Actor, presenter and author, Sir Tony Robinson is back with another series of his hit history with a twist podcast. Throughout the episodes, the ‘eternally curious’ Sir Tony combines his unique blend of wit, brains, and humour, with his passion for popular history to explore a new selection of his cunningly curated histories with a line-up of expert guests.
Best-known for playing Baldrick in the iconic show Blackadder, Tony Robinson has presented numerous high profile and memorable documentaries throughout his stella broadcast career, including a 20-year stint on Channel 4's Time Team, and most recently, Tony Robinson’s Marvellous Machines for UKTV.
Common to many of the projects throughout his career, is an unwavering passion for history, a thirst for seeking out knowledge, and looking at the past to understand more about the present and the world around us.
Produced by Zinc Audio, the audio division of leading integrated content company Zinc Media Group, Series Two of Cunningcast will treat listeners 14 brand-new episodes focused on a list of subjects curated by Tony including:
- What do BONES tell us about past humanity with PROFESSOR ALICE ROBERTS
- Harry Houdini to David Blaine: conjuring up the history of stage MAGIC
- Who built HADRIAN’S WALL and why?
- From aristocratic dining centrepieces, to kids’ party favourites – a wobbly history of JELLY
- How does the past inform the future of CAR engineering and sustainability?
- Dr WHO at 60: exploring the history of Britain’s most famous time traveller with Ace aka Sophie Aldred.
In addition, and following Tony Robinson’s special Blackadder 40th anniversary feature documentary for UKTV Gold, Blackadder: The Lost Pilot, four special Cunningcast episodes which dig deeper into the history of the iconic comedy show, will also be published during Cunningcast Series Two, featuring Blackadder writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, music composer Howard Goodall, and comedian and Blackadder superfan, David Mitchell.
Cunningcast Series Two kicks off with an episode about tattoos. They may be fashionable now, but it wasn’t always so. Tony is joined by tattoo experts Dr Matt Lodder, Senior Lecturer School of Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Essex, and tattoo artist, presenter, and influencer Grace Neutral to discuss where tattoos come from? What’s the history behind them? Where can we find the oldest tattoo? And when did the tattoo stop being taboo?
Tony Robinson says: "I'm delighted to be presenting another fantastic series of Cunningcast. It's a pure delight to be able to explore more of the wonderful histories of things that I am curious about with some of the smartest guests around, and some of my dearest friends”
Series producer Melissa FitzGerald added: “We’re busy building on the success of the first series and amping up production with lots more filmed content more interaction with the Cunningcast community, we can’t wait to share these episodes with Cunningcast fans”
Cunningcast is part of the Acast Creator Network and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and other popular podcast platforms from February 8.
