Robert Banks Stewart

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Robert Banks Stewart
Banks Stewart in 1981
Born	(1931-07-16)16 July 1931 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	14 January 2016(2016-01-14) (aged 84)
Other names	Robert Stewart
Occupation(s)	Television writer, producer
Known for	BBC and ITV drama
Children	3

Robert Banks Stewart (16 July 1931 – 14 January 2016)^[1] 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).^[2]