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Tony Robinson's Cunningcast

by Tony Robinson

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About the show

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 built? What did the past smell like? 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? When did Jelly become a thing? Who wrote the Bible? Who is Putin and what makes him tick? No subject is off limits, because everything has a history. Along the way, Tony is joined by experts and special guests, including Miriam Margolyes, Stephen Fry, Raksha Dave, John Lloyd, Alice Roberts, Ben Elton, Grace Neutral and David Mitchell. So join Tony Robinson as he hosts his cunningly curated history podcast. New episodes drop Thursdays. Tony Robinson's Cunningcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow Cunningcast X | Instagram | YouTube @Cunningcastpod Host: Sir Tony Robinson X | Instagram @SirTonyRobinson Producer: Melissa FitzGerald X | @melissafitzg ----X---- If you enjoyed my podcast, please follow the show and leave us a rating or review. Thank you, Love Tony x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Latest episodes

Cunningcast S3 BEST BITS

February 12, 2026 · 53 min

Tony looks back at the best bits of Cunningcast Series 3 with series producer Melissa FitzGerald. Series 3 features fabulous episodes on Stonehenge, Shipwrecks, Vladimir Putin, Dogs, The Beatles, Sutton Hoo, The Bible and more with some…
Unravelling The DEAD SEA SCROLLS

December 26, 2025 · 28 min

In this bonus episode of Cunningcast, Tony Robinson is joined by biblical scholars John Barton and Francesca Stavrakopoulou to explore the Dead Sea Scrolls and what they reveal about the origins of the Bible and early Christianity. From…
Who Wrote the BIBLE?

December 18, 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

Today Tony is joined by an Anglican priest, John Barton, and an atheist scholar, Francesca Stavrakopoulou, to strip away myth and reverence and reveal the Bible as a messy, brilliant, centuries-long experiment in storytelling, belief…
Writing History: THE HOUSE OF WOLF

December 9, 2025 · 41 min

In this special collaborative episode, Tony Robinson sits down with Time Team’s Helen Geake for an immersive dive into ‘The House of Wolf’, his gripping new historical saga. Tony reveals how decades of archaeology, storytelling, and acting…
The BEATLES, John & Paul: Part 3 'The End'

December 4, 2025 · 41 min

The third part of Tony’s chat with The Beatles biographer Ian Leslie, exploring the emotional and creative partnership between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. They discuss how Lennon’s 1966 “more popular than Jesus” remark shook him, how…
The BEATLES, John & Paul: Part 2 ‘Love Me Do’

November 27, 2025 · 48 min

The second part of Tony’s chat with Beatles biographer Ian Leslie, exploring how John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s unique and complex relationship shaped The Beatles. When Tony first heard ‘Love Me Do’ he was blown away by the new sound he…
The BEATLES, John & Paul: Part 1 ‘If I Fell’

November 20, 2025 · 41 min

This year, alongside writing his own book, Tony was gripped by that of another writer - Ian Leslie’s ‘John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs’. Tony, who is a lifelong Beatles fan, has invited Ian onto Cunningcast to chat all about The…
When Did We Start Grieving for Our DOGS?

November 13, 2025 · 24 min

In this bonus episode, Tony and his guests the veterinary scientist Daniel Mills and dog historian Stephanie Howard-Smith discuss how our attitudes towards dogs, and mourning their deaths, have evolved. We hear about the dog paintings of…