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During the mid-1980s Millar appeared in television commercials for Kellogg's 'Start' cereal. A one-hour Granada Television documentary about Millar's 1985 racing season, entitled The High Life, which also included appearances by Allan Peiper and music by Steve Winwood, was screened in Britain on the eve of the 1986 Tour de France.
Robert Millar - The High Life was rediscovered and screened, simultaneously with the release of the book, at Edinburgh Bike Week Film Festival on 26 June 2007. A DVD version of the documentary was released in 2008.
A book about Millar - In Search of Robert Millar, by Richard Moore - was published by HarperCollins in 2007. The author made email contact with Millar and their exchanges form the epilogue. Despite the Daily Mail saying it had located Millar hiding in a Dorset village, living as a woman, he was reported as openly attending the 2002 Commonwealth Games as a man.
Millar wrote an article for issue 13 of Rouleur Magazine.
In 2011, Millar authored analytical opinions for Cyclingnews during the Tour de France.
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