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Encyclopedia > Anne Robinson
Anne Robinson
Birth name Anne Josephine Robinson
Born September 26, 1944 (1944-09-26) (age 63)
Crosby, Merseyside, UK
Statistics
Occupation TV presenter, Game show presenter
Gender Female
Spouse Charlie Wilson (1968-1973), divorced
John Penrose (1980-2007), in process of divorce[1]
Children Emma Wilson (b. 1970)
Ethnicity English/Irish
Net worth £60 million[2]
Notable credit(s) Watchdog (BBC)
Weakest Link (BBC - British version, NBC - American version)
This article is about the English television hostess. For the American actress see Ann Robinson.

Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26, 1944) is an English television presenter and television game show hostess who is most famous for hosting the BBC game show, Weakest Link which earned her the nickname, "Queen of Mean". She was also one of the presenters on the long-running British consumer affairs series, Watchdog, from 1993 to 2001. is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Crosby. ... A television presenter is a British term for a celebrity who is best known for introducing or appearing in television programmes. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... For other uses, see Female (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Weakest Link (early episodes had the on-screen title The Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... This article is about the television network. ... Ann Robinson (b. ... is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Quiz show redirects here. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who is known for introducing or hosting television programmes. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Weakest Link (early episodes had the on-screen title The Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ... Watchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK. It has had great success in changing the awareness consumers have of their purchasing rights and in changing policies of companies, closing businesses down and pushing for law...

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Biography

Born in Crosby, Merseyside, Robinson is of Irish descent.[3] Her father was a school teacher, while her mother Anne Josephine Robinson Sr. (nee Wilson), was a successful agricultural businesswoman from Ireland, where she was the manager of a market stall. When she came to England she married into her husband's family of wholesale chicken dealers, and sold rationed rabbit after World War II.[3] Raised initially at the family home in Crosby Beach, Anne attended the private Farnborough Hill School but was soon expelled, a Roman Catholic Convent Boarding School in Hampshire. Robinson was hired as a chicken gutter and sales person during the holidays in the family business, before taking office jobs at a clerical post at a law firm. The family spent their summers on holiday in France, often at the Carlton Hotel, Cannes.[4] For other uses, see Crosby. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Rationing is the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services: it restricts how much people are allowed to buy or consume. ... For other uses, see Rabbit (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline at Crosby north of Liverpool in the Borough of Sefton. ... Farnborough is a town in the Hampshire borough of Rushmoor in South East England. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... A Beguine convent in Amsterdam. ... A boarding school is a usually fee-charging school where some or all pupils not only study, but also live during term time, with their fellow students and possibly teachers. ... For other uses, see Hampshire (disambiguation). ... In the United States, a holiday is a day set aside by a nation or culture (in some cases, multiple nations and cultures) typically for celebration but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observation or activity. ... Carlton Hotel, Cannes The InterContinental Carlton Cannes is a 338-room luxury hotel located at 58 La Croisette, in Cannes on the French Riviera. ...


Early career

On leaving school, Robinson chose journalism over training for the theatre.[5] After working in a news agency, she arrived in London in 1967 as the first young female trainee on the Daily Mail. Robinson's mother's going away present to her daughter was an MG sportscar and a fur coat.[3] Robinson secured a permanent position as a result of scooping the details of the story of Brian Epstein's death from being a family friend of the Liverpool solicitor handling the legalities, offering him a ride to Euston station when he couldn't find an available taxi.[4] Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... Serge Sudeikins poster for the Bat Theatre (1922). ... Definition A news agency is an organization of journalists established to supply news reports to organizations in the news trade: newspapers, magazines, and radio and television broadcasters. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Daily Mail is a British newspaper and the oldest tabloid, first published in 1896. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Brian Samuel Epstein (IPA: ) (born in Liverpool, England; 19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was the manager of The Beatles. ... Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London and in the London Borough of Camden. ...


Her work was uncomfortable for her when she met and fell in love with the deputy news editor, Charlie Wilson, and the two got married in 1968 - he subsequently had to fire her as a result of the marriage. Robinson joined the The Sunday Times, and in 1970 the couple had a daughter (Emma Wilson), who is now a British radio disc jockey and has also hosted a game show in the U.S. on the Nickelodeon network. In 1973, the marriage disintegrated after Robinson like her mother became an alcoholic. That same year, both Robinson and Wilson initiated divorce proceedings. The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... A disk or disc is anything that resembles a flattened cylinder in shape. ... The racecourse in Chester. ... This article is about the TV channel. ...


In December 1978, she resigned from The Sunday Times and returned home to Crosby Beach to recover from her alcoholism. She then began working for the Liverpool Echo. Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline at Crosby north of Liverpool in the Borough of Sefton. ... The Liverpool Echo and Liverpool Daily Post are two newspapers published by Trinity Mirror on Merseyside in the United Kingdom. ...


First female editor

Robinson returned to Fleet Street in 1980, working for Robert Maxwell as columnist and Assistant Editor of the Daily Mirror from the week that the Falklands War started. She also wrote a column under the pseudonym of the "Wednesday Witch," in which she developed her vitriolic style.[3] Fleet Street in 2005 Fleet Street is a famous street in London, England, named after the River Fleet. ... For other persons named Robert Maxwell, see Robert Maxwell (disambiguation). ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a popular British tabloid daily newspaper. ... Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed... A pseudonym (Greek: , pseudo + -onym: false name) is an artificial, fictitious name, also known as an alias, used by an individual as an alternative to a persons legal name. ...


During her career as a newspaper journalist, she developed a flair for writing tabloid headlines. On 14 November 1982 Robinson attended a formal dinner attended by HM Queen Elizabeth II, at which she noted that Diana, Princess of Wales arrived late. Robinson asked the Mirror's Royal Editor James Whitaker to investigate, and after conversations with various sources including Diana's sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale, confirmed Diana was suffering from an eating disorder, named as anorexia in a scoop article on 19 November. As a result, Buckingham Palace Press Secretary Michael Shay rang then Mirror editor Mike Molloy to remove Robinson. Robinson was subsequently removed from the editorial rota, and was advised by Malloy to "...do more television petal, that's what you're good at."[4] Robinson some years later was told why she was removed, and it was subsequently confirmed some years later that Diana suffered from bulimia. is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... Princess Diana redirects here. ... James Whitaker (born 4 October 1940) is a British journalist, specialising in the British royal family. ... The Lady Elizabeth Sarah Lavinia McCorquodale (born 19 March 1955) is the eldest daughter of Edward Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, and his first wife, Frances (formerly the Honourable Frances Burke Roche). ... For other uses, see Anorexia. ... is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Buckingham Palace and the Victoria Memorial. ... Bulimia nervosa, commonly known as bulimia, is an eating disorder and psychological condition in which the subject engages in recurrent binge eating followed by feelings of guilt, depression, and self-condemnation and intentional purging to compensate for the excessive eating, usually to prevent weight gain (see anorexia nervosa). ...


Robinson has subsequently written a weekly column for a succession of other British newspapers, such as Today, The Sun, The Express, The Times; and currently The Daily Telegraph. Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom. ... This article is about a British tabloid. ... For other uses, see Daily Express (disambiguation). ... The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom (and the Kingdom of Great Britain before the United Kingdom existed) since 1788 when it was known as The Daily Universal Register. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ...


Television

Robinson began appearing on BBC television in 1982, initially as an occasional panellist on Question Time. From 1986 she began sitting in for regular presenter Barry Took on television viewers show Points of View, taking over permanently in 1988 for 11 years.[6] In 1993, she took over the presentation and writing of consumer affairs television programme Watchdog. She also presented a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 on Saturday mornings, which ran from 1988 to 1993. She returned to the station briefly in 1996, sitting in for Jimmy Young on the Lunchtime slot for two weeks. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Barry Took (June 19, 1928 – March 31, 2002) was an English comedian, writer and television presenter. ... Points of View is a long-running television show shown in the United Kingdom on BBC One, featuring the letters of viewers offering praise, criticism and purportedly witty observations on the television of recent weeks. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Consumer protection is government regulation to protect the interests of consumers, for example by requiring businesses to disclose detailed information about products, particularly in areas where safety or public health is an issue, such as food. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Watchdog is a BBC television series that investigates viewers reports of problematic experiences with traders, retailers, and other companies around the UK. It has had great success in changing the awareness consumers have of their purchasing rights and in changing policies of companies, closing businesses down and pushing for law... BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is by far the most popular station in the UK, reaching some 27% of the available audience in 2006[1]. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... There are a number of famous people of this name including: Jimmy Young (boxer) Jimmy Young (disc jockey) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


Robinson is best known for hosting the British version of Weakest Link. In the United States however, she's best known for hosting the NBC primetime version of Weakest Link, which has since ceased production. As a host, Robinson can appear very serious with a somewhat monotonous voice. In fact, it is one of her trademarks never to crack a smile, no matter how funny or friendly moments become on the game show. Comedian Rob Schneider, however, managed to make her smile after referring to her as the "sexy link" while a contestant on the show. [7] She has an icy, mysterious appearance and persona. Her usage of insults, zingers, caustic remarks and comebacks, as well as personal questions delivered to contestants, became infamous on The Weakest Link. Her repeated blunt utterance, "You are the weakest link — goodbye!" became a catchphrase soon after the show started in 2000. Her Weakest Link persona has been likened to that of Judge Judy. [8] Though comparable to Simon Cowell as well, Robinson is disliked by Cowell who commented in an interview "I hate her and I hate her show because it's just an act."[9] Asked by the Duke of Edinburgh to present some Duke of Edinburgh's Awards, she agreed subject to him taking part in the Weakest Link - the Duke declined.[10] In the US in 2005, she made a guest appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Robinson talked about herself admitting that she was an unfit mother.[11] Weakest Link (early episodes had the on-screen title The Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Quiz show redirects here. ... This article is about the American actor/comedian. ... This article needs cleanup. ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... For the person off screen, see Judith Sheindlin. ... Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is a British artist and repertoire (A&R) executive for Sony BMG in the United Kingdom and a television producer, more commonly known as a judge on television programmes such as Pop Idol, The X Factor, American Idol and Britains Got Talent. ... The Duke of Edinburgh is a dukedom associated with Edinburgh, Scotland. ... The logo of the Duke of Edinburghs Award. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is an American nationally syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ...


Robinson also hosted an episode of Have I Got News For You in 2002 where she was baited slightly by Ian Hislop because of her admiration for Robert Maxwell. The programme also showed a clip from a 1995 episode where Paul Merton made fun of her wink. Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show; produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been running since 1990. ... Ian Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is the editor of British satirical magazine Private Eye, a team captain on the popular satirical current affairs quiz Have I Got News for You and a comedy scriptwriter. ... For other persons named Robert Maxwell, see Robert Maxwell (disambiguation). ... Paul Merton (born Paul Martin 9 July 1957[1]) is an English actor, deadpan comedian and writer, who is best known as a panellist on the BBC TV show Have I Got News for You and Radio 4s Just a Minute, as well as Channel 4s Whose Line...


Currently, she also hosts the BBC's Outtakes programme Outtake TV, a satirical news-based chat show on BBC One called What's the Problem? With Anne Robinson, and the BBC's interactive quiz, Test the Nation. In 2006, Robinson was ranked number 46 in the ITV poll of TV's 50 Greatest Stars. She was also voted the second most terrifying celebrity on television in a 2006 Radio Times poll of 3,000 people.[12] For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 1. ... Test the Nation is a television programme, first broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom. ... TVs 50 Greatest Stars was a show shown on ITV on Saturday 9 September 2006, it was a countdown of the 50 Greatest TV personalities as voted for online by ITV viewers. ... Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...


She has also appeared on Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car, the segment of the motoring programme Top Gear on BBC Two. In 2005, Robinson voiced a robot version of herself in Doctor Who in the episode "Bad Wolf" — Anne Droid was a gynoid presenting a deadly future version of The Weakest Link, where the losing contestants were killed. She appeared in My Family as a special guest in April 2007. Star in a Reasonably-Priced Car is a recurring segment on the BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear. ... Top Gear is a BAFTA[1], Multi-NTA and Emmy Award-winning BBC television series about motor vehicles, mainly cars. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 2. ... This article is about the television series. ... Bad Wolf is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast on June 11, 2005. ... My Family is a British sitcom starring Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker that first aired in 2000. ... April 2007 is the fourth month of the year. ...


Robinson was spoofed on the television comedy impressions show Dead Ringers. Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Two. ...


Controversy

Robinson caused a furor when she appeared on the comedy show Room 101 on March 5, 2001, and made derisive comments about Welsh people. Comments such as "what are they for" were supposedly based on dislike for people speaking in Welsh around the market stall operated by her mother during her childhoodm. She was no doubt being racist to the welsh people when she said what are they for, this caused an out cry from the welsh people because she was deliberately provoking an argument that was ill felt by the rest of the country. After four senior officers from North Wales Police spent 96 hours investigating the issue,[13] she apologized for the comments and agreed to do promotional work for the Wales Tourist Board to encourage people to visit the country. This page is about the TV series Room 101. ... This article is about the day. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The Welsh are, according to Hastings (1997), an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language, which is a Celtic language. ... North Wales Police (Welsh: Heddlu Gogledd Cymru) is the Home Office police force responsible for policing the preserved counties of Clwyd and Gwynedd in north Wales. ... Visit Wales is an Assembly Sponsored Public Body. ...


In the same show she put comedian Ben Elton into Room 101 in protest at his hosting the Royal Variety Performance. She argued that he should be sent to the room "for being a total and utter hypocrite and going back on everything he stood for in the 80s and 90s". This despite the fact that she herself was a journalist on the left leaning Daily Mirror in the 1980s, but in 2003 she considers Margaret Thatcher to be the second greatest ever Briton.[14] Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, writer and director. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS (née Roberts; born 13 October 1925) served as British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 until 1990, being the first and to date only woman to hold either post. ...


Personal life

An admitted alcoholic,[15] she stopped drinking on 12 December 1978 after picking her daughter up from school and driving to a petrol station to buy a bottle of vodka.[3] Alcoholism is the consumption of, or preoccupation with, alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the drinkers normal personal, family, social, or work life, and may lead to physical or mental harm. ... is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Vodka bottling machine, Shatskaya Vodka Shatsk, Russia Vodka (Polish: wódka, Russian: водка) is one of the worlds most popular distilled beverages. ...


Robinson married journalist John Penrose in 1980, and the couple lived between houses in Kensington and the Gloucestershire Cotswolds, where they have a garden by Rosemary Verey.[16] On 30 September 2007 the couple announced that they were planning to divorce, citing "irreconcilable differences".[17] Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Kensington (disambiguation). ... Gloucestershire (pronounced ; GLOSS-ter-sher) is a county in South West England. ... The Cotswolds is the name given to a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, a hilly area reaching over 300 m or 1000 feet. ... Rosemary Verey (21 December 1918 in Chatham, Kent-31 May 2001 in Cheltenham) was an internationally-known English gardener who designed the famous garden at Barnsley House in the village of Barnsley, near Cirencester. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...


On 23 April 2006, the Sunday Times Rich List named Robinson as one of the UK's richest media personalities, worth £60 million (USD 112 million). She also appeared in the 2004 and 2005 rich list. is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 most wealthy people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989. ...


In 1996 Robinson was made an Honorary Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University. In 2001, she published her autobiography, Memoirs of an Unfit Mother, in which she describes her former drinking problem. Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is a university in Liverpool, England. ... Cover of the first English edition of 1793 of Benjamin Franklins autobiography. ... Memoirs of an Unfit Mother is a 2001 autobiography written by Weakest Link host Anne Robinson, in which she describes her former drinking problem. ...


See also

Weakest Link (early episodes had the on-screen title The Weakest Link) is a television game show which first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000. ...

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ http://www.socialbc.com/en/node/7831
  3. ^ a b c d e "Memoirs of an Unfit Mother by Anne Robinson" - Post.ie - November 11, 2001
  4. ^ a b c "You Can't Fire Me, I'm Famous" - BBC1, in interview with Piers Morgan - 7th August 2007
  5. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980809/ai_n14169184
  6. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980809/ai_n14169184/pg_2
  7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss7yCfnD7v0
  8. ^ http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7477969
  9. ^ http://www.post-gazette.com/tv/20020626idol3.asp
  10. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2002/10_october/radio_times_anne_robinson.shtml
  11. ^ http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200502/tows_past_20050215.jhtml
  12. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=410712&in_page_id=1766&in_page_id=1766&expand=true
  13. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=362800&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source
  14. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2002/10_october/radio_times_anne_robinson.shtml
  15. ^ http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health_medical/article1919125.ece
  16. ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19980809/ai_n14169184/pg_2
  17. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7020980.stm

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Anne Robinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (506 words)
Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26, 1944 in Crosby, Merseyside, England) is a British television presenter and TV host who is most famous for hosting the BBC game show The Weakest Link.
Robinson is of Irish Catholic descent, and attended a Roman Catholic Girls School in Merseyside.
Anne also was a guest presenter on the British children's magazine show Blue Peter during the 1970s.
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