Walking Through History: Frontline Dorset
05:00 am - 06:00 am, Monday, June 1 on Blaze (Freeview) (64)
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Frontline Dorset
Season 1, Episode 2
Tony Robinson embarks on an expedition along Dorset's Jurassic coast to explore the county's hidden Second World War story. Starting beside the defences on Chesil Beach, he heads east to finish in Swanage and Studland Bay. On his five-day walk he encounters stunning scenery and uncovers wartime acts of ingenuity and bravery. He also discovers the crucial part a swannery played in developing a secret weapon and reveals the role of Dorset in protecting Britain from invasion during the conflict
Education/Science/Factual Topics
General
Cast & Crew
Tony Robinson
(Presenter)
Philip Clarke
(Executive producer)
Simon Raikes
(Executive producer)
David Johnson
(Series producer)
Mike Wadding
(Producer)
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Did You Know..
Tony Robinson
(Presenter)
Born:
August 15, 1946
in
London
Best Known For:
Playing Baldrick in the Blackadder series and fronting Time Team.
Early-life:
Tony Robinson was born in Hackney, London, on August 15, 1946, and brought up near Epping Forest. His father was a civil servant and his mother took part in amateur dramatics. He caught the acting bug at the age of 12 when he landed the role of the Artful Dodger in a West End production of Oliver! After leaving school with four O-levels, he studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Career:
Robinson's first TV appearance was on the children's show Play Away in 1971, and he made his film debut in 1975, with a small part in the John Wayne movie Brannigan. He featured in Channel 4 satire Who Dares Wins in 1983, but his big TV break came that same year when he played Baldrick in The Black Adder, which ran for six years. In 1989, he wrote and starred in Bafta award-winning children's series Maid Marian And Her Merry Men. Five years later, he began presenting Channel 4's archaeology series Time Team and has since hosted The Worst Jobs In History and documentaries about figures including Macbeth and Boudica. Away from TV, he has toured the country with his one-man show and is a prolific children's author.
Quote:
'In the UK virtually all of our landscape has been continually worked and reworked by human beings for thousands of years. Our country is like a big trifle of history.'
Philip Clarke
(Executive producer)
Simon Raikes
(Executive producer)
David Johnson
(Series producer)
Mike Wadding
(Producer)
