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Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

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Desert Island Discs: Tony Robinson

03/07/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Tony Robinson

Actor Tony Robinson joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.

Actor and host of Time Team Tony Robinson joins Kirsty Young to choose his Desert Island Discs.

Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor and broadcaster Tony Robinson. 

His Baldrick to Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder turned idiocy into an art form and the series went on to become one of our best-loved comedies. The role changed his life but, he says, when he first saw the script he didn't think much of it: "It was only about eight lines of dialogue and none of them were funny - but it was with these incredible people. On the one hand, I thought what a lousy part and on the other hand I thought, I'd love to work with these people".

Record: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band
Book: Middlemarch - George Eliot 
Luxury: A luxury bed and mattress.


Producer: Leanne Buckle.

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