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Studio One Radio Bristol (1975)
A40 Improvement Scheme (1974)
with Ceph Sitton (2006)
Green Ginger (1973)
Thymes Folk Group (1970)
with Cannon and Ball (1984)
with Richard Cowie (1964) |
LOUIS ROBINSON BIOGRAPHY BROADCASTING Louis attended the prestigious London Film School in Covent Garden in 1968. He was taught by some of the legends of the movie business including the directors Milos Foreman (Amadeus and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Charles Friend (Scott of the Antarctic and The Cruel Sea) and Ivan Passer (Intimate Lighting). He learned the art of scriptwriting from Jerry Wilson (The Lawman and Chato's Land). Guest lecturers included John Frankenheimer, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Alfred Hitchcock. Louis joined the BBC as a film editor in 1969, where he worked on dramas such as "Doctor Who", "The Onedin Line", "The Brothers", and "Doomwatch"; current affairs and news shows including "Nationwide", "24 Hours" and "Midweek"; and many magazine programs like "The Money Program", "Chronicle" and "Omnibus". For the Light Entertainment Department Louis worked on "It's Lulu", "The Dick Emery Show" and "The Morecambe and Wise Show". In 1975 he moved to radio, becoming a producer/presenter at BBC Radio Bristol. He stayed with Radio Bristol till 1982. In 1978 he was on the writing team that won the prestigious Sony Radio Award for Best Comedy Script of the Year. The satrical show"That Was The West That Was" also won the Radio & Record News Award for Best Comedy Show. During his period at Radio Bristol, he was nominated a total of five times for the Sony Award for documentaries and magazine programmes. He produced the station's country music show (presented by Kelvin Henderson) and the brass band and organ music specialist programs. His most important work was with the show for the Blind and Disabled "Guideline". His documentaries for Radio Bristol included "The Sound of War", "Them Days", "The Big Guns" and "The Man Who Was Frankenstein". In 1980 Louis spent a period of time with BBC Radio4 in the West, and for six months was program director for BBC Radio Derby. In 1982 he resigned from the BBC and transferred to commercial radio. His was the first voice heard on the Brighton commerical radio station Southern Sound as breakfast presenter. He stayed with Southern Sound for nearly two years. During his stay he also produced another award nominated documentary on the anniversary of D-Day. Returning to the BBC Television as a freelance in 1984, Louis became Program Associate on the hit TV family quiz show "Telly Addicts". He worked on the show from the pilot in 1984 to the very last episode in 1996. His association with presenter Noel Edmonds led to an invitation to join the writing team of the hugely popular "Noel's House Party". In 1996 Louis also joined the writing team of the TV game show "Call My Bluff" with team captains Alan Coren and Sandi Toksvig and chairman Bob Holness. He stayed with "Call My Bluff" for five years. In addition, between 1983 and 1996 Louis worked as a producer on BBC TV's "On Stage", "The Pamela Armstrong Show", while as a writer he was employed by "Noel's Addicts" (writing a weekly routine with comedy legend Willie Rushton) and the quiz show "The Entertainment Game" (with Kit and the Widow). His sitcom "Plaza Patrol' (with Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball) for Yorkshire Television led to the game show "Cannon and Ball's Casino" and writing the script for the comedy duo's spectacular Blackpool 25th Anniversary stage show. Other writing credits include "Cue Gary" (with Gary Wilmot) for Central TV and "The Freddie Starr Show" for Carlton Television. Meanwhile maintaining a presence on radio he hosted shows on BBC Radio Northampton, BBC Radio WM in Birmingham, and BBC Radio Cambridge. In 1995 he presented on BBC Radio 4's "Afternoon Shift". His interest in films led to two shows "Talking Pictures" and "At The Movies". Louis was also the producer of the traveling BBC Exhibitions Unit and wrote their feature presentation "The World of Television." Louis's work for R4 included the documentaries "The Island of the Living Dead" and "Unwarrantable Intrusion", short stories "Bill, Jill and Soda" and "Flip Fletcher and the Parcel of Dreams", and the radio play "Julie and the Prince". MUSIC Louis' musical career began at school in Harrow and continued to the present day. In the 1970s he was a member of the folk bands Green Ginger, The A40 Improvement Scheme and the Thymes Folk Group. They played at clubs and folk festivals in the UK and Europe and were regular appearances on radio and TV. Louis wrote songs for Fred Wedlock's appearances on Noel Edmonds Radio 1 Sunday show and for other folk artists in England. In 1984 Louis wrote a musical performed in Bristol by the Bristol Light Opera Company about Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In 1994 Louis joined The Greensleeves Theater Company for their tour of Canada with an entertainment entitled Brush Up Your Shakespeare. As a soloist he has been a regular on the folk scene in both the Uk and the USA with appearances on BBC TV and radio - highlights being Alastair Cooke's America and his own show Down The Club. Louis Robinson is still (!) a performing singer/songwriter and is based in Atlanta, USA. He teaches at Ragamuffin Music in Roswell, Georgia, and writes for HooferDoofer.com - a website dedicated to songwriting. He is a producer with All in All Productions and a member of the Atlanta Writers Club. |
