Newcastle will be episode 5 and the world premiere of the series starts on the history channel mondays at 7. Tony robinsons time walks tony robinsons time walks. Jackie robinson, a twopart, fourhour film directed by ken burns, sarah burns and david mcmahon tells the story of an american icon whose lifelong battle for first class citizenship for all african americans transcends even his remarkable athletic achievements. In new zealand, tony sees how a famous movie directors vision dramatically transformed his hometown. Once a seaside retreat for 19 century yuppies escaping smellbourne, later a suburb completely defined by the heroine addicts who flocked there. Luckily a television crew is in newcastle filming tony robinsons new history documentary, tony robinsons time walks which will screen on pay tv next year. Part 1 of jackie robinson, monday on pbs, revisits this history, with robinsons widow, rachel, the principal guide. He journeys back to the 1930s, to unravel the mystery of a phantom graffiti artist covering an australian city with an enigmatic single word.
Tony robinson brings his inquisitive storytelling approach to australias diverse suburbs and towns. Robinson shined bright in big moments, landing on magazine covers and having movies made about his exploits. Tony robinsons time travels 2015 time team 19942014 tony robinsons time walks 2012. He time travels back to the early days of australias colonial settlement and learns how rum sparked a mutiny that brought down a government. In his short but remarkable career at tennessee, tony robinson amassed 3,332 passing yards currently ranked 12th alltime at tennessee, 23 tds, and completing 253 passes on 411 attempts 61. From battlefields to the home front, welcome to tony robinsons tour of duty. Tony robinson cant escape the clutches of blackadder not that he really wants to forget baldrick, the character he credits with launching his tv career since playing the mentally challenged. Tony robinson walks through newcastles history abc. Sport films all shows az competitions home categories entertainment drama documentary soaps. St kilda has endured a constant cycle of boom and bust even carrying the label rock capital of the world for a few heady years. In 2014 historian margarita torres discovered two arabic parchments hidden in an egyptian library. Tony has completed a four part series on the roman caesars for channel 4 which. Tony robinsons time travels tv show australian tv guide.
Tony robinsons time travels twists of fate tv episode. Tony has made many appearances in tv programmesfilms and on the stage here. The odds werent in its favor from the beginning, it. Tony robinson, extennessee qb, featured in espn 30 for 30 film about 1987 redskins.
It remains one of the pivotal stories of 20thcentury america. Between 19921996 robinson released a trilogy of albums on the acclaimed uk folkroots label cooking vinyl. But i see this time of life as also, and in a particular way, a time for the inner journey, for doing my own work of honesty, of healing, of growing in god and in grace. The last of these, having it both ways, reflected the fact that he had married. But tony robinson isnt the usual kind of history presenter. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no. Sir tony robinson journeys through time to uncover amazing, dramatic and bizarre stories from the past. Three weeks ago, tony robinson completed a sixpart series for. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free.
The documents record the cup of the messiah travelling from jerusalem to spain in the year 1055 as a gift to king ferdinand of leon. The first episode of tony robinsons time walks was broadcast in february, 2019. His travels take him from ancient rome and colonial australia, to victorian era london, earlysettler new zealand and beyond. Tony robinsons cunning night out, a largely improvised stage show, followed in early 2005 and included a mix of the many themes from his career for which robinson is famous. Dont miss the time walks marathon on christmas day on the history channel.
That moment at the memorial to the missing in ypres was one of many that gave the 68yearold actor and presenter pause for thought while filming his new series tony robinsons world war one. Create a backlog, submit your game times and compete with your friends. This was followed by a number of shows, films and tv appearances as a child actor. Tony robinsons time walks season 1 episode 9 st kilda.
Tony robinson s cunning night out, a largely improvised stage show, followed in early 2005 and included a mix of the many themes from his career for which robinson is famous. Tony robinson recreates the evil spells and dark rituals of medieval witchcraft. He ponders the destiny of a group of world war ii soldiers who, by signing their names on. With a new series celebrating global train travel, he reflects on lockdown. Tony robinsons time travels s1e1 secrets of the state youtube. Tony robinsons time travels starts 28 sept youtube. In this episode tony uncovers how a deadly medieval plague was able to infiltrate a thriving australian town in the 1900s. Tony robinsons time walks in addition newcastle will feature as one of the cities in the forthcoming tv series from tony robinsons time walks. In addition to telling his own stories, robinson narrated the abridged. He has toured his oneman stage show tony robinsons cunning night out extensively over the last three years, including a series of sellout performances at this years edinburgh festival. In 1999, robinson returned to star as baldrick in a oneoff short film in the blackadder series, made to celebrate the. Written and directed by guy ritchie, the film centers on an american expat who tries to sell of his highly profitable marijuana empire in london, triggering plots, schemes, bribery, and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him. Tony robinsons victory in europe hitherto unseen 3d photographs of dday, reveal new detail of the scope and scale of the greatest amphibious landings in history and photographs of the subsequent allied bombing campaign, reveal the full extent of the devastation wrought by british and american bomber crews on german cities.
Tony robinson puts his walking shoes back on for coast to. Sir anthony robinson born 15 august 1946 is an english actor, comedian, author, television. He played baldrick in the bbc television series blackadder and has hosted several historical documentaries including the channel 4 programmes time team and the worst jobs in history. But even more, it is testament to tony robinsons conviction that the pastoral. Click on an image to see a bigger view of this years transmission card.
Had that happened at another time i would have been so pissed off you cant imagine. Uncanny coincidences are scattered throughout history, leading to the downfall of empires and the good fortune of everyday citizens. In this episode tony takes a fascinating spin through time and space to determine arts impact on history. Around the world by train with tony robinson channel 5. In this episode tony embarks on a gastronomic journey from the origins of the famous pavlova dessert, to the discovery of one of the worlds greatest wine regions. Popular historys poster boy, tony robinson, explains why the past means so much to the present. It baffles me how meet the robinsons flies under the radar as one of disneys best animated works. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app.
The aforementioned trip to england and scotland is, at least in part, a birthday present. The comedy actor and tv presenter tony robinson is best known for presenting the channel 4 archaeology series time team and playing the character baldrick in blackadder. Piecing together information from secret sources and a twohundredyear evolution of the white house, investigative journalists and government insiders weigh in on the mystery of an unusual white box and a topsecret construction project dubbed the big dig that took place outside of the west wing from 20072012. Tony robinson, extennessee qb, featured in espn 30 for 30. Theres nothing pedestrian about going for a walk with tony robinson. Tony rides the bullet train but not the 10k 7 stars line. Theyre all established walks that tourists and locals frequently do, but tony digs deeper to draw. Its not often that abc will screen a series that was made for foxtel. Last year he completed an hourlong award winning drama for central. For the first time, experience the tour of duty roadshow and feel part of the community as tony encourages the locals to show off memorabilia, tell stories and share poignant recollections of their ancestors who fought the war at home and abroad. Tony robinson is a muchloved actor, presenter and comedy icon. The series takes a storytelling approach to document the cities of australia and new zealand. His mission is to uncover the hidden history that lies behind, below and above the places we walk every day.
Catch up on tony robinsons time walks and watch online on. Hes not so much the history man as the history bloke. If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of tony robinsons time walks on australian free to air tv in your area in the next 7 days or you may have disabled the corresponding channel in your icetv account to set recordings for the show when it airs click the schedule new recording link above. Id go so far as to call it their best film within the last ten years, certainly their best in the first ten years of the 2000s. In this fascinating series sir tony robinson journeys through time to uncover amazing, dramatic and bizarre stories from the past. He learns how to identify, arrest and torture a witch in his quest to discover why, in the 16th and 17th centuries, our ancestors were so terrified of black magic that they executed more than 40,000 supposed witches. Tony robinsons victory in europe renegade pictures. From 10 september 2012, robinson hosted a series on history channel called tony robinsons time walks. Tony robinson s time travels 2015 time team 19942014 tony robinson s time walks 2012.
In addition to telling his own stories, robinson narrated the abridged audiobook versions of terry pratchett s discworld novels. Sir tony robinsons famed history of bristol the star of tvs blackadder and time team, sir tony robinson, reveals many of bristols hidden historical secrets in a new dvd. Tony robinsons time walks tv show australian tv guide. Abc has picked up 20 episodes of tony robinsons time walks which sees tony robinson visit a different australian location and uncover its secret history seasons one and two visit all the major cities as well as wollongong, bendigo, newcastle, kalgoorlie, launceston, townsville and the barossa valley. In this episode tony reveals the extraordinary measures. Tony robinsons time walks is an australian factual television series hosted by tony robinson. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. The final stage of his journey takes tony to the us. In each episode we find a different postcode laden with stories. Tony robinson brings his inquisitive storytelling approach to the streets of australia and new zealand.
Tony robinson time walks newcastle cultural collections. He has also more recently become known as the face of time team. Its such a pleasure to be able to sing the praises of my favourite british city, show you its magnificent architecture, and tell some of its fascinating stories. Tony robinsons time walks is a tv show on australian national television from abc with an average rating of 3. Here is a snippet from episode 4 of tony robinsons time walks. His career has lasted over fifty years, taking him from child stardom in the first stage production of oliver. Tony robinson is an english actor and television presenter, most wellknown for his past role as baldrick in the longrunning and much loved television series blackadder. Secrets damage governments and change the destiny of empires. It was around this time that he made his first notable television appearance. In this series tony robinson brings his inquisitive storytelling approach to the streets of australia and new zealand.
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