No Cunning Plan
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Tony Robinson
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Packed full of incident and insight, No Cunning Plan is a funny, self-deprecating and always entertaining memoir by Sir Tony Robinson.
Sir Tony Robinson is a much-loved actor, presenter and author with a stellar career lasting over fifty years. In this 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.
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- Paul layden
- 28-10-16
Fantastic very enjoyable
Always been a fan of Tony Robinson after meeting him briefly at a party in islington many moons ago . Thoroughly enjoyed the book and learning about the time team who i had become a fan of all since its inception.
Recommended!
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- David Beckwith
- 07-01-17
Fantastic
Absolutely loved this book. Funny, very moving and always interesting. Although a big fan of Tony through Blackadder and Time Team, there is a lot more to him than that as this book shows. Highly recommended!
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- Steve Parke
- 07-12-16
So much to him
This was a great book well read interesting and insightful learnt so much about his life and a great outlook. Wonderful book and very much recommend for an easy listen.
Very much recommend
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- Tom
- 06-02-17
Very good value
At over 14 hours, this audio book is a great investment, and to have Tony Robinson read it himself is very much a bonus. Lots of detail about the author's early life can occasionally become a bore in some books. In this case Tony's tales of his childhood and upbringing, etc all give real weight to the book's title, and emphasise how he has often almost stumbled upon the great opportunities that have made him "a national treasure".
I enjoyed the whole thing a very great deal.
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- BraddersLFC
- 07-06-21
Tony
excellent just really interesting and well excellent. boom boom boom boom boom boom boom booom
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- Christian
- 05-12-18
Awesome
Very good and very funny in place and really enjoyable to listen to. Totally class
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- Jonn Sandon
- 18-06-17
Couldn't put it down
couldn't put it down, a great read, answering many questions on an interesting life!
what an interesting life so far!
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-11-24
Humorous and heartfelt
I knew I’d enjoy the story of Tony Robinson’s life as the public part, precisely the bits on TV, I have always enjoyed. What I didn’t expect was the emotion I felt when he described the loss of his loved ones. All in all a bloody good book.
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- Kirstine
- 27-03-17
A great listen by a talented story-teller
I enjoyed this highly entertaining autobiography full variety and comical incidents. The author, though famous for his loveable character Baldrick in the Blackadder series, is obviously a multi-talented man, who, by his own admission lacked formal education, but can turn his hand to writing stories for children, create historical documentaries and be a knowledgeable presenter of archeology programmes. He doesn’t flinch from describing his failures and weaknesses and is modest over his successes. He comes over as a devoted father, a loving husband of three wives and a dedicated political activist.
Reading his own words greatly enhanced this audio book.
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- I J Robinson
- 28-10-16
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A great few hours in the company of an interesting man. Tony's long career takes in the original production of Oliver! and ends at the bottom of the sea with James Cameron. Off stage (and screen) he talks politics, has lots of wives and gets stoned a lot. The stories are told well and with plenty of self-awareness. As ever, Tony gives a great performance yet that maybe the book's biggest failing - he's essentially just an ordinary bloke taking the jobs that come along and this is, really, just another job. You're left wanting more insight into Blackadder, Maid Marion, the Greek Tales, etc and the ending comes quite suddenly. It's long but could have been longer.
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