Robert continued to put together two books, as well as some exciting special features for an upcoming situation comedy DVD release for Australian company Madman.

It was a case of Carry On Camping as Robert reverted to life as a student at the Wakestock Festival at Blenheim Palace. The Happy Mondays resurrected nostalgic raving but it was a white-suited Mark Ronson and friends who stole the show.

A hasty return to the National Film Theatre when Robert was invited to attend a screening of recently recovered material from ‘The Complete and Utter History of Britain’ introduced by the show’s creators Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Good conversation and good wine followed in the Green Room.

Robert enjoyed an evening of laughter at the Heritage Foundation’s annual ball and awards ceremony; hanging out with friends Valerie Leon, Juliette Kaplan and Shirley Anne Field, as well as delighting in a hilariously informal chat about ‘Doctor Who’ with Philip Madoc. Many thanks to the Foundation’s chairman David Graham for the invitation.

To the National Film Theatre on London’s South Bank to wallow in comedy writing greatness as Dick Clement and Ian Le Franais made a rare UK appearance. Discussing such classic programmes as ‘The Likely Lads, ‘Porridge’ and ‘Lovejoy’ with modesty and wit, this was a masterclass in intelligent writing. Thanks to Dick Fiddy for securing Robert an invite.

ITVDVD have released two more DVD projects Robert has worked on: the Special Edition of Jim Sheridan’s inspirational My Left Foot and The Margaret Lockwood Collection. This six film celebration features Bank Holiday, The Lady Vanishes, Love Story, The Wicked Lady, Give Us This Day and Highly Dangerous. 2entertain have released the second series of ‘Sorry!’ featuring Robert’s interview with star Ronnie Corbett.

The Royal Mail release their commemorative set of Carry On Hammer stamps: marking the 50th anniversary of Carry On Sergeant and Dracula. Fittingly the khaki comedy is featured on the 1st class stamp. The other poster designs featured are Carry On Cleo, The Curse of Frankenstein, Carry On Screaming! and The Mummy. Starting with a chat with Nicky Campbell on Five Live at 7am, Robert enjoyed a day of radio interviews pondering on these most British of popular culture classics.