Anne Robinson

Anne Josephine Robinson ( born September 26, 1944 in Crosby ) is a British journalist and television presenter. She is known primarily as a quiz show host of the show The Weakest Link.

Life

Robinson's father was a teacher, her mother came from Ireland, where she ran a market stall. Robinson grew up in Crosby Beach and attended boarding school in Hampshire.

Newspaper

After school, Robinson first worked for a news agency and graduated in 1967 as an intern at the Daily Mail. When she with Charlie Wilson, the deputy editor, entered into a liaison and this eventually married in 1968, she had to leave the newspaper and moved to The Sunday Times. Their marriage, which became a subsidiary of the 1970s, was again divorced in 1973 after it had come to destruction because of Robinson's alcoholism. In December 1978, she announced at the Sunday Times and retired to Crosby Beach to recover from their illness can.

Following, she worked for the Liverpool Echo, until it began again in 1980 at the Daily Mirror. There she worked as a columnist and editorial assistant. On November 14 1982 she attended a dinner hosted by the Queen, in which she realized that Diana delayed. Robinson's investigation revealed that the princess suffered from an eating disorder, which was a few days later in an article published. Under pressure from Michael Shay, the press secretary of Buckingham Palace, it was then removed from the service.

TV

Since 1982, Robinson is dedicated to the television. First, she was seen as an occasional panelist in Question Time. From 1986, she represented Barry Took as head of mission Points of View, if this was not available; 1988 to 1999 she took over the post permanently. In the years 1993 to 2001, she hosted the consumer watchdog magazine.

Known to a wide audience, it was as the host of the quiz show The Weakest Link. In addition to the British edition of the BBC she was also host of the American NBC version. Trademark is her grim demeanor and their biting comments about the candidates (such as " Who is to insult to the British educational system "). Your slogan " You are the weakest link - goodbye", with whom she adopted the eliminated candidates, has entered into common parlance. Another trademark is the sympathetic - mischievous twinkle in his eye, with whom she ends each episode of The Weakest Link.