No Cunning Plan

From playing the Artful Dodger to turnip-loving Baldrick, Tony Robinson's extraordinary career has lasted over fifty years. Now he shares his best and worst moments in this funny and entertaining autobiography. He was terrorized by Steve Marriott, snubbed by Liza Minnelli and pushed into a stinking London dock by John Wayne. Nevertheless he went on to write and star in the much-loved Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and filmed four series of Blackadder. All this he describes with self-deprecating humour as well as taking us behind the scenes of Time Team, where he corrals a group of quirky academics hell-bent on digging up people's gardens in the name of archaeology. He also writes about his passions and commitments, his friends and family, and the sadness of losing both his parents to dementia. Never shying from the truth - whether it's the time he was caught peeing behind a tree at Buckingham Palace or was locked naked outside a theatre on the Who Dares Wins tour - No Cunning Plan is as honest and engaging as Tony himself.

Sir Tony Robinson is most famous for playing the role of Baldrick in Blackadder but he made his first professional appearance at the age of thirteen in the original stage version of Oliver! and went on to appear with the Chichester Festival Theatre, the RSC and the National Theatre. He wrote and starred in Maid Marian And Her Merry Men, and presented Time Team for twenty years. He has made numerous factual series, including The Worst Jobs In History and Tony Robinson's Time Walks. He is a multi award-winning children's television writer and has authored many children's books including the history series Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders. He has also written several books for adults.