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> [The great countercultural movement that we all know from the mid-1960s was epitomised by popular music. But within a few years another shift happened: the birth of alternative theatre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/the-great-countercultural-movement-that-we-all-know-from-the-mid/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

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> [I have always felt that the rise of what became known as alternative comedy was born out of the loins of the alternative theatre movement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/i-have-always-felt-that-the-rise-of-what-became-known-as-alternative/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

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## More by Tony Robinson

> [The work that I do doesn't make me feel uptight, It energises me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/the-work-that-i-do-doesn-t-make-me-feel-uptight-it-energises-me/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [I believe that any politician has to be constantly challenged. It is very easy for the rest of us to seduced into thinking they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/i-believe-that-any-politician-has-to-be-constantly-challenged-it-is/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [I was an only child. Both my parents came from working-class families in Hackney, east London.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/i-was-an-only-child-both-my-parents-came-from-working-class-families/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [Ancient barrows get cleared away. Legislation is pretty much 19th century. Global warming means there is an awful lot of erosion, exposing new archaeology,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/ancient-barrows-get-cleared-away-legislation-is-pretty-much-19th/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [I didn't have much of a formal education myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/i-didn-t-have-much-of-a-formal-education-myself/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [If I go to posh parties, I hover by the kitchen so I can get as many nice canapes as possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/if-i-go-to-posh-parties-i-hover-by-the-kitchen-so-i-can-get-as-many/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [A lot of us saw Blackadder in terms of problem-solving - 'Did that work in that episode?' and so on. We were very picky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/a-lot-of-us-saw-blackadder-in-terms-of-problem-solving-did-that-work/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [Fifty one per cent of 'Time Team' viewers are not of my gender. And that surprised me, because I thought it'd be at least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/fifty-one-per-cent-of-time-team-viewers-are-not-of-my-gender-and-that/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [There are huge pluses in Scottish archaeology that you simply don't get elsewhere. Partly that's to do with the tragedy of the clearances, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/there-are-huge-pluses-in-scottish-archaeology-that-you-simply-don-t/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [I often get very tired but I'll just have a good sleep and a day off and then I'm fine to go again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/i-often-get-very-tired-but-i-ll-just-have-a-good-sleep-and-a-day-off/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [A naughty part of me thinks, how come Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry and Tim McInnerny have all done really good parts in a film,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/a-naughty-part-of-me-thinks-how-come-hugh-laurie-stephen-fry-and-tim/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [My job in many ways has been to navigate interesting routes around subjects people think are dull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/my-job-in-many-ways-has-been-to-navigate-interesting-routes-around/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [A lot of sitcoms don't last more than four series. You could say it's mystic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/a-lot-of-sitcoms-don-t-last-more-than-four-series-you-could-say-it-s/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [I don't know much, but nor do I have the intellectual straitjacket that a lot of people inevitably pick up at university.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/i-don-t-know-much-but-nor-do-i-have-the-intellectual-straitjacket/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

> [The confidence in my ability to be a performer, a steeliness about survival... I learnt all those things from my dad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-robinson/the-confidence-in-my-ability-to-be-a-performer-a-steeliness-about/)

[Tony Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-robinson/)

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