Tony Robinson (Blackadder Baldrick)
Channel 4 Time Team in Oakham Rutland Photograph
Tony Robinson
Tony has been presenting Time Team for the last 17 years and has never missed an episode - in total that's almost two years spent of Time Team shoots! Perhaps most famous for his roles as a comedy actor he now presents series such as Man on Earth and The Worst Jobs in History. He first discussed the idea of making an archaeology series with Mick Aston in the 1980s when they met on a holiday in Santorini. A few years later the idea of Time Team was born and Tony presented the pilot episode back in 1992. Since then he's received numerous Honorary Doctorates for his work and has become president of the Young Archaeologists' Club.
Today he and the team started filming at Oakham Castle which is closed throughout filming.
I am in the process of sorting some very exclusive photographs.
The show is expected to air February 2013
Tony confirmed Phil Harding was in a very grumpy mood because he could not man the digger today.
All this was soon forgotten when I asked if he could meet Rose a charming young lady who had come to meet the team after school with her mum who is a good cook, at one stage of the conversation I thought Phil would be enjoying Roses mums sausage and mash.
He opted to visit the Lord Nelson instead.
Most of the team are staying in local hotels and were hoping Severn Trent Water had fixed the leak that has resulted in half of Oakham having no water for most of the day.
