Bob Benton


Anthology Group emerges from Bob & Co.

A new UK production group is set to emerge from the re-organisation of the Bob & Co group of companies. Bob Benton and his partner Hilary Strong announced in Edinburgh today that the new entity will be called the Anthology Group and will bring together six television and film production companies (two of them entirely […]

Agatha Christie chief joins Bob & Co as CEO

Agatha Christie Ltd chief executive Hilary Strong is joining UK-based production group Bob & Co as CEO. Strong is leaving her role at the Agatha Christie estate, which represents the IP of author Christie, after nearly five years. She is exiting to run Bob & Co’s portfolio of television drama, factual programming, film, theatre and […]

Agatha Christie chief joins Bob & Co as CEO

Agatha Christie Ltd chief executive Hilary Strong is joining UK-based production group Bob & Co as CEO. Strong is leaving her role at the Agatha Christie estate, which represents the IP of author Christie, after nearly five years. She is exiting to run Bob & Co’s portfolio of television drama, factual programming, film, theatre and […]

Bob & Co drafts in David Parfitt for drama

Shakespeare in Love and Parade’s End producer David Parfitt is teaming up with programming financing group Bob & Co. Parfitt, the former chairman of BAFTA in the UK, will serve as a creative consultant and sit on the committee of the Jersey-based investment fund. In the consultancy role he will work with Bob & Co-backed […]

Talent TV restructures, Beal launches new indie

The Talent TV Group is disposing of its subsidiaries and bringing in a new chairman in a wholesale restructure. The UK-based production group, best known for producing Eyeworks format Test the Nation in the UK for BBC, is has sold Talent TV South factual division to Stitchcombe for £96,000 (US$161,040). Stitchcombe is a UK-based lifestyle content […]