Among his contemporaries at Oxford were the poet Craig Raine, the journalist Tariq Ali, the Marquess of Hartington and the psephologist Professor Ivor Crewe.

Aston had previously discussed the idea of devising an archaeological television programme with Tony Robinson, and a pilot episode was set up.

Through helping to devise the programme's format with producer Tim Taylor, Bush was invited to take part in the pilot which was shot at Dorchester-on-Thames in October 1992.

[citation needed] Bush also appeared in Channel 4's series Joe Public, for which he researched the loss of a hat jewel by Henry VIII.

Bush appeared regularly as resident historian on Revealing Secrets (55 episodes) for Multi Media, transmitted on Channel 4 on weekdays from 26 March to 4 July 2001.

He was one of four patrons of Wessex Actors Company, with the Marquess of Bath, Lord Tom King and the late Ned Sherrin, 2002 to 2010.

Double audiocassettes of Robin Bush retelling Tales of Old Somerset (1995), Halsgrove Productions, Tiverton, Devon.

Compact Disc of Aesop's Fables, a Choral Cycle, verse libretto by Robin Bush, composer Douglas Coombes' (Lindsay Music, 2001).