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Anne Robinson

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Anne Robinson

Anne Josephine Robinson (born 26 September 1944) is a British journalist and television presenter, best known as the host of BBC game show The Weakest Link from 2000 to 2012, and again in 2017 for a one-off celebrity special for Children in Need. She presented the BBC consumer affairs programme Watchdog for a total of 15 years, from 1993 to 2001 and again from 2009 to 2015. Robinson hosted the Channel 4 game show Countdown from June 2021 to July 2022, taking over from Nick Hewer. She left the programme on 13 July 2022 after one year, recording a total of 265 episodes.

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Born
Anne Josephine Robinson (1944-09-26) 26 September 1944 Crosby, Lancashire, England
Occupations
Broadcaster, journalist
Years active
1967–present
Television
Points of View (1987–1997) Watchdog (1993–2001, 2009–2015) The Weakest Link (2000–2012, 2017) Countdown (2021–2022)
Spouses
Charles Wilson (m. 1968; div. 1973) John Penrose (m. 1980; div. 2007)
Partner
Andrew Parker Bowles (2023–present)
Children
1

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Preceded bySeries created
Preceded bySeries created
Media offices
Preceded bySeries created
Media offices
Host of The Weakest Link (British version) 2000–2012
Media offices
Succeeded byRomesh Ranganathan (2021)
Preceded bySeries created
Preceded bySeries created
Media offices
Preceded bySeries created
Media offices
Host of The Weakest Link (American version) 2001–2002 Served alongside: George Gray (2002–2003)
Media offices
Succeeded byJane Lynch (2020)
Preceded byNick Hewer
Preceded byNick Hewer
Media offices
Preceded byNick Hewer
Media offices
Host of Countdown 2021–2022
Media offices
Succeeded byColin Murray
Media offices
Preceded bySeries created
Host of The Weakest Link (British version) 2000–2012
Succeeded byRomesh Ranganathan (2021)
Preceded bySeries created
Host of The Weakest Link (American version) 2001–2002 Served alongside: George Gray (2002–2003)
Succeeded byJane Lynch (2020)
Preceded byNick Hewer
Host of Countdown 2021–2022
Succeeded byColin Murray

References

  1. BBC News
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3674020.stm
  2. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13174881
  3. "ANNE ROBINSON TO HOST CHANNEL 4's COUNTDOWN"
    https://www.channel4.com/press/news/anne-robinson-host-channel-4s-countdown
  4. "Anne Robinson to replace Nick Hewer as the new host of Countdown"
    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertainment/anne-robinson-countdown-host
  5. "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother by Anne Robinson" – Post – 11 November 2001 Archived 27 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine
    http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2001/11/11/story390682828.asp
  6. Mark Lawson Talks To..
  7. You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous
  8. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/profile-anne-robinson-annie-gets-her-gun-1170508.html
  9. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/columnists/anne-robinson-because-shes-worth-it-676138.html
  10. The Daily Telegraph
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090821143538/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/3292473/The-devil-in-Mrs-Robinson.html
  11. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/14/anne-robinson-interview
  12. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2002/jul/27/features.jobsmoney
  13. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/mediamonkeyblog/2011/oct/21/robert-maxwell-private-eye-invasion
  14. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cap-n-bob-we-won-t-hear-bad-word-said-against-him-9234391.html
  15. The Standard
    https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-prison-documentary-b942931.html
  16. BBC News
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2439213.stm
  17. Memoirs of an Unfit Mother
    https://books.google.com/books?id=MqwkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT217
  18. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/im-anne-robinson-and-no-messing-1268438.html
  19. "Search – BBC Programme Index"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20230308131059/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/100/20?order=first&filt=is_radio&q=anne+robinson#top
  20. Memoirs of an unfit mother
    https://archive.org/details/memoirsofunfitmo00robi/page/284/mode/2up
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