Peter Bennett-Jones
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Peter Bennett-Jones is a British TV producer and agent best known as the former owner of Tiger Aspect. He has also represented actors such as Rowan Atkinson
and Harry Enfield
with his company PBJ Management.
Bennett-Jones attended Herronwater and then Winchester School, then read law at Magdalene College, Cambridge
where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. After graduation, he toured America and set up his own theatre group. He moved into film, being a key player in the formation of Talkback Productions and after leaving in the late 1980s set up his own company Tiger Aspect.
He was awarded the BAFTA Special Award in 2011 for his contribution to television, as well as his work as Chairman of Comic Relief
and Sport Relief
. His brother, Owen Bennett-Jones
is a journalist who used to work for the BBC World Service.
Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson is a British actor, comedian, and screenwriter. He is most famous for his work on the satirical sketch comedy show Not The Nine O'Clock News, and the sitcoms Blackadder, Mr. Bean and The Thin Blue Line...
and Harry Enfield
Harry Enfield
Henry Richard "Harry" Enfield is a BAFTA-winning English comedian, actor, writer and director.-Early life:...
with his company PBJ Management.
Bennett-Jones attended Herronwater and then Winchester School, then read law at Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights. After graduation, he toured America and set up his own theatre group. He moved into film, being a key player in the formation of Talkback Productions and after leaving in the late 1980s set up his own company Tiger Aspect.
He was awarded the BAFTA Special Award in 2011 for his contribution to television, as well as his work as Chairman of Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
and Sport Relief
Sport Relief
Sport Relief is a biennial charity event from Comic Relief, in association with BBC Sport, which brings together the worlds of sport and entertainment to raise money to help vulnerable people in both the UK and the world's poorest countries...
. His brother, Owen Bennett-Jones
Owen Bennett-Jones
Owen Bennett-Jones is a journalist for BBC Online and is presently one of the hosts of The Interview on the BBC World Service, and is a former BBC correspondent, based in several countries around the world.-Education:...
is a journalist who used to work for the BBC World Service.