Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson

Birthday: 1946-08-15

Place of Birth: Homerton, London, UK

Biography: Sir Anthony Robinson is an English actor, comedian, author, presenter and political activist. He played Baldrick in the BBC television series Blackadder and has hosted several historical documentaries including the Channel 4 programmes Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History.

Movies

Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard
Saxon Gold: Finding the Hoard

In July 2009, amateur metal detecting enthusiast Terry Herbert uncovered the largest Anglo Saxon tre...

View Movie
The Real Da Vinci Code
The Real Da Vinci Code

Tony Robinson examines the claims made in Dan Brown's best-selling novel, "The Da Vinci Code."...

View Movie
Spider-Plant Man
Spider-Plant Man

Spider-Plant Man is a parody of Spider-Man, made for the Comic Relief 2005 appeal and aired on BBC O...

View Movie
Tony Robinson's VE Day Minute by Minute
Tony Robinson's VE Day Minute by Minute

Tony Robinson’s VE Day: Minute By Minute will take a unique look at a pivotal day in the history of ...

View Movie
Hogfather
Hogfather

It's the night before Hogswatch, usually a time of joy on Discworld, but there are suspicious going-...

View Movie
The NeverEnding Story III
The NeverEnding Story III

A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal ...

View Movie
The Peasant's Revolt
The Peasant's Revolt

Tony Robinson explores the major uprising across large parts of England in 1381; it's origins, motiv...

View Movie
The Real Macbeth
The Real Macbeth

Tony Robinson takes a look at the facts behind the myth of Shakespeare's Macbeth, and finds a quite ...

View Movie
Tony Robinson's Cunning Night Out
Tony Robinson's Cunning Night Out

It had to happen. Having spent years of his working life uttering the phrase "I have a cunning plan....

View Movie
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

Sir Tony Robinson takes a journey back in time to find out where Blackadder really began, and to unc...

View Movie
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
Blackadder's Christmas Carol

After a genial spirit shows the benevolent Ebenezer Blackadder visions of his unscrupulous ancestors...

View Movie
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
Blackadder: A Cunning Story

A look back at the making of the entire Blackadder series to commemorate its 40th anniversary, featu...

View Movie
Death of a Speechwriter
Death of a Speechwriter

Part of Sweet Disaster; a 1986 series of short films made for Channel 4. It consists of "animated vi...

View Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure

While traveling with his father's world-wide lecture tour, nine-year-old Indiana Jones encounters an...

View Movie
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years

A short movie, made for Comic Relief, in which Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and Baldrick (Tony Robins...

View Movie
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War
Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War

After her husband's death, A woman starts looking for independence....

View Movie
Blackadder: Back & Forth
Blackadder: Back & Forth

What was a cunning plan from Lord Edmund Blackadder V to fake a time machine on his gullibly incompe...

View Movie
We Are Most Amused
We Are Most Amused

We Are Most Amused was a gala event held at the New Wimbledon Theatre on 12 November 2008 in honour ...

View Movie
Follow the Star
Follow the Star

Television production of a Nativity play for children which sees Gabby (the angel Gabriel) and his f...

View Movie
Ned Kelly Uncovered
Ned Kelly Uncovered

British actor, author and presenter Tony Robinson (Blackadder, Time Team, The Worst Jobs in History)...

View Movie
Soap Opera in Stockwell
Soap Opera in Stockwell

A baby is snatched from outside a launderette. The manageress and customers try to work out who was ...

View Movie
Tony Robinson's Victory in Europe
Tony Robinson's Victory in Europe

To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2, TONY ROBINSON'S VICTORY IN EUROPE will use an...

View Movie
Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon of the Somme
Breathing Fire: Secret Weapon of the Somme

This film follows a team of experts as it excavates a famous WW1 battlefield in search of a top secr...

View Movie
Brannigan
Brannigan

A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradit...

View Movie
Terry Pratchett: Back in Black
Terry Pratchett: Back in Black

A poignant and humorous film telling the life story of the hugely popular author of the discworld se...

View Movie
Tales from the Madhouse
Tales from the Madhouse

Set inside the crumbling walls of a dilapidated Victorian sanatorium, eight mysterious characters re...

View Movie
Faeries
Faeries

While waiting for their new home to be renovated, Nellie and her younger brother George are sent to ...

View Movie
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga
Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga

To mark the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of Blackadder in 1983, the iconic cast of ...

View Movie
Babylon
Babylon

Dark animation examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace. Part of Sweet Dis...

View Movie
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV
Mad and Bad: 60 Years of Science on TV

From Raymond Baxter live on Tomorrow's World testing a new-fangled bulletproof vest on a nervous inv...

View Movie
7 Up & Me
7 Up & Me

In celebration of the release of 63 Up, the 2019 installment of Michael Apted's groundbreaking docum...

View Movie
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making
Baldrick's Video Diary - A Blackadder in the Making

An intimate behind the scenes short film while shooting the Black Adder special Back and Forth....

View Movie
Britain's Real Monarch
Britain's Real Monarch

Britain's Real Monarch was a historical documentary presented by Tony Robinson first shown on Channe...

View Movie
Richard III - Fact or Fiction?
Richard III - Fact or Fiction?

Contrary to popular perception, Richard III, was loyal, fair and effective as a ruler- much more tha...

View Movie
The Oresteia
The Oresteia

Agamemnon returns home from the Trojan war and is murdered by his wife, setting off a chain of reven...

View Movie
Doran's Box
Doran's Box

A long-distance lorry driver; a spaceman; a volunteer under reduced environmental conditions; a man ...

View Movie
Blackadder Rides Again
Blackadder Rides Again

This documentary marks the 25th anniversary since the first transmission of The Black Adder in 1983 ...

View Movie
Beyond the Pale
Beyond the Pale

"The British Brothers leave Hackney at 4:30 today and will march with bands and banners through the ...

View Movie
Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero
Robin Hood: The First Outlaw Hero

Who was the real Robin Hood? This age-old question and many more are answered in this exciting docum...

View Movie
Happy Birthday Mr Bean
Happy Birthday Mr Bean

A celebratory documentary looking back at the 30 years since comedy legend Mr Bean landed on our scr...

View Movie
The Somme: The First 24 Hours with Tony Robinson
The Somme: The First 24 Hours with Tony Robinson

Hosted by actor and historian Sir Tony Robinson, this one-off special tells the powerful and moving ...

View Movie
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments

A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 1...

View Movie
The Darwin Adventure
The Darwin Adventure

The story of Charles Darwin's journey on The Beagle....

View Movie
The Silent Twins
The Silent Twins

Twins June and Jennifer Gibbons speak only to each other in a language of their own creation. As you...

View Movie
Mates
Mates

Three young men who work together in a factory egg each other on to ask out Della, a typist in the o...

View Movie
Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure
Tony Robinson's Titanic Adventure

Tony Robinson accompanies James Cameron, the Oscar-winning writer, director and producer of the bloc...

View Movie
The Flying Scotsman - 100th Anniversary
The Flying Scotsman - 100th Anniversary

In late 1934, a bright green locomotive, the Flying Scotsman, made history and became the most famou...

View Movie
The Fallow Few
The Fallow Few

December, 1916. The Western Front. A disillusioned soldier, tasked with guarding British deserters o...

View Movie
Lost Submarines of WWI: A Time Team Special
Lost Submarines of WWI: A Time Team Special

Tony and Phil head beneath the waves to investigate 'the Lost Submarines of World War I'. We trace t...

View Movie
Cabot's Bristol
Cabot's Bristol

The fantastic story of John Cabot's voyage of discovery in The Matthew, plus the extraordinary story...

View Movie
Carry On Cowboy
Carry On Cowboy

Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a ...

View Movie