Walking Through History: Smugglers' Cornwall
05:00 am - 06:00 am, Monday, June 22 on Blaze (Freeview) (64)
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Smugglers' Cornwall
Season 2, Episode 3
Tony Robinson takes a four-day trek along the coastline between Plymouth in Devon and Falmouth, learning about the thriving smuggling trade in Cornwall during the late 18th century. The area's tiny secretive harbours, beaches and secluded coves were ideal for illicit imports such as tobacco and brandy, and the business was so huge it threatened the national economy. Along his route, visiting such beauty spots as Lantic Bay and Polperro, he encounters all sorts of reminders of the trade and meets descendants of those involved
Education/Science/Factual Topics
General
Cast & Crew
Tony Robinson
(Presenter)
Philip Clarke
(Executive producer)
Owen Rodd
(Series producer)
Andy Robbins
(Producer)
More Information
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)
Owen Rodd
(Series producer)
Andy Robbins
(Producer)
