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Robert Robinson

Laurie Taylor profiles the broadcasting legend, revealing a complex wordsmith and one of the first TV celebrities. From 2011.

Robert Robinson is best remembered as the chairman of 麻豆官网首页入口 TV's classic quiz 'Ask the Family' and 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4's 'Brain of Britain'.

But in a career spanning many decades, he also made travel programmes, Points of View, the Today programme and Stop the Week which ran on Radio 4 from 1974 to 1992.

Laurie Taylor takes a look at the life and work of one of Britain's broadcasting legends in the company of some of the former contributors to Stop the Week; Ann Leslie, Matthew Parris, Sarah Harrison and Nick Tucker.

There are also contributions from Will Wyatt, Victor Lewis-Smith and Hunter Davis and a wealth of archive that reveals a complex man, a consummate wordsmith and one of the first TV celebrities.

Robert died aged 83 in 2011.

Producer: Helen Lee

First broadcast on 麻豆官网首页入口 Radio 4 in August 2011.

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50 minutes

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Sun 20 Mar 2022 01:00

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Aug 2011 20:00
  • Wed 31 Aug 2011 09:00
  • Sat 20 Sep 2014 08:00
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  • Sat 16 Apr 2016 08:00
  • Sat 16 Apr 2016 15:00
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