The final committee meeting for the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund’s ‘Best of British Comedy’ lunch. It will be held at BAFTA on 26th September. The guest list is looking very good!

Robert faced the floods to tackle an epic journey to Birmingham to attend the Dr Who and Torchwood convention, ‘Bad Wolf’. He signed a few things and interviewed the stunning Yasmin Bannerman (Jabe in ‘The End of the World’), voice of the Daleks and Big Finish boss, Nick Briggs, and Liz Fost: an Auton of no fixed abode! Much fun was had at the bar with the delightful actor Owen Teale. And all in all it was a rather pleasant way to spend the weekend.

Robert is still hard at work on various exciting DVD releases for ITVDVD. Infact, a bumper crop of titles have been released just recently. The Huggetts Collection includes Holiday Camp and the three Huggett family spin-offs, with a booklet and stills gallery compiled by Robert. The special editions of Terry Jones’s Personal Services and Michael Winner’s The Big Sleep are also currently available. As is the Stewart Granger Collection, the first box set in a series of classic British cinema showcase collections. The BBC’s 2entertain have released series one of Sorry! which features all six episodes, three of which also includes audio commentaries with Ronnie Corbett and Robert.

Sad to hear of the death of legendary jazz singer and historian George Melly. A lifelong fan of the ‘cheeky chappie’, Max Miller, George happily gave his services free to the statue appeal variety concert held at Brighton’s Theatre Royal. A cause very dear to Robert’s heart. And talking of Max, the statue will be returned to Brighton with a new unveiling ceremony on Sunday 12th August. To reserve your place please email josephine.blake@btopenworld.com.

Robert has recently taken part in a couple of online interviews, embracing this new-fangled ‘interweb’ thing. The B.O.U.N.C.E. radio station interviewed him for their ‘Breakfast with Foxxy’ slot, while a gaggle of enthused Goodies fans, the Giddies, caught up with him for a chat for their Goodies site.