Robson Green has given fans a glimmer of hope that he could reunite with Jerome Flynn on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of their hit single.
Together the actors formed the pop duo Robson & Jerome, after their characters Dave Tucker and Paddy Garvey on the ITV drama Soldier Soldier sang a cover of Unchained Melody. They performed the single during a plot where the entertainment failed to appear at a wedding, leading to viewers trying to purchase the music. Simon Cowell discovered the interest and convinced them to record the song.
Months later their cover was released as a double single with White Cliffs of Dover. It reached number one in the charts, stayed there for seven weeks and became the best-selling single of 1995.
They then released covers of I Believe and What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, which also reached number one. In total, they sold seven million copies of their two albums and five million copies of the three singles released, but decided to call it quits in 1997.
With Unchained Melody's 30th anniversary just around the corner, fans are naturally curious to see if they can reunite.
Ranvir Singh Robson, 59, immediately asked if this was possible as he sat down on the Lorraine show sofa.
“Money talks,” he replied simply before laughing.
The host also asked if Robson and Game of Thrones actor Jerome, 61, ever hum the song to each other during phone calls.
'Not us, no. We talk about it. They are beautiful memories,” he clarified.
“We hung up the mic a long time ago.”
Even though the music industry turmoil happened almost three decades ago, Robson still remembers some of the impact. “People named their pets after Robson and Jerome,” he said.
Earlier in the show, his performance was teased with a short audio clip from Unchained Melody. Robson, who was promoting his travel series Into the Amazon, joked that he had done other things since the 1990s.
As well as acting in Wire in the Blood and Grantchester, Robson also presents travel documentaries including Extreme Fishing, Tales from Northumberland and Tales From The Coast, in which he reunites with Jerome, who shows his former singing partner around his Pembrokeshire home.
The time Robson & Jerome released music was never a planned career move, but rather a vision orchestrated by Simon. The 64-year-old has since admitted he was so passionate about convincing the men to shoot their cover that he received a legal letter.
“It took me seven months to convince these two to sign a record deal with me,” Simon said on Oprah Winfrey's Masterclass show in 2011.
'But I made them so angry that I even got a letter from a lawyer from one of them telling me to stop harassing his client.
“The reason I kept doing it was a) I knew I could convince them to do it and b) I knew it would be successful.”
Lorraine airs weekdays from 9am on ITV1 and ITVX.
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