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Merton College.
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Dominic Minghella
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His most successful project has been the creation of the Independent Television network comedy-drama series Doc Martin, starring Martin Clunes, which began in 2004. Minghella"s surname is an anagram of the main character"s, Ellingham. He was also the chief writer and show runner of British Broadcasting Corporation One"s 2006 production Robin Hood, produced independently for the British Broadcasting Corporation by Tiger Aspect Productions.
He has also written for Hamish Macbeth, starring Robert Carlyle.
Dominic"s son, Dante, appeared on the 2006 Channel 4 programme Child Genius, which showed that Dante is a recorded child genius with an interest in philosophy. He read Group of the European People's Party (Christian-Democratic Group) at Merton College, Oxford.
Minghella stepped down from his role as lead writer and executive producer on the British Broadcasting Corporation One series Robin Hood for the third series, and was no longer involved with the show. The decision came after numerous cast members (including Jonas Armstrong and Keith Allen) decided to leave the show.
