Ted Robinson (born 1944) is an Australian

television producer A television producer is a person who oversees one or more aspects of video production on a television show, television program. Some producers take more of an executive role, in that they conceive new programs and pitch them to the television net ...

and

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who is best known for his work and a director and producer of live TV comedy.

Career

Robinson began his TV career at the

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, working on ''

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'', under the tutelage of series director Maurice M. Murphy. His TV directorial debut was in 1973, with the ABC sitcom '' Our Man in the Company''. In 1974 he took over from Murphy as director of the two Aunty Jack spinoff series, ''

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'' and '' Flash Nick from Jindavik''. During the late 1970s he also co-hosted a regular radio show on Double Jay (2JJ) in Sydney, with actor

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. Robinson went on to produce and/or direct many landmark comedy series (mainly for the ABC) from the 1980s to the present, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Glass House'', ''

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'', '' The Sideshow'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Awards

He won the Australian Film Institute Longford Life Achievement Award in 2003.

Select credits

*'' After Marcuse'' (1985)

External links

* 1944 births Living people Australian television directors Australian television producers {{tv-director-stub