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...
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 21 hours 39 minutes
episode 2: What do BONES tell us about past humanity with ALICE ROBERTS
Today Tony catches up with Alice Roberts to talk about her new book ‘Crypt’ and what developments in the extraction of ancient DNA from bones can tell us about the humans they once belonged to...
episode 1: The History of Painting on Skin: Where Do TATTOOS Come From?
The art of painting on the skin, it’s fashionable now, but it wasn’t always so...
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast Series 2 TRAILER
Sir Tony Robinson is back with another series of hit history podcast...
episode 13: CHRISTMAS with Christina Rossetti: Tony explores the Pre-Raphaelite poet's work and reads GOBLIN MARKET
A Cunningcast Christmas treat: today Tony is reading his favourite poem ‘Goblin Market’ by Christina Rossetti, an often-overlooked member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and 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...
TRAILER: CHRISTMAS Episode and SERIES 2 announcement
Tony Robinson's cunningly curated History Podcast
Cunningcast S1 BEST BITS
Tony looks back at the best bits of Series 1 with Cunningcast’s series producer Melissa FitzGerald.
If you like the these best bits but haven’t heard the full episodes, have a wander back and check them out. Or if you listened first time and liked them so much that you want to hear it all over again, give us another listen...
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episode 11: MEN'S HEALTH WEEK: Living with PROSTATE CANCER
Tony has lived with prostate cancer for 10 years and yet he knows very little about it. 1 in 8 men in the UK will get prostate cancer and the risk of getting it rises with age, but men can also be pretty rubbish at getting medical concerns checked out, especially down in the nether regions. In this special episode, made to mark Men’s Health Week, Tony is having a frank chat about prostate cancer - the most common cancer in men - with leading urologist Professor Hash Ahmed...
TRAILER: PROSTATE CANCER and S1 BEST BITS special episodes COMING SOON
As we reach the end of Series 1, Tony Robinson is pleased to announce a special episode on PROSTATE CANCER in partnership with Prostate Cancer UK to coincide with Men's Health Week PLUS a special episode celebrating the BEST BITS of series 1. Coming soon.
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episode 10: EP10: The National CENSUS 100 Years Apart
Tony is a self-confessed Census nerd and today he’s having a nose around the newly released data from the 1921 census, alongside data from the 2021 census, to reflect on the National Census 100 years apart: what it says about us and why it matters...
episode 9: EP9: Do our DOGS Really Love Us?
Tony really loves his dog Holly Berry, but does she really love him back? During lockdown there was a huge surge in the demand for dogs and the ‘pandemic puppy’ became something of a cliché. Now we are all going back to work, these dogs are being left home alone more often and the ‘post pandemic’ dog’s life is potentially very lonely...