# Peter Bennett-Jones > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Bennett-Jones > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peter_Bennett-Jones.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bennett-Jones > Source revision: 1336012289 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Short description|British film and television producer}} '''Peter Bennett-Jones''' [CBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) is a British film and television producer and agent. He is perhaps best known as the former owner of TV production company [Tiger Aspect Productions](/source/Tiger_Aspect_Productions) where he was the executive producer of a number of British shows including ''[Mr. Bean](/source/Mr._Bean)'' and ''[The Vicar of Dibley](/source/The_Vicar_of_Dibley)''. He has also represented comedians such as [Rowan Atkinson](/source/Rowan_Atkinson), [Lenny Henry](/source/Lenny_Henry), [Barry Humphries](/source/Barry_Humphries), [Armando Iannucci](/source/Armando_Iannucci) and [Eddie Izzard](/source/Eddie_Izzard) through his company PBJ Management.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/may/19/bafta-peter-bennett-jones |title=Peter Bennett-Jones to get Bafta's special award |publisher=[guardian.co.uk](/source/guardian.co.uk) |accessdate=22 May 2011 |location=London |first=John |last=Plunkett |date=19 May 2011}} He is Chairman of Burning Bright Productions.{{Cite web|title=Burning Bright Productions - Peter Bennett-Jones - Chairman|url=http://www.burningbrightproductions.co.uk/peter-bennettjones|access-date=6 July 2020|website=burningbrightproductions.co.uk}} Bennett-Jones was educated at Heronwater School, nr Abergele, N Wales then at [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College),{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/7569/Peter-BENNETT-JONES |title=Peter Bennett-Jones |publisher=Debrett's |accessdate=15 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150118215049/http://www.debretts.com/people-of-today/profile/7569/Peter-BENNETT-JONES |archivedate=18 January 2015 }} then read law at [Magdalene College, Cambridge](/source/Magdalene_College%2C_Cambridge), where he was a member of the [Cambridge Footlights](/source/Cambridge_Footlights) and President of the university amateur dramatic club.{{cn|date=September 2016}} After graduation, he toured America with Shakespeare productions and set up a theatre group Pola Jones with Andre Ptaszynski. He moved into film and TV, forming [Talkback Productions](/source/Talkback_Thames) and then setting up his own company, Tiger Television. He was awarded the [BAFTA](/source/BAFTA_Television_Awards) Special Award and the RTS Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 for his contribution to television, as well as his work as long-term chairman of [Comic Relief](/source/Comic_Relief) and [Sport Relief](/source/Sport_Relief).[http://www.bafta.org/awards/television/2011-special-award-peter-bennett-jones,1838,BA.html BAFTA citation] He has served as Chair of [Save the Children UK](/source/Save_the_Children) (2015–19) and as  a Board member of the [Royal National Theatre](/source/Royal_National_Theatre) (2010–18), chairing its production Board; [RADA](/source/Royal_Academy_of_Dramatic_Art); [Rugby School](/source/Rugby_School), the Millennium Promise UK; the [Oxford Playhouse](/source/Oxford_Playhouse) and is a Trustee of the [Liverpool Playhouse](/source/Liverpool_Playhouse) and Everyman. His brother [Owen Bennett-Jones](/source/Owen_Bennett-Jones) is a journalist who worked for the [BBC World Service](/source/BBC_World_Service).{{cn|date=September 2016}} Bennett-Jones was appointed [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the entertainment industry and to charity, particularly through Comic Relief.{{London Gazette|issue=60728|supp=y|page=8|date=31 December 2013}} He was appointed a [deputy lieutenant](/source/deputy_lieutenant) of [Oxfordshire](/source/Oxfordshire) in 2020. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|71564|Peter Bennett-Jones}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett-Jones, Peter}} Category:Living people Category:BAFTA winners (people) Category:Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:People from Anglesey Category:People educated at Winchester College Category:Place of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Peter Bennett-Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bennett-Jones) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bennett-Jones?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.