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Robert Robinson has died

(August 2011)

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rob Founding member 13 August 2011 9:27am

Robert Robinson, the veteran broadcaster and presenter, has died at the age of 83.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14514388

Very sad news, he was a fantastic presenter.

MalcyB 13 August 2011 2:10pm

He had a very distinctive voice. On television he was the very first presenter of three shows that continued and came back in later years with new presenters, "Points Of View", "Ask The Family" and "Call My Bluff". a golden age of television.

RB 13 August 2011 6:49pm

He presented the Today programme for a few years in the early 70s.
Hard to think of him as John Humphrys or Jim Naughtie. The programme was different then.

Much more of a cerebral quiz show kind of chap. Brain of Britain and, of course, Stop the Week top his CV.