Anthony ("Tony") Robinson
, b. 1946
Sir Anthony Robinson is a well-known and prolific British actor, broadcaster, director, and writer. After co-starring in the historical comedy Blackadder for several years, Tony Robinson went on to write and star in the children's television programme, Maid Marian And Her Merry Men, a humorous re-working of the Robin Hood legends, as well as providing narration and voice-overs for a number of other children's programmes. He presented the archaeology programme Time Team for twenty years, specialising in presenting archaeology to a non-specialist audience. He is the author of several books for adults, including his autobiography, No Cunning Plan (2016); and author of numerous children's books, including Bad Kids: The Naughtiest Children in History, Odysseus Superhero (1996, co-written with Amanda Robinson and Richard Curtis) and the history series Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders, which emphasises, "all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, smelly and disgusting bits!". His book, Odysseus: The Greatest Hero of Them All (1986, co-written with Richard Curtis), was made into an audiobook and a BBC children's television series of the same name (1986).
Bio prepared by Sonya Nevin, University of Roehampton, sonya.nevin@roehampton.ac.uk
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