Dominic Minghella: hooky, bingeable and driven by love

The writer and show runner of Doc Martin, Robin Hood and Knightfall gave candid insights into his process and motivation at Screen Forever.
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Boys from the Isle of Wight. Dominic Minghella on stage with Neil Peplow at Screen Forever 2018. Source: SPA.

Munching on pastry and clinging to a coffee, Dominic Minghella joked about it being far too early in the morning for the programmed chat with his former colleague and now AFTRS CEO Neil Peplow. The two of them had worked together back in London in the 1980s, and shared a history as boys who grew up on the Isle of Wight.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She is a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk