Sam On Boff's Island
''Sam on Boffs' Island'' is a British educational television series, made by the BBC, and aimed at developing the reading skills of 6- to 8-year-olds. First broadcast in 1972 as part of the ''Words and Pictures (BBC series), Words and Pictures'' strand, it was one of the first television appearances of Tony Robinson. Robinson played the character Sam, who is magically transported to Boffs' Island when he is eating his breakfast cereal in the morning. Each episode featured a 'real life' segment designed to encourage young children to read through storytelling. Other segments were animation, animated. The Boff characters are puppets, who were portrayed by several voice actors including Charles Collingwood (actor), Charles Collingwood. Miriam Margolyes (later to co-star with Robinson in ''Blackadder'') played Sam's mother. The Boffs were stop-motion animated except when they appeared simultaneously with Robinson, in which cases they were hand-operated. The scriptwriter for the serie ...
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Tony Robinson
Sir Anthony Robinson (born 15 August 1946) is an English actor, author, broadcaster, comedian, presenter, and political activist. He played Baldrick in the BBC television series ''Blackadder'' and has presented several historical documentaries including the Channel 4 programmes '' Time Team'' and '' The Worst Jobs in History''. He has published 16 children's books. Robinson, a member of the Labour Party, was knighted in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours for his public and political service. Early life Robinson was born on 15 August 1946 in Homerton, London, to Phyllis and Leslie Robinson. He attended Woodford Green Preparatory School and Wanstead County High grammar school.Wanstead High, history of our school
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