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Tony Robinson's Cunningcast
Tony Robinson is best-known for playing turnip-brained Baldrick who always had 'a cunning plan' in the iconic TV show Blackadder. He's presented countless documentaries throughout his 50-year career, including 20-years on Channel 4's Time Team, inspired by his passion for history and for digging deep into the past to understand more about the present. That's his thing!In his cunningly curated history podcast, Tony is delving into the weird and wonderful stories that grab him and make him want to know more about the world around us. He’s asking: Why was...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 314 ratings
Goodall
I loved this episode! Thank you for doing the Blackadder episodes. I hope it ends up on one of the U.S. Streams like Britbox.
Pudelmom via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/25/24
Fantastic
Love the subjects in this podcast, love national Treasure Sir Tony and love the fact he asks what might be deemed by other “celebrity” interviewers as a daft or embarrassing question, buts it’s exactly the one you’re thinking yourself. Asked not for his lack of understanding, but that his natural...Read full review »
Motorcycle drifter via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 04/04/24
A Broadcasting Hero !
The great thing about this Pod is the variety of subjects covered , including some you don’t think are for you, but end up being really fascinating Tony is ( obviously) great , and his banter with Producer Melissa at the beginning of each pod is also a highlight All that said , the History and...Read full review »
johnbhoy1962 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/23/24
Recent Episodes
Fresh off the back of celebrating 60 years of Dr Who last year and looking ahead to welcoming the 15th Doctor to the blockbuster show, Tony is joined by Sophie Aldred who played Dr Who’s assistant Ace and the writer, broadcaster and Dr Who superfan, Matthew Sweet. Together they look back over an...
Published 05/02/24
Published 05/02/24
20 years after playing Baldrick, Tony is still stopped in the street and asked where my turnip is!  Turnips made him famous, so today Tony is talking turnips in history: have they always been so unloved, a food fit only for animals and peasants like Baldrick, or is this a recent British bugbear?...
Published 04/25/24
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