- Stephen A Bennett
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A self shooting observational documentary producer/director making engaging, thought-provoking films about real people, often filming over extended timeframes.
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Keeping It Up: The big story of the little blue pill
- Role
- Series Filmed and Directed
- Year
- 2023
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Duration
- 1x90’
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War and Justice
- Role
- Series Filmed and Directed
- Year
- 2022
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Duration
- 1x90’
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Murder in a Small Town
- Role
- Series Filmed and Directed
- Year
- 2020/1
- Channel
- Channel 5
- Duration
- 2x45’
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Darren McGarvey’s Class Wars
- Role
- Producer/Director
- Year
- 2020/1
- Channel
- BBC Scotland
- Duration
- 4x59’
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Choose Life
- Role
- Producer/Director
- Year
- 2019
- Channel
- BBC 1 Scotland
- Duration
- 59’
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Screen Grab
- Role
- Producer/Director
- Year
- 2019
- Channel
- BBC Scotland
- Duration
- 45’
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Darren McGarvey’s Scotland
- Role
- Producer/Director
- Year
- 2019
- Channel
- BBC Scotland
- Duration
- 6x 30’
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Emiment Monsters
- Role
- Director
- Year
- 2019
- Duration
- 1 x 52'
- 1 x 89'
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The Country Council
- Role
- Producer/Director
Councils across Scotland are in the midst of challenging budget cuts, and with higher demand than ever for public services, the pressure on local authorities has never been greater.
- Year
- 2017
- Channel
- BBC1 Scotland
- Duration
- 3x 60’
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Brian Cox‘s Russia
- Role
- Filmed/Produced/Directed
One hundred years on from the Russian Revolution, Hollywood actor Brian Cox returns to Russia to discover the ex-pat Scots before him who changed, and were changed, by this vast, turbulent country.
- Year
- 2017
- Channel
- BBC2 Scotland
- Duration
- 2x 60’
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The Council
- Role
- Producer/Director
Councils across the UK are facing punishing budget cuts, but with higher demand than ever for public services, the pressure on local authorities has never been greater. This series follows council staff on the frontline.
- Year
- 2016
- Channel
- BBC1 Scotland
- Duration
- 3x 60’
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Dunblane: Our Story
- Role
- Producer/Director
This film commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Dunblane Shootings, when in March, 1996 a gunman walked into a primary school and shot dead 16 pupils and their teacher in a Primary 1 gym class.
- Year
- 2016
- Channel
- BBC1 Scotland
- BBC2 Network
- Duration
- 1x 60'
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Atomic Espionage
- Role
- Reconstructions written and directed
‘Atomic Espionage’ tells the story of a secret war between America, Germany, Japan and the Soviet Union during WW2 in the race to make the first atomic bomb. It is a story of a war of fear which culminated in the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing over 200,000 people. In seconds two cities were completely obliterated and our world changed forever.
- Year
- 2015
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Insane Fight Club II – This Time it’s Personal
- Role
- Producer/Director
Insane Fight Club is back. This year the boys are taking their unique form of entertainment to England as they stage fight nights in Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool and Newcastle. Will it bring them the wider fame and recognition they crave? And will they still be friends at the end of it?
This is Insane Fight Club II and This Time It’s Personal
- Year
- 2015
- Channel
- BBC1 Scotland
- Format
- CF
- Duration
- 1x 60’
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Commonwealth City
- Role
- Producer/Director
In the summer of 2014 the XX Commonwealth Games will come to Glasgow. With it will bring huge structural changes to the City, none more so than in Dalmarnock - but will the locals benefit?
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Power to the Pococks
- Role
- Producer/Director
Meet the Pocock family: mum, dad, four children, 19 horses, 12 sheep, 6 dogs and two cows. They are living ‘off the grid’ in the remote Scottish Highlands. But times are a changing and a massive £600m pylon line is being built right beside and they want a bit of it…
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Warriors
- Role
- Producer/Director
5 years on, whatever happened to ‘The Boys of Ballikinrain’? Now 18 years old each has faced their own battles in the intervening years - from doing time with ‘Her Majesty’, to trying to make it on their own.
- Company
- Saltire Film and TV Productions
- Year
- 2012
- Channel
- BBC One Scotland
- Format
- HDCam
- Duration
- 60’
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My Perfect Wheelchair
- Role
- Producer/Director
The wheelchair. A disabled necessity that has been stuck in evolution since they first came out. But one man, Andrew Slorance, wants to change that.
- Year
- 2012
- Channel
- BBC Two
- BBC Two Scotland
- Format
- HDCam
- Duration
- 60’
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The Walking Wounded
- Role
- Producer/Director
Three young soldiers battling with suicide, addictions, anger and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Shot on DSR450.
‘A powerful documentary and chilling insight’ - Scotsman
Pick of the Day Scotsman, Sun, Daily Record, Sunday Herald etc.
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Pride and Privilege
- Role
- Producer/Director
Observational series following pupils over one year at Glenalmond College.
Shot on DSR450.
‘Class warfare has erupted in…the most expensive classrooms in Scotland’ - SoS
Pick of the Day Scotland on Sunday, Sunday Herald etc
- Company
- Saltire Film and TV Productions
- Year
- 2007/8
- Channel
- BBC Two Scotland
- Format
- DVCam
- Duration
- 3x60'
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The Boys of Ballikinrain
- Role
- Director/Cameraman
A ground-breaking series revealing life inside a Residential School for abused boys.
Shot on DSR450.
‘A remarkable film… harrowing and inspiring by turns’ - Ian Bell, The Herald
Pick of the Day Herald, Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday, Radio Times.
How the lost boys found a voice - Herald Scotland
- Company
- Saltire Film and TV Productions
- Year
- 2006/7
- Channel
- BBC Two Scotland
- Format
- DVCam
- Duration
- 3x60'
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The One Show
- Role
- Producer/Director
Britain’s biggest yet unknown Christmas show housed in a barn in Norfolk! Shot on DSR450.
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Fire-fighters
- Role
- Director/Camerman
Observational doc series about Strathclyde Fire and Rescue. Shot on DSR450.
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Ladies that Launch
- Role
- Director/Cameraman
15 intimate ob. docs about women launching their own businesses.
Shot on DSR 500.
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Cold War Spies
- Role
- Writer/Producer/Director
Days that Shook the World II - The shooting down of Gary Powers (drama doc).
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Fast and Furious in Fife
- Role
- Producer/Director
The highest rating in the series, beating the network by over 7%.
Observational doc about a rural village under siege from girl and boy racers.
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Great Train Robbery/Black September
- Role
- Assoc. Prod.
Days that Shook the World II- Big heists (drama doc).
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Assassination of JFK/Nixon’s Last Day
- Role
- Prod/Cam
Days that Shook the World (drama doc).
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Pig Story
- Role
- Producer/Director
The first short documentary in the UK to be shot on CineAlta HD.
A quirky film about flying pigs and my nine year insomnia problem…