Daws appeared as Dr. Gordon Ormerod in the long-running ITV drama series The Royal, which ended its run in July 2011, the last scenes of which showed Ormerod fighting for his life after an attack at the hospital.
Robert Daws played a recurring role in Robin of Sherwood as King John's herald, Hubert de Guiscarde in the episodes "The Greatest Enemy" and "The Sheriff of Nottingham".