Ben Stephenson

Benjamin Stephenson is a television executive, formerly controller of drama at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and currently Head of Television at Bad Robot Productions in the United States. Personal life Stephenson attended The Hewett School in Norwich before studying at Manchester University, where he gained a first-class degree in drama. Television In 1999 Stephenson worked at Granada as a script editor on the television series Heartbeat. He later worked in the same role for London's Burning and Blood Strangers. Stephenson worked at Channel 4 for over two years, on shows such as No Angels. He next moved to Shed Productions, and Tiger Aspect. While at Shed, he served as producer on the military drama Bombshell, commissioned by ITV but never shown in the UK. It was screened in New Zealand in 2006.