Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson, the series presenter, is probably best known for his role as Baldrick in Blackadder and as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Maid Marion and Her Merry Men, which he also wrote. He has a keen interest in history and archaeology – he is president of the Young Archaeologists' Club – and is particularly fascinated by ancient Greece and the biblical lands of the Middle East.

Tony Robinson answers some of our questions

You can dig up my garden any time: Interview with Tony Robinson in advance of the 2006 series.

Archaeology – it's the new rock 'n' roll! Interview with Tony Robinson by Sally Beck

Audio files

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Where it all began. Tony Robinson tells how he and a 'bespectacled Paddington Bear of a man' first came up with the idea of an archaeology series; how series producer Tim Taylor helped to turn it into Time Team; and what the pilot programme was like.

A dog-print in clay. Why Tony Robinson's favourite finds aren't the valuable ones.

'It's got to be around 30 AD.' Where Tony Robinson would go if he could travel in time.

'The real time travel is time coming to me.' Tony Robinson talks about the past coming alive in the present.