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Robert Henry Robinson (17 December 1927 – 12 August 2011)〔(Telegraph obituary )〕 was an English radio and television presenter, journalist and author. ==Biography and career== Robinson was born in Liverpool 〔 the son of an accountant father, and educated at Raynes Park Grammar School and Exeter College, Oxford. He then became a journalist for the ''Sunday Chronicle'' (TV columnist), the ''Sunday Graphic'' (film and theatre columnist), the ''Sunday Times'' (radio critic and editor of ''Atticus'') and the ''Sunday Telegraph'' (film critic). He began working on television as a journalist in 1955. During the 1960s and 1970s, he presented the series ''Open House'', ''Picture Parade'',〔(TV Heroes: No. 39: Robert Robinson ) ''The Independent'' (London), Sep 12, 2002 by Gerard Gilbert〕 ''Points of View'', the leading literary quiz ''Take it or Leave it'', ''Ask the Family'', ''BBC3'' – including the discussion during which Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say "fuck" on British television (Robinson told Tynan that this was "an easy way to make history")〔''Herald'' obituary of Robinson〕 – and ''Call My Bluff''. In 1967 it was Robinson who presented the edition of 'The Look of the Week' in which classical musicologist Hans Keller was brought face to face with the young Pink Floyd. He wrote and presented ''The Fifties'' on BBC1. Robinson was the presenter of ''The Book Programme'' on BBC2 from 1973–80 and a number of spin-off documentaries, notably ''B. Traven - A Mystery Solved'' (1979). He wrote and presented several BBC1 documentaries under the title ''Robinson's Travels'', among them ''The Mormon Trail'' (1976), ''Cruising'' and ''Indian Journey''. In 1986 he wrote and presented ''The Magic Rectangle'', one of the BBC1 documentaries marking the 50th anniversary of television. On radio, he presented ''Today'', BBC Radio 4's flagship morning news show, and ''Stop The Week'', a fiercely competitive talk programme.〔''Skip All That'', p.221〕 Robinson fronted ''Brain of Britain'' on BBC Radio 4 for many years, but was replaced by Russell Davies during the 2004 series owing to illness.〔Paul Donovan ("Radio waves: Brain drain" ), ''The Times'', 9 September 2007〕 He returned to host the new series in 2005 until handing over the reins to Peter Snow in 2007. In September 2008 Robinson chaired the special ''Brain of Brains'' and ''Top Brain'' editions of the quiz and returned to host the series in 2008; Davies then replaced him for the 2009 shows.〔Paul Donovan , ''The Times'', 4 October 2009〕 In August 2010 it was announced that Robinson was to step down permanently from ''Brain of Britain'' to be replaced by Davies.〔Tara Conlan ("Robert Robinson quits Brain of Britain" ), ''The Guardian'', 3 August 2010〕 ''Private Eye'' used to lampoon Robinson under the nickname 'Smuggins'. In a sketch on the BBC's ''Not the Nine O'Clock News'' he was impersonated by an actor wearing a cricket box over his forehead. Robinson was also the subject of a sketch by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in the second series of ''A Bit of Fry and Laurie'', and Fry occasionally did an affectionate impression of Robinson when hosting the quiz show ''QI''. He was also lampooned by comedy duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb in the second series of ''That Mitchell and Webb Look'', where he was shown as the presenter of an early version of their fictional gameshow ''Numberwang''. He appeared in a ''Viz comic'' strip under the name Robin Robertson. He was the father of the actress Lucy Robinson.〔(Robinson, Lucy ) Film & TV Database, British Film Institute (accessed 6 Oct 2008)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Robinson (broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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