Robert Henry Robinson (17 December 1927 – 12 August 2011)[1] was an English radio and television presenter, game show host, journalist and author.
Robinson was born in Liverpool,[2] the son of an accountant father, and educated at Raynes Park Grammar School[3] in south London and Exeter College, Oxford.
During the 1960s and 1970s, he presented the series Open House, Picture Parade,[5] Points of View,[3] the leading literary quiz Take it or Leave it, Ask the Family,[6] BBC-3 – including the discussion during which Kenneth Tynan became the first person to say "fuck" on British television (Robinson told Tynan that this was "an easy way to make history")[7] – and Call My Bluff.
He wrote and presented several BBC1 documentaries under the title Robinson's Travels, among them The Mormon Trail (1976), Cruising and Indian Journey.
[10] Robinson fronted Brain of Britain on BBC Radio 4 for many years, but was replaced by Russell Davies during the 2004 series owing to illness.