Roanna Benn - Co-Chief Executive Officer
Roanna established Drama Republic with her long-term colleagues Greg Brenman and Jude Liknaitzky in 2013.
Roanna is currently working on the TV adaptation of the bestselling novel ONE DAY by David Nicholls for Netflix with the BAFTA Award-winning Nicole Taylor as the lead writer and showrunner. Recently, Roanna executive-produced Britney a comedy pilot written by and starring Charly Clive and Ellen Robertson for the BBC. Previous credits include Life, a 6-part series for the BBC by Mike Bartlett which aired in September 2020, Pure, a 6-part series for Channel 4 by Kirstie Swain which broadcast in early 2019 and is currently streaming on Netflix and Wanderlust by Nick Payne for BBC One and Netflix in 2018.
Roanna previously developed and executive-produced two seasons of Mike Bartlett’s BBC One hit series Doctor Foster. It was the highest rating new show in all genres in 2015 and was awarded Best New Drama & Best Drama Performance for Suranne Jones at both the 2016 and 2018 National Television Awards; Best Drama at the Broadcast Awards; Best Drama at the South Bank Show Awards; Best Actress for Suranne Jones at the RTS, Broadcasting Press Guild and BAFTA Awards.
Roanna also executive-produced the first two series of BAFTA-nominated My Mad Fat Diary by Tom Bidwell for E4 and King Charles III, the acclaimed adaptation of Mike Bartlett’s stage play.
At Tiger Aspect, Roanna script-edited four series of Playing the Field by Kay Mellor for BBC One, Births, Marriages and Deaths by Tony Grounds/BBC Two, BAFTA-award winning White Girl by Abi Morgan/BBC Two, and the multi BAFTA-winning & Oscar-nominated feature film Billy Elliot by Lee Hall. As either producer, series producer or executive producer Roanna made: BAFTA-nominated Coming Down the Mountain by Mark Haddon/BBC One; Aftersun by David Nicholls/BBC One; Royal Wedding by Abi Morgan/ BBC Two; four series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl by Lucy Prebble & others/ITV2 & SHOWTIME and two series of Prisoners’ Wives by Julie Gearey/BBC One.