The Lion in Winter

Posted 17 October 2011 by Anna

Robert will return to the stage in a Trevor Nunn season this Autumn, playing Henry II, King of England in The Lion in Winter a play by James Goldman at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket alongside Joanna Lumley.
Dates: 4th November 2011 – 28th January 2012.

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Spy

Posted 11 October 2011 by Anna

Spy a new comedy series begins on Friday 14th October at 8.30pm on Sky One.

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BBC Breakfast

Posted 11 October 2011 by Anna

See Robert on BBC Breakfast this Friday, 14th October on BBC1.

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Narration

Posted 8 August 2011 by Anna

Robert has recently recorded an audiobook for the British Library – The Narrative of John Smith by Arthur Conan Doyle. Previously unpublished, this is the first novel Conan Doyle ever wrote, when he was just 23. The original was mysteriously lost in the post on its way to a publisher, but ACD later re-wrote it, although he left it unfinished. The British Library acquired the manuscript in 2007, and will be publishing the book and audio version simultaneously on September 26th (available from Amazon).

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Hello I’m back…

Posted 14 July 2011 by Robert

I know I said we were updating the website but, if I’m honest, I just haven’t had the time, so I thought it best to at least reinstate it for now, as I’ve missed the correspondence.

So let me fill you in….

As many of you know My Family is finishing it’s eleventh and final series this summer and, despite what you may have heard in the press, it was an entirely mutual decision to end the series. However, as you know, it’s so popular I’m sure the BBC will continue to repeat it. So onwards and upwards.

I’ve just finished a comedy series for Sky One called Spy in which I play an extremely weird and wonderful character called...

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