[Music] [Applause] [Music] we're incredibly excited to see Robert Lindsay make his debut in Sherwood with the star having entertained us for decades on shows like my family and citizen Smith offscreen the star is a doting father to his daughter's syy Laura Stevenson who is determined to follow in her famous dad's footsteps while his two sons are proud to support their dad from the sidelines elsewhere the 74-year-old has been married twice while also having a high-profile relationship with Sydney's famous mother Diane Weston daughter Robert shares his daughter Sydney 36 with actress Diane Weston and although he believed that Sydney would follow an academic pathway she instead decided to join her parents in the entertain M industry speaking to the times in 2014 Robert recalled I thought wow I've got an academic daughter she'll go straight to University but then she came home one day and told me she didn't want to do a degree she wanted to act and I was truly shocked he then joked to add to the grievance she then turned to me and said dad just because you failed doesn't mean I will however Robert is incredibly proud of his daughter and shared she is hugely ambitious and always happy to stretch herself I've always told her that she must realize this profession doesn't work for her she has to work for it you must never stand still and she doesn't I'm amazed at her HSPA as well as her acting she's always writing original screenplays and adapting books Sydney has captured the acting bug and a young girl she even joined her father in three episodes of his hit show my family Sydney's other credits include Misfits Red Dwarf and doctors Sons alongside Sydney Robert is also a father to Sons Samuel 24 and James 21 who he shares with wife Rosemary Ford a famous presenter and Dancer while Samuel and James haven't followed their families into the acting Spotlight Samuel still has a job within the industry according to his LinkedIn profile he works as a video assistant for Treasure Island entertainment James meanwhile stays out of the spotlight famous wife Robert is currently married to presenter and Dancer Rosemary Ford the couple walked down the aisle in 2006 and received a blessing from their local church on New Year's Eve of that year Rosemary who lives with her husband in Denham buckinghamshire Rose to fame as a dancer and presenter with credits including the generation game and Come Dancing she has also dabbled in a little bit of acting and appeared as bombalurina in the 1998 version of cats famous exis Rosemary wasn't Robert's only famous partner and in 1974 he walked down the aisle with his citizen Smith coar Cheryl Hall who played his onscreen girlfriend the couple sadly divorced in 1980. the star was also in a longtime relationship with actress Diane Weston who he welcomed daughter Sydney with the Stars credits include the upper hand and pay and display although the pair's relationship broke down there's no bad blood between the pair and Robert revealed that Diane is the Godmother to his youngest son Samuel that's a huge Accolade to all of us a lesson that divorce can be done with civility he noted to the times it's only when lawyers get involved that Things become complicated