Ken Bentley Explained

Kenneth Bentley is a British drama director who works primarily in audio and theatre. He is best known for his work with Big Finish Productions, including their long-running series of audio dramas based on the popular British science-fiction series Doctor Who.^[1]

Bentley attended Berkshire College of Art and trained as a director at Drama Studio London.

In addition to his directing work Bentley was an assistant music researcher on Stephen Poliakoff's Capturing Mary,^[2] and his written work includes Atramuntanat (a play about the life of Salvador Dalí) as well as a short story and several co-written short films.

Theatre

• Phedre (Temp Contre Temps, Purcell Room) ^[3]
• Flowers of the Dead Red Sea (Recidivist TC, Philosophy Society) ^[3]
• Oleanna (Firebrand, The White Bear) ^[3]
• The Speckled Band (Drayton Court Theatre) ^[3]
• Atramuntanat (Motiv, Edinburgh Festival) ^[3]
• The Diary of One Who Vanished (Sound Lyrical, Purcell Room) ^[3]
• Arianna A Naxos (Temp Contre Temps, Purcell Room) ^[3]
• The Bedsit (Wide, Chicago, USA) ^[3]
• Dark is the Night (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival) ^[3]
• Anna Weiss (Go Girl, Jermyn Street Theatre) ^[3]
• The Damage (Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Festival) ^[3]
• The Simple Truth (Firebrand, rehearsed reading) ^[3]

Audio drama

As director

• Doctor Who: The Death Collectors & Spider's Shadow (June 2008)
• Doctor Who: Kingdom of Silver & Keepsake with Nicholas Briggs (September 2008)
• Doctor Who: Forty-Five (November 2008)
• Doctor Who: The Magic Mousetrap (April 2009)
• Doctor Who: Enemy of the Daleks (May 2009)
• Doctor Who: The Angel of Scutari (June 2009)
• Doctor Who: Project: Destiny (September 2010)
• Doctor Who: A Death in the Family (October 2010)
• Doctor Who: Lurkers at Sunlight's Edge (November 2010)
• Doctor Who: The Demons of Red Lodge and Other Stories (December 2010)
• Doctor Who: Heroes of Sontar (April 2011)
• Doctor Who: Kiss of Death (May 2011)
• Doctor Who: Rat Trap (June 2011)
• Doctor Who: Recorded Time and Other Stories (August 2011)
• Doctor Who: The Doomsday Quatrain (September 2011)
• Doctor Who: House of Blue Fire (September 2011)
• Doctor Who: The Jupiter Conjunction (May 2012)
• Doctor Who: The Butcher of Brisbane (June 2012)
• Doctor Who: Protect and Survive (July 2012)
• Doctor Who: Black and White (August 2012)
• Doctor Who: Gods and Monsters (September 2012)
• Doctor Who: The Burning Prince (September 2012)
• Doctor Who: The Acheron Pulse (October 2012)
• Doctor Who: The Shadow Heart (November 2012)
• Doctor Who: Eldrad Must Die! (April 2013)
• Doctor Who: The Lady of Mercia (May 2013)
• Doctor Who: Prisoners of Fate (June 2013)
• Doctor Who: Persuasion (July 2013)
• Doctor Who: Starlight Robbery (August 2013)
• Doctor Who: Daleks Among Us (September 2013)
• Doctor Who: 1963: The Assassination Games (November 2013)
• Doctor Who: Afterlife (December 2013)

• Doctor Who: Moonflesh (April 2014)
• Doctor Who: Tomb Ship (May 2014)
• Doctor Who: Masquerade (June 2014)
• Doctor Who: Revenge of the Swarm (August 2014)
• Doctor Who: Mask of Tragedy (September 2014)
• Doctor Who: Signs and Wonders (September 2014)
• Doctor Who: The Widow's Assassin (October 2014)
• Doctor Who: Dark Eyes 3 (November 2014)
• Doctor Who: The Rani Elite (December 2014)
• Doctor Who: Mistfall (January 2015)
• Doctor Who: Equilibrium (February 2015)
• Doctor Who: The Entropy Plague (March 2015)
• Doctor Who: Last of the Cybermen (May 2015)
• Doctor Who: We Are The Daleks (July 2015)
• Doctor Who: Terror of the Sontarans (September 2015)
• Doctor Who: Criss-Cross (September 2015)
• Doctor Who: Planet of the Rani (October 2015)
• Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 1 (November 2015)
• Doctor Who: You Are the Doctor and Other Stories (December 2015)
• Doctor Who: Aquitaine (February 2016)
• Doctor Who: Dark Eyes 4 (March 2015)
• Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 2 (May 2016)
• Doctor Who: A Life of Crime (July 2016)
• Doctor Who: Fiesta of the Damned (August 2016)
• Doctor Who: Maker of Demons (September 2016)
• Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 3 (October 2016)
• Doctor Who: Alien Heart / Dalek Soul (April 2017)
• Doctor Who: Philip Hinchcliffe Presents Volume 03: The Helm of Awe (April 2017)
• Doctor Who: Doom Coalition 4 (May 2017)
• Doctor Who: Vortex Ice / Cortex Fire (May 2017)

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Finish Productions - The Death Collectors.
2. Web site: Capturing Mary (TV 2007) - IMDb. IMDb.
3. Web site: Ken Bentley - CV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071210140225/http://www.kenbentley.co.uk/cv.html . 2007-12-10 .