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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, Ali
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Signup to Generate a PitchTony 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!
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast is hosted by Tony Robinson. The show has published 53 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Cunningcast S3 BEST BITS" (12 February 2026, 53 minutes), "Unravelling The DEAD SEA SCROLLS" (26 December 2025, 28 minutes), and "Who Wrote the BIBLE?" (18 December 2025, 64 minutes).
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 53 episodes.
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Tony Robinson hosts Tony Robinson's Cunningcast, a history podcast with 53 episodes published.
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Tony Robinson's Cunningcast
<p>Tony looks back at the best bits of Cunningcast Series 3 with series producer Melissa FitzGerald. </p><br><p>Series 3 features fabulous episodes about Stonehenge, Shipwrecks, Putin, Dogs, The Beatles, Sutton Hoo, the...
Episode #16
<p>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...
Episode #15
<p>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...
Episode #14
<p>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...
Episode #13
<p>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”...
<p>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...
Episode #11
<p>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...
Episode #10
<p>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...
Episode #9
<p>Tony is a great dog lover but sadly since he made ‘Do Our DOGS Really Love Us?’ In Series 1 he lost his beloved Holly-Berry, a rescue Westie. He has since tried another dog ‘adoption’ which didn’t work out so well...
Episode #8
<p>One of Tony’s favourite things going on at Sutton Hoo currently is the reconstruction of the world-famous Sutton Hoo burial ship which was discovered in Mound 1 in 1939 by the archaeologist Basil Brown. The ship is...
Episode #7
<p>Today Tony is digging up the secrets of Sutton Hoo, England’s iconic Anglo-Saxon royal burial site, with Professor Martin Carver, who led the 1980s excavations, and Laura Howarth, Archaeology and Engagement Manager...
Episode #6
<p>Today Tony is diving beneath the surface of one of history’s most enduring legends: Atlantis. Joining him are maritime archaeologist and bestselling author, David Gibbins, and the writer Damian Le Bas. A life-long...
<p>Tony has been lucky enough to dive all over the world, he’s even dived on the Titanic with the film director James Cameron. So today on Cunningcast, Tony’s exploring underwater history with David Gibbins, maritime...
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast
<p>🎙️ Tony Robinson’s Cunningcast is back, with new episodes dropping Thursdays…</p><br><p>Actor, presenter and author, Sir Tony Robinson is back with another series of his hit ‘history with a twist’ podcast...
Episode #4
<p>Today we bring you a bonus episode on Vladimir Putin, digging deeper into who he really is and what makes him tick.</p><br><p>Tony and his expert guests Mark Galeotti and Anna Arutunyan unpick the man from the myth...
<p>Vladimir Putin casts a shadow over our lives, but it wasn’t always that way, there was a time when the West was in love with Putin, so what’s happened? Today Tony and his guests Mark Galeotti and Anna Arutunyan...
Episode #2
<p>Today we bring you a bonus episode on Stonehenge, digging deeper into the mysteries of the world’s best-known ancient stone circle.</p><br><p>Tony speaks to leading archeologist Mike Parker Pearson and top geologist...
Episode #1
<p>Cunningcast is back and Tony is kicking off his new series with one of his favourite subjects, Stonehenge, where new discoveries show that once again this ancient site is throwing up new evidence. Tony has invited...
Tony Robinson's Cunningcast
<p>Announcing the launch of Season 3 of Tony Robinson’s Cunningcast on Thursday 11th September. Follow us on social media and wherever you get your podcasts to make sure you don't miss it!</p><p> </p><p>Series 3 will...
Episode #17
<p>In advance of the new series of his cunningly curated history podcast, coming soon, Tony looks back at the best bits of Cunningcast Series 2 with series producer Melissa FitzGerald. </p><br><p>Series 2 features...
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Deputy Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Science at The University of Queensland, Oakleigh Grammar, Australia
professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Religion, University of Exeter
author of John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs, Buried Under Beaufort
Professor of Veterinary Behavioural Medicine, 911 Buddy Check Project
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