Tony Robinson's Cunningcast

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  • 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 Stonehenge built? What did the past smell like, was it horrible? Why were pies invented? Why do our dogs love us so much? When did tattoos stop being taboo? What do bones tell us about past humanity? Amongst other intriguing questions...

    Along the way, Tony is joined by experts and special guests, including Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Fry, Raksha Dave, John Lloyd, Alice Roberts, Grace Neutral and David Mitchell who help provide some answers.


    So join Tony Robinson as he hosts his cunningly curated history podcast. New episodes drop Thursdays.


    Tony Robinson's Cunningcast is part of the Acast Creator Network and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.


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  • CHRISTMAS with CHRISTINA ROSSETTI - Re-released

    CHRISTMAS with CHRISTINA ROSSETTI - Re-released
    Dec 17 2024

    Another chance to hear a Cunningcast Christmas treat: Tony reading his favourite poem ‘Goblin Market’ by Christina Rossetti. He's discussing the context and history of Rossetti’s iconic work with Madeleine Callaghan, Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature at the University of Sheffield.

    In his electrifying reading, Tony captures all the magic and strangeness of ‘Goblin Market’, set in a fairy-tale world where a fraught encounter takes place between the two sisters Laura and Lizzie and a band of sinister goblin merchants who tempt Laura with their ‘forbidden fruits’. Can Lizzie save her sister from the evil Goblin’s temptations?

    Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson

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    Madeleine Callaghan, Senior Lecturer in Romantic Literature at the University of Sheffield. Author of ‘Shelley’s Living Artistry: Letters, Poems, Plays’ (2017) and ‘The Poet-Hero in the Work of Byron and Shelley’ (2019) published by Anthem Press. ‘Eternity in British Romantic Poetry’ (Liverpool University Press), June 2022.

    www.sheffield.ac.uk/english/people/academic-staff/madeleine-callaghan

    Credits:

    Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg

    Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville

    Cover Art: The Brightside

    A Zinc Media Group production

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    Thank you, Love Tony x


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    41 mins
  • DEMENTIA ACTION WEEK: A Defining Year

    DEMENTIA ACTION WEEK: A Defining Year
    May 16 2024

    To mark Dementia Acton Week, Tony is bringing you a special episode dedicated to the past, present and future of this difficult disease with his expert guest Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at the Alzheimer’s Society. Dementia the UK’s number one killer, 1 in 3 people will develop dementia in their lifetime and yet most of us don’t know a great deal about it. But this is a defining year in the history of Alzheimer’s with two new drugs: Lecanemab and Donanemab which have been found, for the first time ever, to slow the progression of the disease.


    Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson


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    Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at the Alzheimer’s Society.

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    If you’re worried about yourself, or someone close to you, then check your symptoms today using Alzheimer’s Society’s symptom checklist. Visit alzheimers.org.uk/checklist or call the Dementia Support Line on 0333 150 3456


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    Credits:

    Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg

    Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville

    Cover Art: The Brightside

    A Zinc Media Group production

    If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review.

    Thank you, Love Tony x


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    53 mins
  • BEN ELTON | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

    BEN ELTON | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
    May 9 2024

    Ben Elton is on Cunningcast today. Ben was the co-writer on Blackadder Series 2, 3 and 4: they talk about Ben's comedy roots, working on The Young Ones with Rik and Ade and how Ben got the Blackadder gig via a near miss TV sitcom about Madness. They also chew over the highs and lows of working on Blackadder and how Ben and Richard Curtis created 'Adder speak'.


    Alongside Blackadder, Ben Elton cut his comedy chops on The Young Ones. He’s a stand-up legend on stage and TV and one of Britain's biggest live comedy acts. His stellar CV includes writing an incredible 17 novels, as well as the hit musicals ‘The Beautiful Game’; ‘We Will Rock You’ and the sequel to ‘The Phantom of the Opera’.


    Last year Blackadder turned 40, to mark the occasion, Tony made a TV show in which he tracked down the lost Blackadder pilot to discover the truth of Blackadder's beginnings. For the show, Tony interviewed many old friends and people who are central to making Blackadder the success it was. You are hearing Tony’s unedited, behind the scenes chat with Ben Elton, recorded for the programme. The show is called Blackadder: The Lost Pilot and you can watch it on catch up on Sky, Virgin & Now.


    Hosted by Sir Tony Robinson


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    With


    Ben Elton | https://benelton.live/

    Credits:

    Series Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X @melissafitzg

    Executive Producer: Dominic de Terville

    Blackadder: The Lost Pilot is produced by Red Sauce

    A Zinc Media Group production

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    If you enjoyed my podcast, please leave us a rating or review.

    Thank you, Love Tony x


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Very entertaining

Such interesting topics and guests. Thank you so much for introducing me to Christina Rosetti. I absolutely LOVE you reading Goblin Market - excellent! For the first time in my life I've discovered that poetry can be good fun.

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