Editing Robson Green (section)

== Career ==
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Growing up in Tyneside, Green was chosen to be the lead in a film made by [[Amber Films]] that narrated the contemporaneous social problems faced by working-class people in [[Premiership of Margaret Thatcher|Thatcher's Britain]].<ref>[http://www.amber-online.com/html/shields_stories.html ''Shields Stories''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405051648/http://amber-online.com/html/shields_stories.html |date=5 April 2007 }}. Amber Films. 1988.</ref> Each episode examined one aspect of living in a harsh and embittered environment.  The soap opera gave Green his big break in film. It was quickly followed by offers of work.<ref>[http://www.amber-online.com/archives/shields-stories Award-winning start?] There is no explanation on the website why two awards were won in 1987, and therefore before the release date.</ref> Green first made his name as an actor in the [[BBC]] series ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' but, after three series, moved to national prominence as [[fusilier]] Dave Tucker in the drama series ''[[Soldier Soldier]]''.

In 1995, one episode called for Green and co-star [[Jerome Flynn]] to sing "[[Unchained Melody]]". Subsequently, [[ITV Network|ITV]] was inundated by people wanting to buy the song and the pair were persuaded by [[Simon Cowell]] to release it as a single – a double A-side with "[[White Cliffs of Dover]]". It stayed at No. 1 for seven weeks in the [[UK Singles Chart]], selling more than 1.8&nbsp;million copies and making it the [[List of best-selling singles by year (UK)|best-selling single of the year]] and winning the duo the [[Music Week]] Awards in 1996 for best single and best album. Subsequently, they had two further No. 1 singles and two No. 1 albums, all remakes of standards.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/2539249.stm|title=Robson Green live on Breakfast|publisher=BBC|access-date=28 October 2006 | date=4 December 2002}}</ref>

The song gave Green the opportunity to sign a long-term deal with ITV to star in several of the network's dramas, including ''[[Touching Evil]]'', ''[[Grafters]]'' and ''[[Reckless (TV serial)|Reckless]]''. In 1996, he set up an independent production company, Coastal Productions, with business partner Sandra Jobling to give youngsters from the [[North East England|North East]] the opportunities he struggled for. The company has since produced or co-produced most of Green's television work, as well as local productions at the [[Theatre Royal, Newcastle|Theatre Royal]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]]. In 2002, Green starred as clinical psychologist [[Dr. Tony Hill]] in the crime drama ''[[Wire in the Blood]]''.

Green's production company has brought at least four new dramas to the small screen in recent years, including the massive ratings hit ''[[Christmas Lights (film)|Christmas Lights]]''. The success of this one-off drama led to a series being commissioned under the name ''[[Northern Lights (TV series)|Northern Lights]]'', which was followed by a sequel called ''[[City Lights (2007 TV series)|City Lights]]''. Coastal also produces drama series, including ''Hereafter'' starring [[Stephen Tompkinson]] and [[Dervla Kirwan]].<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=http://www.uktv.co.uk/?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=527924 |title=Profile:Robson Green |publisher=uktv.co.uk |access-date=28 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061010212406/http://www.uktv.co.uk/?uktv=standarditem.index&aID=527924 |archive-date=10 October 2006 }}</ref>

In 1995, Green won the Smash Hits Poll Winner's Party award for Favourite TV Actor.<ref>Smash Hits Poll Winners Party. Hosted by [[Andi Peters]] and [[Dani Behr]]. 3 December 1995. BBC One.</ref> In 1997, Green starred in the TV film, ''The Student Prince'' which is no relation to either the Romberg operetta or the [[The Student Prince (film)|1954 MGM film]].

In July 1998, Green received an honorary degree from the [[Northumbria University|University of Northumbria]] and, in September 2006, he was voted by the UK general public at No. 35 in a poll of TV's greatest stars.

In 2000, Green starred with [[James Bolam]], [[Susan Jameson]], [[Kerry Ann Christiansen]] and [[Jamie Bell]] in the ITV  drama ''Close and True''. In 2001, he starred in the six-part ITV drama ''Take Me''.

In 2002, Green starred with [[Caroline Goodall]] in the TV movie ''Me and Mrs. Jones''. In December 2002, he released his first solo album, ''Moment in Time'', which was composed of cover versions (including the song "[[Me and Mrs. Jones]]"). However, unlike his releases with Jerome Flynn, the album was a commercial failure, peaking at No. 49 in the UK.

In 2003, Green starred in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] mini-series ''[[Unconditional Love (2003 film)|Unconditional Love]]'' and in the BBC television series ''[[Trust (British TV series)|Trust]]''. In 2005, he starred in two series, ''Like Father Like Son'', and ''[[Rocket Man (TV series)|Rocket Man]]'' in which he played a widower trying to build a rocket to send his dead wife's ashes into space.

Green presents his own series ''[[Extreme Fishing with Robson Green]]'' and the spin-off ''[[Robson's Extreme Fishing Challenge]]'', where he travels over the world investigating and participating in the sport, coining fishing catchphrases such as "get in" and "we're in". During 2009, while promoting the second series on ''[[BBC Breakfast]],'' Green claimed that 90% of all [[coarse fish]] caught by anglers die. This rapidly caused an angry response from coarse fishing anglers in the UK who believed this comment to be unsubstantiated and potentially damaging to the sport.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.martinjamesfishing.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/news.cgi?article=819&vf=true&site=mjfishing |title=Anglers' fury about actor's ignorant comments |website =Martin James Fishing }}</ref>

In December 2009, [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] presented the documentary ''[[Robson Green's Wild Swimming Adventure]]'', a tour of swimming locales around the UK.

In 2010 Green had a major role in the television film ''[[Joe Maddison's War]]''. Directed by Patrick Collerton, it presented a view of World War II through the eyes of shipyard workers and World War I veterans who served in the Home Guard during the Blitz.

In July 2010, Green began filming the seventh series of BBC drama ''[[Waterloo Road (TV series)|Waterloo Road]]'' appearing from May 2011 to July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s24/waterloo-road/news/a247266/green-benton-join-waterloo-road.html|title=Green, Benton join 'Waterloo Road'|website=Digital Spy|date=20 July 2010}}</ref>

In 2011, Green starred in the third series of the [[BBC Three]] show ''[[Being Human (UK TV series)|Being Human]]'' in which he played a werewolf named [[List of Being Human (British TV series) characters|McNair]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Fulton|first1=Rick|title=Robson Green: I stepped out of my comfort zone to play werewolf in Being Human...and loved it|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/robson-green-i-stepped-out-of-my-comfort-1092694|website=dailyrecord|access-date=25 August 2017|date=20 January 2011}}</ref>

In 2013 and 2015, Green starred in the fourth and fifth series of the war-drama series ''[[Strike Back (TV series)|Strike Back]]'', as Lt Colonel Philippe Locke, a former [[Special Air Service|SAS]] operative.

In October 2013, Green began presenting ''[[Tales from Northumberland with Robson Green]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], a factual series about his home county of [[Northumberland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shiver.tv/tales-from-northumberland/|title=Tales from Northumberland – Shiver|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> A second series began airing in February 2015 and a third in February 2016.

Since 2014, he has portrayed Geordie Keating in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] drama series ''[[Grantchester (TV series)|Grantchester]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a560000/robson-green-kacey-ainsworth-for-new-itv-drama-grantchester/|title=ITV drama Grantchester unveils cast|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=25 March 2014|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> starring alongside [[James Norton (actor)|James Norton]] and later [[Tom Brittney]]. A second series began in March 2016 and a third in April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2015-10-15/cameras-roll-for-second-series-of-itvs-granchester/|title=Cameras roll for second series of ITV's 'Grantchester'|date=15 October 2015|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/pictures/Grantchester-James-Norton-Robson-Green-film/pictures-27730529-detail/pictures.html |title=Grantchester: James Norton and Robson Green film second series of ITV drama in Cambridge (Pictures) &#124; Cambridge News |access-date=17 February 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210110907/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/pictures/Grantchester-James-Norton-Robson-Green-film/pictures-27730529-detail/pictures.html |archive-date=10 December 2015  }}</ref>

In March 2016, during an appearance on ''[[The One Show]]'', Green confirmed he would present a new series for ITV called ''Tales from the Coast with Robson Green'', which began airing in January 2017. In April 2016, he presented a one-off documentary ''The Flying Scotsman with Robson Green''. He also presented a one-off documentary ''Robson Crusoe: A Surprising Adventure'' and a six-part series called ''Robson Green's Coastal Lives'', both for ITV.

In 2020, Green began recording ''[[Hadrian's Wall with Robson Green]]'' a 3-part documentary following him walking the 80 miles from [[Wallsend]] west to [[Bowness-on-Solway|Bowness]]. The series was commissioned by ''[[Channel 5 (British TV channel)|Channel 5]]'' and made by ''[[Firecracker Films]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.robsongreen.co.uk/walking-hadrians-wall-with-robson-green/|title=Walking Hadrian's Wall with Robson Green|website=robsongreen.co.uk|date=21 October 2020|access-date=1 March 2021}}</ref>

It is being rumoured as of 2022 that Green alongside [[Mark Benton]] will be reuniting as Colin and Howie for another series of ''Northern Lights''.