As a producer, Wenger closely collaborated with
Victoria Wood over a decade on her dramatic projects. He produced her
BAFTA and
RTS award-winning dramatization of
Nella Last's diary
Housewife, 49 (2006) and collaborated with her on
Loving Miss Hatto (2012), Wood's dramatization of the life of classical pianist
Joyce Hatto. He also co-executive produced
Eric and Ernie (2011),
Peter Bowker's biopic of the young
Morecambe and Wise in which Wood also starred. Wenger became head of drama at
BBC Wales and an executive producer on
Doctor Who. In his first stint at the BBC, he was responsible for commissioning
Kevin Elyot's dramatization of the life of
Christopher Isherwood,
Christopher and His Kind (2011), and
Tom Stoppard's ''
Parade's End'' (2012). Wenger spent four years as head of drama at
Channel 4. In his time there, he managed a number of popular dramas. In February 2015,
Indian Summers, a period drama chronicling the last years of British imperial rule in India, launched and recorded the highest overnight drama audience for a Channel 4 drama in 20 years.
No Offence,
Paul Abbott's anarchic police procedural, launched strongly later in the same year and won the Royal Television Society Award for best drama series. Another success was
Humans, Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley's sci-fi series, a co-production with
AMC. Wenger returned to the BBC to be appointed as controller of drama commissioning in 2016. In 2021, Wenger confirmed that he had reluctantly backed a decision to discontinue the long-running hospital drama
Holby City in favour of the return of
Waterloo Road, the latter representing the north of England. ==Credits==