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No Cunning Plan: My Unexpected Life, from Baldrick to Time Team and Beyond

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title No Cunning Plan: My Unexpected Life, from Baldrick to Time Team and Beyond
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Sir Tony Robinson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:432
Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 130
Category/GenreIndividual actors and performers
Television
ISBN/Barcode 9781509815494
ClassificationsDewey:791.45028092
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Pan Books
Publication Date 15 June 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over fifty years. Now, in his long-awaited autobiography, he reveals how the boy from South Woodford went from child stardom in the first stage production of Oliver!, a pint-sized pickpocket desperately bleaching his incipient moustache, to comedy icon Baldrick, the loyal servant and turnip aficionado in Blackadder. It wasn't all plain sailing though. Along the way he was bullied by Steve Marriott, failed to impress Liza Minnelli and was pushed into a stinking London dock by John Wayne. He also entertained us with Maid Marion and Her Merry Men (which he wrote and starred in) and coped manfully when locked naked outside a theatre in Lincoln during the live tour of comedy series Who Dares Wins. He presented Time Team for twenty years, watching countless gardens ruthlessly dug up in the name of archaeology, and risked life and limb filming The Worst Jobs in History. Packed full of incident and insight, No Cunning Plan is a funny, self-deprecating and always entertaining read.

Author Biography

Sir Tony Robinson is most famous for playing the role of Baldrick in Blackadder but he made his first professional appearance at the age of thirteen in the original stage version of Oliver! and went on to appear with the Chichester Festival Theatre, the RSC and the National Theatre. He wrote and starred in Maid Marian And Her Merry Men, and presented Time Team for twenty years. He has made numerous factual series, including The Worst Jobs In History and Tony Robinson's Time Walks. He is a multi award-winning children's television writer and has authored many children's books including the history series Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders. He has also written several books for adults.