Robert's Robots
{{Short description|British children's TV series (1973–1974)}}
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| writer = Bob Block
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| director = Vic Hughes
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| starring = John Clive
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| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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| first_aired = {{Start date|1973|11|12|df=y}}
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Robert's Robots is a British children's television show that ran from 1973–1974 on ITV.The Classic Children's Television Quiz Book, {{ISBN|1907792570}}{{Cite news|last=Hughes|first=Kenneth|date=12 November 1973|title=LAUGH-IN WITH THE ROBOTS|page=17|work=Daily Mirror|issue=21717|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19731112/154/0017|url-access=subscription|access-date=13 January 2021|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Robert Sommerby is the inventor of the robots, and he lives with Aunt Millie.
Cast
The cast included John Clive as Robert, Nigel Pegram, Sylvester McCoy, Christopher Biggins and Jenny Hanley.{{cite web|title=Dial C for Chaos (1973)|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8430f601|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424211025/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8430f601|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 April 2018|website=BFI Film Forever|publisher=BFI|accessdate=24 April 2018}}
Episodes
=Series one=
- "Follow That Robot" 12 November 1973
- "Love at First Light" 19 November 1973
- "A Spanner in the Works" 26 November 1973
- "Dial C for Chaos" 3 December 1973
- "A Long, Cold Sommerby" 10 December 1973
- "Kill or Cure" 17 December 1973
- "Double Trouble" 24 December 1973
=Series two=
- "One of Our Robots Is Missing", 11 November 1974
- "A Full Head of Steam", 18 November 1974
- "I Spy with My Little Ear", 25 November 1974
- "Courting Disaster", 2 December 1974
- "Gastronomics Anonymous", 9 December 1974
- "Rampaging Robots", 16 December 1974
- "Santa Claus-Trophobia", 23 December 1974
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0337780}}
- {{British Comedy Guide|tv|roberts_robots}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSAI7IUuaGg Excerpt from episode 4 "Dial C for Chaos"]
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2015}}
Category:1973 British television series debuts
Category:1974 British television series endings
Category:1970s British science fiction television series
Category:British English-language television shows
Category:ITV children's television shows
Category:1970s British children's television series
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