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name: "Robert Banks Stewart"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-banks-stewart"
roles: ["Creator","Writer"]
born: "16 July 1931"
died: "14 January 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T18:07:20.370058+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Robert Banks Stewart

Creator and writer. Born 16 July 1931 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Died 14 January 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Creator, Writer
- **Born:** 16 July 1931, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 14 January 2016
- **Active:** 1961–1981
- **Also known as:** Robert Bennett, Robert Stewart
- **Works often with:** Dennis Spooner, Robert Tronson, Ben Bolt, Bill Bain, Bill Strutton, Bob Baker

## Biography

Robert Banks Stewart (16 July 1931 – 14 January 2016) was a Scottish screenwriter, television producer and former journalist. He began his career in journalism in Edinburgh before moving into television writing in the late 1950s, sometimes credited early on as Robert Stewart.

He contributed scripts to series including *Danger Man*, *The Avengers* (1965–66) and *Doctor Who* (1963), for which he wrote *Terror of the Zygons* (1975) and *The Seeds of Doom* (1976) and created the Zygons. He also wrote for *The Saint* (1962). Stewart created and produced the BBC detective series *Shoestring* (1979) and *Bergerac* (1981), and produced the first series of *Lovejoy* (1986) and early episodes of *The Darling Buds of May* (1991).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, bbc.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Callan* (1967), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)
- *Doctor Who* (1963), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Bergerac* (1981), Creator, Writer
- *The Avengers* (1961), Writer

## Also known for

- *The Saint* (1962), Screenplay, Writer

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