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, 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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