Christopher Robbie

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Christopher Robbie
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Christopher James Alan Robbie

(1938-05-30) 30 May 1938 (age 85)
Occupation(s)Actor, theatre director, playwright

Christopher Robbie (born 30 May 1938) is a British actor, television announcer, theatre director and designer, playwright and photographer. [1] He trained as an actor at RADA in London, and has had a distinguished theatrical career, playing the title role in King Lear when a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. [2] [3]

He has performed a one-man play about the life of Charles Darwin. Under the pseudonym James Alan he wrote the play The Sirens of Eroc. [4] As a television actor he appeared in the Doctor Who stories The Mind Robber (1968) [5] and Revenge of the Cybermen (1975), [6] as well as in The Avengers , UFO , Dempsey and Makepeace and One Foot in the Grave , among others. [7] As a photographer he has held exhibitions of his work. [8]

He is also well-remembered as an in-vision announcer for Southern Television. He announced on the company's final day of broadcasting (31 December 1981) and presented its final programme And It's Goodbye From Us ... [9] He announced, although less often, for TVS in the 1980s, and had stints in the announcer's chair at Associated-Rediffusion, Thames Television and Anglia Television.

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  8. https://showreel.thetvroom.com/talent-profiles/7563/robbie-christopher/
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