Hilary Susan Bevan Jones (born 18 October 1952; sometimes credited as Hilary Bevan-Jones) is a British
television producer, who has worked on several acclaimed drama programmes, including the multi-award-winning
State of Play (2003). She entered the television industry in 1979, when she gained a job as an
assistant floor manager at
BBC Television Centre. Previously, she had worked as a teacher in
Essex, after having failed in several attempts to gain work in the
theatre.