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Ben Stephenson

May 2015

  • Polly Hill has been appointed controller of BBC drama commissioning

    Poldark boss Polly Hill becomes new controller of BBC drama commissioning

    Hill takes on one of the most powerful jobs in UK television after Ben Stephenson joins Star Wars director JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot company

March 2015

  • Ben Stephenson has led BBC drama since 2008.

    BBC drama chief Ben Stephenson joins JJ Abrams' Bad Robot

    Executive responsible for shows including Sherlock, Call the Midwife and Wolf Hall to leave corporation after 11 years

January 2015

  • will.iam

    Media Monkey
    Media Monkey’s Diary: Danny Cohen, Martin Sorrell and will.iam

  • Kim Kardashian

    Media Monkey
    Media Monkey: Kim Kardashian and Gary Lineker’s new year resolutions

December 2014

  • MediaGuardian 100 graphic

    MediaGuardian 100

    Who are the most powerful people in the UK’s media right now?

November 2014

  • Corporate

    Media Monkey
    BBC’s Tony Hall keeps Wolf Hall from the door with more free canapés

    DG joins Peter Capaldi, Michael Palin, Victoria Wood, Julia McKenzie, Mark Rylance and Keeley Hawes at drama bash

September 2014

  • Judi Dench

    Judi Dench laments that young actors are held back by wealth divide

    Oscar-winning star fears working-class talents being lost by the cost of drama school training and demise of repertory theatre

August 2014

  • Charlotte Moore

    Media Monkey
    BBC bosses turn on C4 presenter after rigorous quizzing of BBC1 controller

    Media Monkey: Danny Cohen and Ben Stephenson rally to defence of Charlotte Moore after Krishnan Guru-Murthy quizzing

April 2014

  • Lady Chatterley

    Line of Duty's Jed Mercurio to pen TV adaption of Lady Chatterley's Lover

    BBC1 announces season based on four classic 20th century novels, including The Go-Between and Cider With Rosie. By John Plunkett

February 2014

  • David Walliams

    David Walliams to star as BBC bags Agatha Christie drama deal

    Corporation's contract with Christie estate will bring new series and documentaries coinciding with author's 125th anniversary. By John Plunkett

November 2013

  • Doctor Who Eleven Doctors

    Doctor Who takes fight to the Daleks and Cybermen – and critics of BBC

    As TV programme's 50th anniversary show looms, Time Lord finds himself in vanguard of battle against inscrutable foes

September 2013

  • Ben Stephenson

    MediaGuardian 100 2013 1-100
    76. Ben Stephenson

    Job: controller, BBC drama commissioning
    Age: 36
    Industry: broadcasting
    2012 ranking: 76

February 2013

  • World war one tank

    Media Monkey
    BBC's Sky rivalry takes dramatic turn

    Media Monkey: Controller Ben Stephenson needles the opposition at launch – and there's news of the upcoming Doctor Who drama

December 2012

  • Ben Stephenson

    Four BBC bosses secure inflation-busting pay rises as expenses grow

    Largest increase for TV drama controller who gets 20% increase for extra responsibilities. By Mark Sweney

September 2012

  • Ben Stephenson

    MediaGuardian 100 2012 1-100
    76. Ben Stephenson

    Job: controller, BBC drama commissioning
    Age: 35
    Industry: broadcasting
    2011 ranking: 87

January 2012

  • Richard Desmond at the Leveson inquiry

    MediaGuardian
    Media Talk: Richard Desmond sticks it to Leveson

    The Express owner gives evidence to the Leveson inquiry. Plus Tim Davie and Clive Dickens on radio's latest attempts to embrace the internet. With John Plunkett, Dan Sabbagh, Tara Conlan

October 2011

  • Jeremy Irons at the 2011 New Yorker Festival: Bravura Television Panel

    Jeremy Irons takes lead in BBC2's new Henry IV adaptation

    BBC's Shakespeare season will see Oscar-winning actor in Henry IV role, in a production directed by Sir Richard Eyre. By Jason Deans

July 2011

  • Ben Stephenson

    MediaGuardian 100 2011 1-100
    87. Ben Stephenson

    Job: controller, drama commissioning, BBC
    Age: 34
    Industry: broadcasting
    Annual budget: £250m
    Salary: £160,000 (total remuneration)
    Staff: 20
    2010 ranking: 78

April 2011

  • Organ Grinder
    The Shadow Line leads BBC drama's renaissance

    Maggie Brown: Hugo Blick's intelligent thriller is a return to the type of quality drama that characterised BBC2 in the 1980s

March 2011

  • Jed Mercurio

    Cardiac Arrest creator Jed Mercurio to make BBC2 police drama

    Line of Duty, a five-part series, will be made with World Productions the company behind This Life and The Cops. By Maggie Brown

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