Tony Robinson

Date of Birth: 15 Aug 1946
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 25 (Actor), 1 (Creator)
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A young boy must restore order when a group of bullies steal the magical book that acts as a portal between Earth and the imaginary world of Fantasia. (imdb)
Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in his American Irish way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard in order to recapture this mobster with both A price tag on his head and a stuffy old London cop to contend with. (imdb)
The Real Da Vinci Code (2005) - TV Special
The Real Da Vinci Code ought to be the last word among plentiful video debates over the validity of startling claims in Dan Brown's bestselling novel The Da Vinci Code. Produced by Britain's Channel Four Television and broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the U.S., the irreverent but no-nonsense documentary systematically dismantles so-called historical facts Brown embraced (Amazon.com)
Not so aged widow Thelma Caldicot is coerced into a resthome by her manipulative son and daughter-in-law after the death of her bullying husband. Apathy turns to anger and then action as the medication is discarded and Thelma discovers her mettle. She and her aged cohorts stage a rebellion but the result is something nobody envisaged. (imdb)
Blackadder Back & Forth (1999) - Short Film
It's Millennium Eve and Blackadder is hosting a dinner party for a few select friends, Lady Elizabeth ('Miranda Richardson' ), Viscount George (Hugh Laurie), Archbishop Melchett ('Stephen Fry' ), and Archbishop Darling (Tim McInnerny). Baldrick (Tony Robinson) devises yet another of his infamous cunning plans... (imdb)
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) - TV Movie
Pleasant Ebenezer Blackadder is turned into a cruel and witty miser after seeing visions of his ancestors and descendants.
Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) - TV Special
Sir Edmund Blackadder must protect, and later rescue, King Charles I from the Roundheads.
When Professor Henry Jones Sr. is invited to give lectures all over the world in May 1908, he takes along his wife and son, and invites his former tutor Miss Helen Seymour to teach Henry Jr. during the trip. Their first stop is Cairo, Egypt. When Junior, who prefers to be called 'Indy' and Miss Seymour visit the pyramids, they are invited by T.E. Lawrence (another former student of hers) to join an archaeological dig... (imdb)
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments (2008) - TV Movie
A countdown of the top 40 "Blackadder" moments chosen by cast and crew members, celebrity fans and 15 genuine Blackadders. (imdb)
A look back at the making of the entire "Blackadder" series to commemorate the 25th anniversary. (imdb)
Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) - TV Series
In this series, Captain Edmond Blackadder is an intelligent, self-centered officer in the trenches of World War I, whose aim is to survive til the war is over. He is assisted by the eager but stupid Lt. George Colthurst and the moronic, grungy Private Baldrick. Blackadder's commander is the insane General Melchert, who is assisted by Blackadder's rival Captain Darling. (imdb)
The Black Adder (1983) - TV Series
Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. (imdb)
Black-Adder II (1986) - TV Series
In this series, Edmund Blackadder is a leading courtier at the court of a ditsy Queen Elizabeth I. This suave and clever Edmund is again assisted by his now moronic but still grungy servant Baldrick and a moronic Lord Percy. His chief rival is the fawning Lord Melchert. (imdb)
Blackadder the Third (1987) - TV Series
In this series, Edmond Blackadder is the intelligent, disgruntled, and sardonic butler to the extremely stupid and vulgar Prince George, the Prince Regent of regency England. Blackadder is again assisted by the moronic grungy servant Baldrick.
Spider-Plant Man (2005) - TV Special
Peter Piper, a photographer, visits a laboratory where a spider plant has been created. Piper is bitten by a plant, which gives him superpowers but a big threat is waiting for him because of his heroic deeds 'THE BATMAN'
Unexplained (2008) - TV Series
Tony Robinson and science journalist Becky McCall step into the unknown to investigate whether past paranormal events should be taken seriously or dumped into history?
Crime and Punishment (2008) - TV Series
This series explores the evolution of law and the "rights of man" in Great Britain: from Chieftains, to Feudal Lords, to the Divine Right of Kings, to a modern independent judiciary in which no one--not even Monarchs are above the law.
Britain's Real Monarch (2004) - TV Movie
Based on the supposed illegitimate birth of Edward IV, Tony Robinson takes viewers through history to find the rightful Plantagenet heir to the throne of England living in a quiet corner of the Commonwealth.
Dark animation examining the thin line between human definitions of war and peace. (imdb)
Time Team (1994) - TV Series
A group of archaeologists has 3 days to discover historical artifacts in different sites around Britain. (imdb)
Tony Robinson's Gods & Monsters (2011) - TV Series
From kings to commoners, people believed that gods, witches, demons, and evil spirits were all indisputably real. In this series, Tony Robinson delves back through 2,000 years of history, exploring everything from the brutal human sacrifices of Iron Age Britain to the horrifying witch-hunts and exorcisms of the 16th, 17th centuries and beyond. See what dark corners of our history Tony unveils!
The murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes, the end of the curse on the House of Atreus and the pacification of the Furies. (imdb)
The Oresteia at Epidaurus (1983) - TV Special
Documentary about Peter Hall's production of Tony Harrison's adaptation of the Greek tragedy with the National Theatre actors at the amphitheatre where it was originally performed.
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989) - TV Series
Robin was a cowardly tailor from Kensington, and Marian was the brains behind the Merry Men. With her ruthless band of freedom fighters, Marian seeks to save the villagers of Worksop from the tyrany of King John and his cunning henchman. (imdb)