Writer

  4. 1974
    Rooms

    TV show Producer

  5. 1973
    Sutherland's Law

    TV show Writer

  6. 1972
    Arthur of the Britons

    TV show Writer

  7. 1972
    The Protectors

    TV show Writer

  8. 1972
    New Scotland Yard

    TV show Writer

  9. 1971
    Jason King

    TV show Writer

  10. 1969
    Special Branch

    TV show Writer

  11. 1969
    ITV Saturday Night Theatre

    TV show Writer

  12. 1967
    Danger Route

    Movie Screenplay

  13. 1967
    Callan

    TV show Writer

  14. 1966
    Adam Adamant Lives!

    TV show Writer

  15. 1965
    Never Mention Murder

    Movie Writer

  16. 1964
    Downfall

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1963
    Doctor Who

    TV show Writer

  18. 1963
    The Human Jungle

    TV show Writer

  19. 1962
    The Saint

    TV show Screenplay

  20. 1962
    The Brain

    Movie Screenplay

  21. 1962
    Playback

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1962
    Dr. Finlay's Casebook

    TV show Writer

  23. 1962
    Backfire!

    Movie Screenplay

  24. 1961
    The Sinister Man

    Movie Writer