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'''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 [[Terry Pratchett's Hogfather|The Mob’s television adaptation]] of {{H}}. | |||
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| 2022-03-09 || ''[https://play.acast.com/s/chalke-talk-podcast Chalke Talk]''<ref>Official podcast of the [https://cvhf.org.uk/ Chalke Valley History Festival]</ref> || “Tony Robinson and Tom Holland” || [https://shows.acast.com/chalke-talk-podcast/episodes/tony-robinson-tom-holland acast.com] | |||
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| 2023-01-02 || ''[https://podfollow.com/mytimecapsule/view My Time Capsule]''<ref>Hosted by [[Michael Fenton Stevens]]</ref> || “Ep. 250: Sir Tony Robinson” || [https://shows.acast.com/mytimecapsule/episodes/ep-250-sir-tony-robinson acast.com] | | 2023-01-02 || ''[https://podfollow.com/mytimecapsule/view My Time Capsule]''<ref>Hosted by [[Michael Fenton Stevens]]</ref> || “Ep. 250: Sir Tony Robinson” || [https://shows.acast.com/mytimecapsule/episodes/ep-250-sir-tony-robinson acast.com] | ||
Revision as of 20:25, 17 April 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 versions all of the Discworld novels for Corgi Audio between 1993 and 2015.
He's has also red abridged audiobooks of other Pratchett novels, including:
- 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 guest
| Date | Show | Episode | External link |
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| 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