https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/Ongoing. Mark Benton’s work crosses television comedy, screen drama, films and the stage. Follow selected documented roles, from working with Mike Leigh and appearing in Doctor Who to Waterloo Road, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Smoggie Queens and his announced Mammoth role.enhttps://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e18mark-benton-career-67c1246a28Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000The BBC names Benton as Roy, a fellow teacher and new friend of Tony Mammoth, in the comedy’s third series. The five-part series is announced for early 2027, without an exact premiere date.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e17mark-benton-career-e74010b944Fri, 01 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000Producer Chris Jones records that Smoggie Queens’ second series aired in May 2026. His production page also records a subsequent BBC order for a third series.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e16mark-benton-career-bf58aec444Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000Channel 4 announces a third series after the second series has launched. Benton is named among the returning cast. The announcement is a commission, not evidence that the third series has aired.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e15mark-benton-career-da161f349cThu, 16 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000UKTV reports that series five is airing and that filming for series six starts that week. Benton and Jo Joyner return, with Aruhan Galieva joining the regular cast.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e14mark-benton-career-fa74d60576Tue, 07 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000Channel 4’s first-series press pack presents Benton as DCI Calvin Baxter in Patience. The dated publication documents the role, rather than an exact filming or broadcast start.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e13mark-benton-career-770d03b9f3Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000Smoggie Queens airs on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer in November, according to producer Chris Jones’s production record. Benton plays Mam in the ensemble comedy.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e12mark-benton-career-bc44b734eeTue, 24 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000UKTV announces that filming has started on a fifth series. Benton returns as Frank Hathaway alongside Jo Joyner’s Luella Shakespeare and Patrick Walshe McBride’s Sebastian Brudenell.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e11mark-benton-career-39ff646e25Fri, 25 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000Working Title lists 25 February 2022 as the release date for Joe Wright’s Cyrano. Benton’s credits identify his role in the film musical as Montfleury.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e10mark-benton-career-f7a42296b5Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:00:00 +0000Benton plays Richmond in Eddie the Eagle. The BFI dates Dexter Fletcher’s film to 2016, while Benton’s professional credits identify his character.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e9mark-benton-career-c9c15e6bc4Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:00:00 +0000Benton plays Touchstone in Polly Findlay’s As You Like It at the National Theatre’s Olivier Theatre. The University of Warwick’s production record dates the run from November 2015 to March 2016.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e8mark-benton-career-5ce26a083eThu, 12 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0000Benton plays Henry Horatio Hobson in Nadia Fall’s production of Hobson’s Choice. The theatre’s archive records a run from 12 June to 12 July 2014.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e7mark-benton-career-ec3e4053a2Fri, 01 Feb 2013 12:00:00 +0000Benton plays Edna Turnblad in the touring production of Hairspray. In a February interview, he describes taking on the musical after a long stint in Waterloo Road.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e6mark-benton-career-de0f689018Mon, 01 Jul 2013 12:00:00 +0000Benton participates in Strictly Come Dancing in 2013. Teesside University records the appearance in its 2014 account of its honorary graduates.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e5mark-benton-career-dc4c6e5e66Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:00:00 +0000By December, Benton is performing as Perks in The Railway Children at the temporary theatre in London’s Waterloo station. He discusses the move from television filming back to live performance.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e4mark-benton-career-0d3c1e0634Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:00:00 +0000Benton plays Daniel Chalk in Waterloo Road. In December 2011, he described having recently spent six months filming the school drama. His agent records the role across series seven to nine.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e3mark-benton-career-67cdc2707aWed, 01 Jul 2009 12:00:00 +0000Benton performs in Comedians at the Lyric Hammersmith. In his 2011 interview, he described returning to theatre after a gap of more than six years.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e2mark-benton-career-1e4ca3ce55Sat, 26 Mar 2005 12:00:00 +0000Benton plays Clive Finch in Rose, the opening episode of Doctor Who’s 2005 series. The programme’s official story record dates its premiere to 26 March.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e1mark-benton-career-45cf5af3dfThu, 01 Jul 1999 12:00:00 +0000Benton returns to work with Mike Leigh on Topsy-Turvy, two years after Career Girls. He later discussed both collaborations in his Official London Theatre interview.https://howitunfolded.com/companies/mark-benton-career/#e0mark-benton-career-273b5cfbb7Tue, 01 Jul 1997 12:00:00 +0000Benton appears in Mike Leigh’s Career Girls. The BFI lists him among its featured performers. In a later interview, he described the experience of developing a character with Leigh.