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== Books == | == Books == | ||
=== As audiobook narrator === | === As audiobook narrator === | ||
Robinson narrated abridged | Robinson narrated abridged [[audiobooks]] all of the [[Discworld Books and Stories#Novels|Discworld novels]] for Corgi Audio between 1993 and 2015. | ||
His other abridged audiobooks of Pratchett novels include: | |||
* {{T}}, {{D}} and {{WI}} | * {{T}}, {{D}} and {{WI}} | ||
* {{OY}}, {{JATD}} and {{JATB}} | * {{OY}}, {{JATD}} and {{JATB}} | ||
* {{N}} | * {{N}} | ||
* {{DO}} | * {{DO}} | ||
Robinson also read “Shaking Hands with Death”, Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby lecture, as “Pratchett’s voice for tonight” when he was uncertain of being able to do so himself. | Robinson also read “Shaking Hands with Death”, Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby lecture, as “Pratchett’s voice for tonight” when he was uncertain of being able to do so himself. | ||
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== Actor == | == Actor == | ||
* ''[[Discworld (videogame)]]'' - various characters | * ''[[Discworld (videogame)|Discworld]]'' (videogame) - various characters | ||
* {{HTV}} - Vernon Crumley | * {{HTV}} - Vernon Crumley | ||
== Podcast episodes == | == Podcast episodes == | ||
=== As host === | |||
Robinson launched ''[https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/tony-robinsons-cunningcast Tony Robinson’s Cunnningcast]'' in March 2023, a show ostensibly about history, but also featuring interviews with his ''Blackadder'' co-stars. | |||
=== As guest === | === As guest === | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 4 June 2023
Sir Tony Robinson is an English actor, writer and presenter, best known for his television work: playing Baldrick in ‘'Blackadder, creating and starring in Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, telling children’s and mythological stories in programmes like Tales From Fat Tulip’s Garden and Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of Them All, and more recently as the host of long-running archaeological programme Time Team. To Discworld fans he’s best known as the long-time narrator of Corgi’s abridged audiobooks, and also for appearing in The Mob’s television adaptation of Hogfather.
Books
As audiobook narrator
Robinson narrated abridged audiobooks all of the Discworld novels for Corgi Audio between 1993 and 2015.
His other abridged audiobooks of Pratchett novels include:
- Truckers, Diggers and Wings
- Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead and Johnny and the Bomb
- Nation
- Dodger
Robinson also read “Shaking Hands with Death”, Pratchett’s 2010 Richard Dimbleby lecture, as “Pratchett’s voice for tonight” when he was uncertain of being able to do so himself.
Other
Robinson wrote a special introduction to the 2021 anniversary edition of Hogfather.
Actor
- Discworld (videogame) - various characters
- Terry Pratchett's Hogfather - Vernon Crumley
Podcast episodes
As host
Robinson launched Tony Robinson’s Cunnningcast in March 2023, a show ostensibly about history, but also featuring interviews with his Blackadder co-stars.
As guest
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-09 | Chalke Talk[1] | “Tony Robinson and Tom Holland” | acast.com |
| 2023-01-02 | My Time Capsule[2] | “Ep. 250: Sir Tony Robinson” | acast.com |
External links
- Tony Robinson on the L-Space Wiki
- Tony Robinson on Wikipedia
- Tony Robinson on the Internet Movie Database
Footnotes
- ↑ Official podcast of the Chalke Valley History Festival
- ↑ Hosted by Michael Fenton Stevens