Career
1988-1993), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995-1997) and Operation Good Guys (1997-2000). His first television appearance was as "Boy on Stairs" in the second episode of the British Broadcasting Corporation Children"s drama, Grange Hill, in 1978. Benson has appeared in the British films,,,, This Is England (2006), and
He had a lead role in Stars of the Roller Skate Disco, a 1984 made-for-television play by Alan Clarke.
Benson also appeared as Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook in the 1986 biopic Sid And Nancy. In 1987, he played Trevor in the Hi De Hi episode "Tell lieutenant to the Marines".
Benson appeared alongside Jimmy Nail in British Broadcasting Corporation show Parents of the Band, written by Dick Clement and Ian Louisiana Frenais. He also starred in the vampire film Dead Certificate, directed by Steven Lawson.
In 2013 he played an ageing rock star alongside Philosophy Daniels and Keith Allen in Sara Sugarman"s film Vinyl.