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Castaway's favourite
The Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
Composer: J.R. Robertson
Tony Robinson
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 03 Jul 2011
Actor, TV Presenter
Kirsty Young's castaway is the actor and broadcaster Tony Robinson.
His Baldrick to Rowan Atkinson's Blackadder turned idiocy into an art form and the series went on to become one of our best-loved comedies. The role changed his life but, he says, when he first saw the script he didn't think much of it: "It was only about eight lines of dialogue and none of them were funny - but it was with these incredible people. On the one hand, I thought what a lousy part and on the other hand I thought, I'd love to work with these people".
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