Robert Banks Stewart

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).

Works

Callan: This Man Alone

Nearly ten years in the making, This Man Alone is a brand-new feature-length documentary on one of television's highest-rated series. Featuring a remarkable central performance by Edward Woodward, Callan grew from a cult favourite into one of Britain's favourite shows, and this documentary tells the story of its creation and development, its success on television and extended life in film and books. Narrated by Peter Woodward, This Man Alone features contributions from Peter Mitchell, Reginald Collin, Mike Vardy, James Goddard, Piers Haggard, Patrick Mower, Trevor Preston and more

Release Date2016-02-01

Charactersd Himself

Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius

Mad scientist Mehendri Solon is building a body from spare parts to house the disembodied brain of the evil Time Lord Morbius. He fancies the Doctor's head as the final piece...

Release Date1976-01-24

Charactersd Morbius Doctor (picture) (uncredited)

Vote Count6

Doctor Who

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

Release Date1963-11-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count10

Vote Count666

The Avengers

A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).

Release Date1961-01-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count142

The Saint

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

Release Date1962-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Episode Count1

Vote Count117

Bergerac

Jim Bergerac is a detective sergeant in The Foreigners Office who likes to do things his own way. While dealing with his own personal demons Bergerac has a knack of finding trouble, and sometimes causing it.

Release Date1981-10-18

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count8

Vote Count21

The Sweeney

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

Release Date1975-01-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count24

Interpol Calling

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.

Release Date1959-09-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count11

Vote Count3

Jason King

Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!

Release Date1971-09-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count9

The Darling Buds of May

An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.

Release Date1991-04-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count21

The Protectors

The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.

Release Date1972-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count11

Callan

Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later Thames Television, it was aired on the ITV network over four seasons spread out between 1967 and 1972. The series starred Edward Woodward as David Callan, a reluctant professional killer for a shadowy branch of the British Government's intelligence services known as 'the Section'.

Release Date1967-07-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count9

Arthur of the Britons

This series strips away the elaborate medieval view of Camelot, and presents Arthur as the chief of a small Celt tribe in Dark-Ages Britain, a century or two after the withdrawal of Rome. Arthur struggles to weave the scattered tribes of Celts, Jutes, etc. into a union that can effectively oppose the Saxon invaders who are arriving in Britain in growing numbers. He is aided by his adoptive father, Llud, and his foster brother, Kai, who is himself a Saxon foundling.

Release Date1972-12-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count2

Dr. Finlay's Casebook

Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country Doctor’, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.

Release Date1962-08-16

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

The Human Jungle

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.

Release Date1963-03-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count5

Vote Count4

Special Branch

Special Branch is a British television. A police drama series, the action was centred on members of the Special Branch anti-espionage and anti-terrorist department of the London Metropolitan Police.

Release Date1969-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count3

Bergerac

Ex-cop Jim Bergerac is forced to confront a troubling past case when a wealthy woman is murdered, pushing him to overcome personal demons and reignite his investigative prowess to navigate family tensions and law enforcement scrutiny.

Release Date2025-02-27

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Series Creator

Episode Count6

Vote Count15

Moon and Son

Moon and Son is a BBC TV series made in 1992.

Release Date1992-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Sutherland's Law

Sutherland's Law is a television series m The series had originated as a stand alone edition of the portmanteau programme Drama Playhouse in 1972 in which Derek Francis played Sutherland and was then commissioned as an ongoing series. Sutherland's Law dealt with the duties of the Procurator Fiscal in a small Scottish town.

Release Date1973-06-06

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Shoestring

Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long episodes. Star Trevor Eve decided not to return to the role after two series, as he wanted to diversify into theatre roles, so the same production team changed the format to be based in Jersey and created Bergerac, also about a detective returning to work after a bad period in his life.

Release Date1979-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count4

My Uncle Silas

In 1901, a middle-class schoolboy whose parents are working abroad spends his summer in Bedfordshire with his great-uncle Silas. Though 60 years old, Silas relishes life—he’s a womanizer, drinker, and a poacher. At the prompting of his long-suffering housekeeper, Mrs. Betts, he takes on the occasional odd job.

Release Date2001-10-28

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count12

Vote Count1

The Legend of Robin Hood

The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.

Release Date1975-11-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count3

Danger Route

Jonas Wilde, a British secret agent licensed to kill, wants to resign from his murderous work, but his superiors pressure him into taking on a new assignment-the assassination of a defecting Soviet scientist. In the course of the dangerous mission, he discovers a mole has infiltrated British intelligence.

Release Date1967-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count18

Doctor Who: The Seeds of Doom

When scientists in the Antarctic uncover a mysterious seed pod, the Doctor is called in to investigate. He soon realises it is extraterrestrial and extremely dangerous. At the same time, however, ruthless millionaire plant-lover Harrison Chase has learned of the find and decides he must have the pod for his collection of rare and beautiful flora. Meanwhile the pod itself harbours intelligent life with sinister plans of its own...

Release Date1976-01-31

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

The Brain

A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer.

Release Date1962-09-05

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count15

Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?

The time traveling Foot Doctor discovers that the Cyberons and Autons are ineffectually trying to invade the Earth yet again. Can he and a helpful salesman save the day or will his arch enemy The Licensor defeat him for good?

Release Date2001-01-01

DepartmentVisual Effects

JobCreature Design

Vote Count2

The Sinister Man

When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.

Release Date1961-12-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Never Mention Murder

When a surgeon discovers that his wife has a lover he plans murder.

Release Date1965-05-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

When the Doctor, Sarah Jane and Harry arrive in Scotland, having received an urgent request for assistance from the Brigadier, they discover that the mysterious force which has destroyed three oil rigs has left giant teeth marks on the wreckage. The mystery deepens, leading them to the shores of Loch Ness where they find that the legendary monster really does exist – and is the murderous tool of the Zygons, aliens intent on overpowering the planet. The Doctor, his companions and UNIT must find a way to defeat the deadly Loch Ness Monster and its controllers, but the Zygons have the terrifying power to change shape. The Doctor's life has never been in more danger, as the line between allies and enemies is tested to the very limit...

Release Date1975-09-20

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

Backfire!

Arson is the way out for a failing cosmetics company.

Release Date1962-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count1

Partners in Crime

British crime film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond and John Van Eyssen, loosely based on the 1918 novel "The Man Who Knew" by Edgar Wallace.

Release Date1961-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3

Marriage of Convenience

A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.

Release Date1960-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

Remembering Douglas Camfield

The life and work of respected director Douglas Camfield is remembered in this documentary.

Release Date2013-09-30

The Foe from the Future

A look at the unmade story, The Foe from the Future, which formed the basis of The Talons of Weng-Chiang.

Release Date2010-10-04

Podshock

The cast and crew of The Seeds of Doom look back on the making of this story.

Release Date2010-10-25

Serial Thrillers

In 2004 a documentary was commissioned by the BBC looking back at the Philip Hinchcliffe era of British Television Series Doctor Who and what made those years some of the most popular in the series history.

Release Date2004-03-01

Scotch Mist in Sussex

Cast and crew look back at the making of Terror of the Zygons.

Release Date2013-09-30