Ted Robinson is an Australian
television producer
A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of a television show, television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television networks, but upon acce ...
and
director
Director may refer to:
Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''D ...
, best known for his work as a director and producer of live TV comedy.
Career
Ted Robinson began his TV career at the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is ...
, working on ''
The Aunty Jack Show
''The Aunty Jack Show'' is a Logie Award-winning Australian television comedy series that ran from 1972 to 1973. Produced by and broadcast on ABC-TV, the series attained an instant cult status that persists to the present day.
The lead chara ...
'', under the tutelage of series director
Maurice M. Murphy. His TV directorial debut was in 1973, with the ABC sitcom ''
Our Man in the Company''. In 1974 he took over from Murphy as director of the two Aunty Jack spinoff series, ''
Wollongong the Brave
Aunty Jack's ''Wollongong the Brave'' is a collection of four comedy specials derived from the Australian television series, ''The Aunty Jack Show''. The fourth and final episode was the precursor to ''The Norman Gunston Show''. The episodes wer ...
'' and ''
Flash Nick from Jindavik''. During the late 1970s he also co-hosted a regular radio show on
Double Jay (2JJ) in Sydney, with actor
Lex Marinos
Alexander Francis Marinos (1 February 194913 September 2024) was an Australian actor and television director, radio personality and voice artist. He was most notable for his role as Bruno, in the 1980s television series '' Kingswood Country''.
...
.
Robinson went on to produce and/or direct many landmark comedy series (mainly for the ABC) from the 1980s to the present, including ''
The Gillies Report
''The Gillies Report'' is an Australian topical satirical sketch comedy television series that was broadcast on the ABC between 1984 and 1985. The program was best known for sending up politicians and media personalities of the day such as Pri ...
'', ''
The Dingo Principle'', ''
The Big Gig
''The Big Gig'' was a popular Australian television sketch comedy music/variety series based on the British TV series '' Saturday Live''. It was produced and broadcast on ABC TV in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was produced and directed by ...
'',
''
DAAS Kapital'', ''
Live and Sweaty'', ''
The Late Show'', ''
The Glass House'', ''
This Sporting Life
''This Sporting Life'' is a 1963 British kitchen sink realism, kitchen sink drama (film and television), drama film directed by Lindsay Anderson. Based on the This Sporting Life (novel), 1960 novel of the same name by David Storey, which won th ...
'', ''
The Sideshow'', ''
Chandon Pictures
''Chandon Pictures'' is an Australian comedy television series that premiered on Movie Extra on 10 November 2007 and ended on 7 May 2009.
The series featured sixteen episodes and was a spin-off from a Tropfest short film produced by Rob Carlto ...
'', and ''
Good News Week
''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in ...
''.
Awards
Robinson won the
Australian Film Institute Longford Life Achievement Award in 2003.
Select credits
*''
After Marcuse'' (1985)
References
External links
*
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Australian television directors
Australian television producers
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