Robert Robinson (broadcaster)
| Robert Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Robert Henry Robinson 17 December 1927 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Died | 12 August 2011 (aged 83) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Broadcaster |
| Years active | 1955–2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Josee Robinson (1958–death); 3 children |
| Children | Nicholas, Lucy and Susie |
Robert Henry Robinson (17 December 1927 – 12 August 2011) was an English radio and television presenter, game show host, journalist and author.
Robinson was born in Liverpool the son of an accountant father, and educated at Raynes Park Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford. He then became a journalist for the Sunday Chronicle (TV columnist), the Sunday Graphic (film and theatre columnist), the Sunday Times (radio critic and editor of Atticus) and the Sunday Telegraph (film critic).
He began working on television as a journalist in 1955. During the 1960s and 1970s, he presented the series Open House, Picture Parade,Points of View, the leading literary quiz Take it or Leave it, Ask the Family,BBC-3 – including the discussion during which Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say "fuck" on British television (Robinson told Tynan that this was "an easy way to make history") – and Call My Bluff.
In 1967 it was Robinson who presented the edition of 'The Look of the Week' in which classical musicologist Hans Keller was brought face to face with the young Pink Floyd. He wrote and presented The Fifties on BBC1. Robinson was the presenter of The Book Programme on BBC2 from 1973–80 and a number of spin-off documentaries, notably B. Traven - A Mystery Solved (1979). He wrote and presented several BBC1 documentaries under the title Robinson's Travels, among them The Mormon Trail (1976), Cruising and Indian Journey. In 1986 he wrote and presented The Magic Rectangle, one of the BBC1 documentaries marking the 50th anniversary of television.
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