---
name: "Robin Sales"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/robin-sales"
fi1m_id: "robin-sales"
imdb_id: "nm0758128"
tmdb_id: 17254
wikidata_id: "Q90052403"
roles: ["Editor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T12:33:19.935602+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Robin Sales

## Identity

Robin Sales

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robin-sales
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** robin-sales
- **IMDb ID:** nm0758128
- **TMDB ID:** 17254
- **Wikidata ID:** Q90052403
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Sales, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90052403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17254

Editor.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Active:** 1970–2003
- **Frequently works with:** [David Pirie](https://film.one/person/david-pirie.md), [Giles Foster](https://film.one/person/giles-foster.md), [Kenneth Ives](https://film.one/person/kenneth-ives.md), [Mike Leigh](https://film.one/person/mike-leigh.md), [Paul Annett](https://film.one/person/paul-annett.md), [Viktors Ritelis](https://film.one/person/viktors-ritelis.md), [Willis Hall](https://film.one/person/willis-hall.md), James Andrew Hall
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 76 (1), 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 60 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, History 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $168m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Sales, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90052403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0758128/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17254

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Topsy-Turvy*](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md) (88)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Silas Marner*](https://film.one/film/silas-marner.md) (76)
- **BritBox:** [*Mrs Brown*](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Robin Sales is a British film editor with more than fifty credits since 1975. He has worked extensively in both film and television, including early collaborations with director Mike Leigh on productions such as *Home Sweet Home* (1982) and *Career Girls* (1997).

His feature film credits include *Mrs Brown* (1997), *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), *Johnny English* (2003), *Keeping Mum* (2005), *Miss Potter* (2006) and *Hampstead* (2017). He has also edited a series of animated adaptations of Julia Donaldson children's books for Magic Light Pictures, among them *The Gruffalo* (2009), *Room on the Broom* (2012), *Stick Man* (2015) and *Zog* (2018). Sales holds an MFA in Editing from the National Film and Television School, where he serves as a visiting tutor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nfts.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Johnny English* (2003), Fi1m 60, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english.md)
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *Mrs Brown* (1997), Fi1m 75, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md)
- *Silas Marner* (1985), Fi1m 76, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/silas-marner.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Scarecrows' Wedding* (2026), Editor
- *Tiddler* (2024), Editor
- *Tabby McTat* (2024), Editor
- *The Smeds and the Smoos* (2023), Editor
- *Superworm* (2021), Editor
- *Zog and the Flying Doctors* (2021), Editor
- *Zog* (2018), Editor
- *The Highway Rat* (2018), Editor
- *Hampstead* (2017), Editor
- *Mum's List* (2016), Editor
- *Narrated By* (2016), Editor
- *Stick Man* (2015), Editor
- *Walking on Sunshine* (2014), Editor
- *The Gruffalo's Child* (2011), Editor
- *Chalet Girl* (2011), Editor
- *Last Chance Harvey* (2008), Editor
- *Miss Potter* (2006), Editor
- *Keeping Mum* (2005), Editor
- *On a Clear Day* (2005), Editor
- *The Upside of Anger* (2005), Editor
- *Johnny English* (2003), Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-english.md)
- *The Martins* (2001), Editor
- *Very Annie Mary* (2001), Editor
- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Editor — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)
- *Immortality* (1998), Editor
- *The Woman In White* (1997), Editor
- *The Woman In White* (1997), series, Editor
- *Mrs. Dalloway* (1997), Thanks
- *Mrs Brown* (1997), Editor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md)
- *Career Girls* (1997), Editor
- *Swann* (1997), Editor
- *Sharpe's Sword* (1995), Editor
- *Sharpe's Gold* (1995), Editor
- *Sharpe's Enemy* (1994), Editor
- *Sharpe's Company* (1994), Editor
- *Sharpe's Eagle* (1993), Editor
- *Sharpe's Rifles* (1993), Editor
- *A Year in Provence* (1993), series, Editor
- *Bye Bye Baby* (1992), Editor
- *A Room of One's Own* (1991), Editor
- *Windprints* (1990), Editor
- *The Gravy Train* (1990), series, Editor
- *Monster Maker* (1989), Editor
- *Northanger Abbey* (1987), Editor
- *Silas Marner* (1985), Editor — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/silas-marner.md)
- *Four Days in July* (1984), Editor
- *The Captain's Doll* (1983), Editor
- *Mike Leigh: Making Plays* (1982), Editor
- *Home Sweet Home* (1982), Editor
- *Kessler* (1981), series, Editor
- *Grown-Ups* (1980), Editor
- *Breakaway* (1980), series, Editor
- *Secret Army* (1977), series, Editor
- *Three Men in a Boat* (1975), Editor
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, Editor
- *The Road to Kathmandu*, Editor

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