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Tony Robinson: All men should spend two years in drag

Every heterosexual man should have to spend two years in women's clothing to show them a different way of thinking about the world, Sir Tony Robinson has suggested.

Eager to know why Manuel from Fawlty Towers had a moustache? The worst thing about being in Blackadder? Or maybe which actors had to bring their own clothes to film a hit pilot? The answers to these hot-button issues in Jo Brand's poorly disguised old-timey clip-show are perfectly pitched, provoking - if anything - the kind of weary, non-committal, slightly surly shrug that's engendered by watching the actual programme itself.

Brand presides over a genial half-hour of sitcom quizzery that sees team leaders Rebecca Front and Barry 'Mine's a Large One!' Cryer joined by Hugh Dennis and Tony Robinson for a trawl through some well-thumbed snippets from the BBC archives. Andrew Sachs and Ian Lavender deliver creaky old war stories and Cryer delves into his endless fund of Willie Rushton anecdotes, before a round where the guests all try on a variety of wigs puts the show out of its misery.

Brand and guests are very easy people to like, but this is the worst kind of filler; to damn it with even fainter praise, it's the sort of programme that Alan Partridge would consider 'classic broadcasting'.

Radio Times review

This is billed as a panel game but it's more of a parlour game - perhaps after a stodgy supper, given the pervading air of lethargy - in which four comedy stars flop out on sofas separated by a bank of TV screens from host Jo Brand.

Team captains Rebecca Front and Barry Cryer are joined by guests Tony Robinson and Hugh Dennis, who divulge a few of their own comedy secrets and answer questions that pop up on screen from the likes of Andrew Sachs, Lesley Joseph and Shaun Williamson. It's mildly amusing, but Jo Brand is always better unscripted.

How accurately does Blackadder reflect history?

As fans of Blackadder celebrate the 30th anniversary of the comedy's first broadcast, its stars Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson are recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Its fast-and-loose attitude to real events and characters is part of the appeal, but how close is any of it to real history?

Tony Robinson: Blackadder to Walking Through History

"It's entirely up to writers Richard [Curtis] and Rowan [Atkinson]. If they decided that they wanted to do another series [of Blackadder], I would definitely say yes"

Joe Pasquale: I can be serious too!

Joe Pasquale has revealed he'd like his career to follow that of Tony Robinson.

Tony Robinson: I've found the love of my life

Time Team star Tony ­Robinson says his new wife - who is less than half his age - is "the love of my life".

Tony Robinson marries partner

Time Team's Tony Robinson has married partner Louise Hobbs.

Horrible Histories review

In the first episode this Sunday night they manage to break down the entirety of the English Civil War into a three minute shell in front of a weather map. No intense detail of battles of scenes, no complicated narrative highlighting the political consequences, no Tony Robinson touching soil - just enough to get the grasp of what happened for any pub quiz or any trivial historical accusation against you.