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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 (age 81)Crosby, Lancashire, England
Occupation(s)
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
mw- Charles Wilson (m. 1968; div. 1973) John Penrose (m. 1980; div. 2007)
Partner
Andrew Parker Bowles (2023–present)
Children
1
Occupations
Broadcaster, journalist

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Preceded bySeries created
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Preceded bySeries created
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Host of The Weakest Link (British version) 2000–2012
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Succeeded byRomesh Ranganathan (2021)
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Host of The Weakest Link (American version) 2001–2002 Served alongside: George Gray (2002–2003)
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Succeeded byJane Lynch (2020)
Preceded byNick Hewer
Preceded byNick Hewer
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Preceded byNick Hewer
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Host of Countdown 2021–2022
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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.ie – 11 November 2001 Archived 27 August 2006 at the Wayback Machin
    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
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    https://books.google.com/books?id=MqwkDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT217
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  19. "Search – BBC Programme Index"
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  20. Memoirs of an unfit mother
    https://archive.org/details/memoirsofunfitmo00robi/page/284/mode/2up
  21. "Watchdog – Anne Robinson – BBC One"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140810033316/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3HJBdDxYHvxcfpwqQdtkFBb/anne-robinson
  22. "Anne Robinson on Princess Diana in Radio Times"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2002/10_october/radio_times_anne_robinson.shtml
  23. BBC News
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/1205551.stm
  24. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/feb/15/hunting.ruralaffairs
  25. "What are the rights of cockroaches?" Auberon Waugh, Fortune City Archived 26 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/waugh1.html
  26. "Anne told: You are the Weakest Link, Anti-Hunt Protesters Jeer TV Quiz Queen at Mock Game Show" 18 February 2002, Daily
    https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-82999959
  27. Memoirs of an Unfit Mother Archived 29 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200502/tows_past_20050215.jhtml
  28. Bad Wolf / The Parting of the Ways Archived 16 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
    http://www.drwhoguide.com/who_tv10.htm
  29. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/bbc-accused-of-institutionalised-homophobia-468079.html
  30. Female First
    https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/general/Anne+Robinson-3868.html
  31. BBC News
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7334297.stm
  32. Digital Spy
    http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a96692/anne-robinson-makes-blue-peter-star-cry.html
  33. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/may/11/anne-robinson-returns-watchdog
  34. "Anne Robinson to step down from Watchdog"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2015/anne-robinson-watchdog
  35. The Daily Telegraph
    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/30/anne-robinson-says-despair-fragile-modern-women-unable-deal/
  36. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/anne-robinson-sexual-harassment-modern-women-fragile-unable-deal-workplace-office-a8027201.html
  37. HuffPost
    http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/anne-robinson-accused-of-victim-blaming-as-she-bemoans-fragility-of-women_uk_59f704fae4b077d8dfcac402
  38. The Mirror
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-anne-robinson-confirmed-new-23503605
  39. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-61302972
  40. The i Paper
    https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/anne-robinson-you-be-the-judge-review-turns-true-crime-queasy-gameshow-3677677
  41. Radio Times
    https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/documentaries/you-be-the-judge-crime-and-punishment-explained/
  42. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/27/tv/for-young-viewers-shake-shriek-groan-till-the-goblins-go-home.html
  43. "Anne Robinson: The real Mrs Terrible" 17 October 2001, The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/anne-robinson-the-real-mrs-terrible-9223105.html
  44. The Independent
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090818145847/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/the-vodka-monologues-women-now-drink-like-men-but-we-dont-have-the-livers-for-it-421150.html
  45. BBC News
    https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7020980.stm
  46. Contactmusic.com
    http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/robinson-reveals-cancer-hell
  47. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-41565851
  48. Mirror.co.uk
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/anne-robinson-reveals-inherent-shame-11320614
  49. The Standard
    https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/anne-robinson-queen-camilla-andrew-parker-bowles-relationship-b1125346.html
  50. Saga
    https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/entertainment/anne-robinson-dating-andrew-parker-bowles
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