Editing Tony Robinson (section)

===Early career===
After drama school, he spent four years in [[repertory|repertory theatre]]<ref name=CFTp1976>[[Chichester Festival Theatre]] programme 1976.</ref> most notably at the [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]] in [[Leeds]]. Robinson won an Arts Council bursary to work as a director at the [[Midlands Arts Centre]], [[Birmingham]], and founded the Avon Touring Company, a [[Bristol]]-based community theatre company, with writer David Illingworth.<ref name="CFTp1976" /> He played a small role as student doctor Grace in the 1972–73 series of ''Doctor In Charge''.

Robinson appeared in the 1974–75 season at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], as Angel Chicago in the [[Nativity of Jesus|nativity]] musical ''Follow The Star''. In the 1975 season, he appeared as Hovstad in [[Henrik Ibsen]]'s ''[[An Enemy of the People]]''. In 1976, he appeared as [[Feste]] in ''[[Twelfth Night]]'', and as Majorin in ''Monsieur Perrichon's Travels''.<ref name=CFTp1976 />

In 1972, Robinson starred in the children's educational programme ''[[Sam on Boffs' Island]]'' and was later a presenter on ''[[Play Away]]''.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/titles/playaway.shtml Cult Classics], BBC TV</ref> He also appeared in the award-winning ''[[Horizon (British TV series)|Horizon]]'' documentary ''Joey'', and in the title role in the [[BBC]] production of ''The Miracle of Brother Humphrey''. He also appeared in the film ''[[Brannigan (film)|Brannigan]]'' starring [[John Wayne]],<ref name=CFTp1976 /> in which he shared two speaking part scenes with Wayne, playing a motorcycle courier who is pushed off a quay into the Thames by Wayne. He was also one of the team in the [[Channel 4]] comedy/satirical series ''[[Who Dares Wins (TV series)|Who Dares Wins]]'' in the early/mid-1980s. He was also seen in ''[[The Rag Trade]]'''s 1970s reboot.