
Person
Robert Banks Stewart
Writing · 1931–2016 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Biography
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).
Known for

Doctor Who
Writer

The Avengers
Writer

The Saint
Screenplay

Bergerac
Writer

The Sweeney
Writer

The Protectors
Writer

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
Writer

My Uncle Silas
Writer

Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Writer

Bergerac
Original Series Creator
Filmography
- 2025BergeracOriginal Series Creator
- 2016Callan: This Man AloneHimself
- 2013Scotch Mist in Sussex
- 2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
- 2010Podshock
- 2010The Foe from the Future
- 2004Serial Thrillers
- 2001My Uncle SilasWriter
- 2001Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?Creature Design
- 1992Moon and SonWriter
- 1991The Darling Buds of MayWriter
- 1986Call Me MisterProducer
- 1981BergeracWriter
- 1979ShoestringWriter
- 1976Doctor Who: The Seeds of DoomWriter
- 1976Doctor Who: The Brain of MorbiusMorbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)
- 1975The Legend of Robin HoodWriter
- 1975Doctor Who: Terror of the ZygonsWriter
- 1975The SweeneyWriter
- 1974RoomsProducer
- 1973Sutherland's LawWriter
- 1972Arthur of the BritonsWriter
- 1972The ProtectorsWriter
- 1972New Scotland YardWriter
- 1971Jason KingWriter
- 1969Special BranchWriter
- 1969ITV Saturday Night TheatreWriter
- 1967Danger RouteScreenplay
- 1967CallanWriter
- 1966Adam Adamant Lives!Writer
- 1965Never Mention MurderWriter
- 1964DownfallScreenplay
- 1963Doctor WhoWriter
- 1963The Human JungleWriter
- 1962The SaintScreenplay
- 1962The BrainScreenplay
- 1962PlaybackScreenplay
- 1962Dr. Finlay's CasebookWriter
- 1962Backfire!Screenplay
- 1961The Sinister ManWriter
- 1961Partners in CrimeScreenplay
- 1961The AvengersWriter
- 1960Marriage of ConvenienceScreenplay
- 1959Interpol CallingWriter
- 1956Armchair TheatreWriter
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