Robin Mukherjee (writer)
# Robin Mukherjee (writer)

Robin Mukherjee is a British screenwriter, author, and teacher. He has written for a number of high-profile television series, including The Bill, Casualty, EastEnders and Roman Mysteries. He has also written two feature films, one of which Lore, was critically acclaimed worldwide and won many international awards, including the Australian Writer's Guild Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. It was Australia's official entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2012 Oscars.

In 1996, he wrote a pilot episode for a new series of Poldark, The Stranger from the Sea, which became a controversial adaptation with fans, using a new cast featuring John Bowe as Ross Poldark and Mel Martin as Demelza. Fans protested, and over fifty members of the Poldark Appreciation Society picketed HTV's headquarters in Bristol wearing 18th century costumes. He was also set to write a three-part serial for the original series of Doctor Who, entitled Alixion, but the series was cancelled in 1989 before his scripts reached production.

In addition, Mukherjee has authored several radio dramas and written a screenwriting manual, The Art of Screenplays: A Writer's Guide in 2014, as part of the Creative Essentials series of books on filmmaking. He serves as Bath Spa University's Writer in Residence, as well as an MA Tutor & PhD Supervisor.

## Writing credits

| Production | Notes | Broadcaster/Distributor |
| - | - | - |
| Casualty (1990–2007) | Salvation Remembrance Dangerous Games Living in Hope Making Waves Dividing Loyalties Family Matters Private Lives Bad Company Waste of Space Day One Close Encounters | BBC One |
| The Bill (1990–1991) | Once A Copper Plato For Policemen Testimony Furthers Closing The Net Stress Rules A Question of Confidence | ITV |
| Boon (1991) | Bad Pennies | ITV |
| Grushko (1994) | | BBC One |
| Medics (1994–1995) | Changing Faces Lifeline Cross Purposes | ITV |
| Harry (1995) | Scorpio Backlash | BBC One |
| Poldark (1996) | Television film. | ITV |
| Dance of the Wind (1997) | co-written with and directed by Rajan Khosa. | Artificial Eye |
| Backup (1997) | Not Cricket Presence | BBC One |
| The Broker's Man (1998) | Horses For Courses. | BBC One |
| Plastic Man (1999) | | ITV |
| Where The Heart Is (2002) | Relative Strangers. | ITV |
| Eastenders (2002–2005) | Various Episodes | BBC One |
| The Royal (2005) | Duty Bound | ITV |
| Roman Mysteries (2008) | The Trials of Flavia Gemina The Colossus of Rhodes | CBBC |
| Combat Kids (2010) | | CBBC |
| Lore (2012) | co-written with and directed by Cate Shortland. | Artificial Eye |
| Hetty Feather (2016–2020) | The Letters Cannon Fodder Trouble The Proposal The Final Chapter: Part One | CBBC |
