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Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast

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 history podcast, Tony is delving into weird and wonderful stories that grab his attention.He’s asking: Why was Stonehenge

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30:43

Reconstructing the SUTTON HOO SHIP

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/10/30

One of Tony’s favourite things going on at Sutton Hoo currently is the reconstruction of the world-famous Sutton Hoo burial ship which was discovered in Mound 1 in 1939 by the archaeologist Basil Brown. The ship is believed to be the grave of King Rædwald, the 7th Century Anglo-Saxon ruler of East Anglia.The Sutton Hoo Ships Company is a project based in Woodbridge, Suffolk, which is using an army of committed volunteers and some dedicated staff to reconstruct the ship, using the original

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49:05

Unearthing the Secrets of SUTTON HOO

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/10/23

Today Tony is digging up the secrets of Sutton Hoo, England’s iconic Anglo-Saxon royal burial site, with Professor Martin Carver, who led the 1980s excavations, and Laura Howarth, Archaeology and Engagement Manager at Sutton Hoo, National Trust.The 1939 dig by Basil Brown for landowner Edith Pretty, revealed the shape of a ship beneath a mound. It turned outto be a 7th-century royal ship burial filled with magnificent treasures: 'a poem written in objects', possibly belonging to King Rædwald.These

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26:22

The Enduring Mystery of ATLANTIS

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/10/16

Today Tony is diving beneath the surface of one of history’s most enduring legends: Atlantis. Joining him are maritime archaeologist and bestselling author, David Gibbins, and the writer Damian Le Bas. A life-long fascination with the Atlantis myth has shaped both their work.Together they explore the shifting meanings of Atlantis, from Plato’s parable to pop culture icon. They look at the political allegory of Plato’s story as a critique of imperialism, how Atlantis has been reinterpreted across

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57:48

In Search of SHIPWRECKS and SUNKEN CITIES

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/10/09

Tony has been lucky enough to dive all over the world, he’s even dived on the Titanic with the film director James Cameron.So today on Cunningcast, Tony’s exploring underwater history with David Gibbins, maritime archaeologist and author of A History of the World in 12 Shipwrecks, and Damian Le Bas writer, filmmaker and author of The Drowned Places.Together they explore how shipwrecks are time capsules that reveal human stories and global connections, from the Bronze Age Dover Boat to the lavish

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1:30

TRAILER: Season 3

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/10/02

🎙️ Tony Robinson’s Cunningcast is back, with new episodes dropping Thursdays…Actor, presenterand author, Sir Tony Robinson isback with another series of his hit ‘history with a twist’ podcast. Throughout the series, the ‘eternally curious’ Sir Tony combines his unique blend of wit, brains, and humour, with his passion for popular history to explore a new selection of his cunningly curated histories with a line-up of expert guests.➕ Follow Cunningcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get

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16:11

BONUS: What drives Vladimir Putin?

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/10/02

Today we bring you a bonus episode on Vladimir Putin, digging deeper into who he really is and what makes him tick.Tony and his expert guests Mark Galeotti and Anna Arutunyan unpick the man from the myth. They discuss how Putin is a pragmatic, cautious leader, shaped more by circumstance than by ideology, as Anna says, “he is very much driven by the needs of the moment, and this is why you'll see very different iterations of Putin throughout his rule. He was not always this quasi-imperialist that we

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59:49

Who is Vladimir PUTIN and what makes him tick?

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/09/25

Vladimir Putin casts a shadow over our lives, but it wasn’t always that way, there was a time when the West was in love with Putin, so what’s happened?Today Tony and his guests Mark Galeotti and Anna Arutunyan unpick the man from the myth.They discuss how Putin was shaped by a tough childhood in Leningrad, his KGB years and formative time in East Germany, how he rose through the political ranks in the 1990s as a ‘everyone’s favourite bag-man’, until he was hand-picked to be Yeltsin’s successor. At

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16:10

BONUS: Decoding Stonehenge

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/09/18

Today we bring you a bonus episode on Stonehenge, digging deeper into the mysteries of the world’s best-known ancient stone circle.Tony speaks to leading archeologist Mike Parker Pearson and top geologist Jane Evans about Stonehenge’s altar stone, once thought to come from Wales, which is now believed, through zircon analysis, to have originated in northeast Scotland, linking it to wider Neolithic traditions such as Orkney’s architecture and pottery. They also discuss how dating methods have

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44:03

We’re back with …. New Discoveries at STONEHENGE

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/09/11

Tony is back and he's kicking off his new series with one of his favourite subjects, Stonehenge, where new discoveries show that once again this ancient site is throwing up new evidence. Tony has invited his old friend, leading archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson, to discuss the Altar Stone's Scottish origins and its implications for understanding the monument's significance.Also joining the chat is top geologist Jane Evans, whose new research has revealed the fascinating story of an ancient cow's

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2:51

Cunningcast Season 3 TRAILER | Starting Thurs 11th Sept

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/09/06

Announcing the launch of Season 3 of Tony Robinson’s Cunningcast on Thursday 11th September.Follow us on social media and wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you don't miss it!Series 3 will treat listeners to brand-new episodes covering:·New discoveries at STONEHENGE·Who is Vladimir PUTIN and what makes him tick?·Uncovering the mysteries of SUTTON HOO·In search of SHIPWRECKS and SUNKEN CITIES·Who wrote the BIBLE?·Tony’s book tie-in special on ALFRED THE GREAT….And many more fantastic

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41:42

Cunningcast S2 BEST BITS

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2025/05/15

In advance of the new series of his cunningly curated history podcast, coming soon, Tony looks back at the best bits of Cunningcast Series 2 with series producer Melissa FitzGerald.Series 2 features fabulous episodes about Tattoos, Bones, Jelly, Magic, Cars, Beards, Bletchley Park, Hadrians Wall, Turnips, Dr Who and more with some incredible guests including:Alice Roberts, David Mitchell, Grace Neutral, Ben Elton, Annie Gray, Richard Curtis and Sophie Aldred.If you like these best bits but haven’t

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40:45

CHRISTMAS with CHRISTINA ROSSETTI - Re-release

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/12/17

Another chance to hear a Cunningcast Christmas treat: Tony reading his favourite poem ‘Goblin Market’ by Christina Rossetti. 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.In his electrifying reading, Tony captures all the magic and strangeness of ‘Goblin Market’, set in a fairy-tale world where a fraught encounter takes place between the two sisters Laura and Lizzie and a band of

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53:16

DEMENTIA ACTION WEEK: A Defining Year

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/05/16

To mark Dementia Acton Week, Tony is bringing you a special episode dedicated to the past, present and future of this difficult disease with his expert guest Fiona Carragher, Director of Research and Influencing at the Alzheimer’s Society. Dementia the UK’s number one killer, 1 in 3 people will develop dementia in their lifetime and yet most of us don’t know a great deal about it. But this is a defining year in the history of Alzheimer’s with two new drugs: Lecanemab and Donanemab which have been

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40:38

BEN ELTON | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/05/09

Ben Elton is on Cunningcast today. Ben was the co-writer on Blackadder Series 2, 3 and 4: they talk about Ben's comedy roots, working on The Young Ones with Rik and Ade and how Ben got the Blackadder gig via a near miss TV sitcom about Madness. They also chew over the highs and lows of working on Blackadder and how Ben and Richard Curtis created 'Adder speak'.Alongside Blackadder, Ben Elton cut his comedy chops on The Young Ones. He’s a stand-up legend on stage and TV and one of Britain's biggest

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1:09:07

A Cunning History of Dr WHO and the WHONIVERSE

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/05/02

Fresh off the back of celebrating 60 years of Dr Who last year and looking ahead to welcoming the 15th Doctor to the blockbuster show, Tony is joined by Sophie Aldred who played Dr Who’s assistant Ace and the writer, broadcaster and Dr Who superfan, Matthew Sweet. Together they look back over an incredible history of this abidingly successful show, sharing all the Whoniverse gossip from the very first episode starring William Hartnell as the Doctor; the cutting-edge soundtrack created by Delia

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48:11

A Totally Tremendous History of the TURNIP...

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/04/25

20 years after playing Baldrick, Tony is still stopped in the street and asked where my turnip is! Turnips made him famous, so today Tony is talking turnips in history: have they always been so unloved, a food fit only for animals and peasants like Baldrick, or is this a recent British bugbear? And when did the potato steal their veggie crown? Tony’s guests today are food historians Rebecca Earle and Serin Quinn alongside a chef for all seasons who loves to cook with turnips, Oliver Rowe.Hosted by

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23:34

HOWARD GOODALL | Blackadder: The Lost Pilot

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/04/18

Today Tony is talking to the composer Howard Goodall CBE, who wrote the now iconic Blackadder theme tune.Howard is one of Britain’s best-known composers of choral music, stage musicals, TV and film scores. He wrote the themes tunes for many hit comedy shows including Red Dwarf, Mr. Bean, The Vicar of Dibley, The Catherine Tate Show, 2point4 Children and Q.I. but like so many of the talent who worked on the show, it all started with Blackadder.Last year Blackadder turned 40, to mark the occasion,

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58:07

Building The Wall: An Enthusiast’s Guide to HADRIAN’S...

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/04/11

Marching 73 miles from coast to coast across the narrowest neck of England, Hadrian’s Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman Empire for nearly 300 years and yet there is still so much we don’t know about it: only 5% of the wall has been excavated and 7% is viable today. Tony is joined by leading archaeologist Richard Hingley and Collections Curator for Hadrian's Wall and the North East at English Heritage, Frances McIntosh, to give him the low down on how and why Hadrian’s Wall was built, by

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54:51

BLETCHLEY PARK: Codebreaking Then and Now

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/04/04

Passwords and codes are something we take for granted in the digital age, but this is such a new development and today Tony is going back to a time when making and breaking codes was an almost exclusively high-level military activity: most famously done behind closed doors by the brains at Bletchley Park. He is joined by two people who are giving him the long view on codes and codebreaking: the Bletchley Park military historian David Kenyon and the Chief Information Security Officer at the BBC,

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45:06

A Fan-tash-tic History of FACIAL HAIR

Tony Robinson"s Cunningcast ·

2024/03/28

Men’s facial hair is very prone to fashions: moustaches and beards are back in, but why is that and what sparks bread trends and facial hair fashions? To help him find out, Tony has invited ‘beard’ historian Alun Withey and male grooming influencer Robin James | Man For Himself. They discuss 17th Century notions of facial hair as a waste product; through barber-surgeons and early shaving practices; powdered wigs; the Victorian beard movement; King Camp Gillett’s safely razor; the First World War

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