Ghosts | Robin's Guide to the History of the World (Live at the Gillian Lynne Theatre)

📜 "A bit of war. Someone win, don't know who... Someone lose, don't know who..." Having died thousands of years ago, Robin has seen it all. From the Ice Age, to the invention of 'ele-trickery' and beyond, Laurence Rickard reads the caveman's guide to everything that has ever happened in the history of the world, from the BBC programme's new companion book: The Button House Archives.
An Evening with the Cast of Ghosts was originally broadcast on Sun 29 Oct live from the Gillian Lynne Theatre, in London.
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[@alyburr6645]

it's so so weird seeing Larry do the Robin voice without the costume my brain can't quite compute xD

[@robertk2194]

IKR it feels edited!!!

[@billswifejo]

I had to listen with my eyes shut 😂

[@kittycatcat89]

And in glasses

[@qtmelly2012]

Wow! I didn’t realise that Larry played Robin!! Robin……..my favourite character. ❤💐👏🏻

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Funny, he was often the wisest and most capable character too ...

[@LordHorst]

An audio book version of this read by the actors would be amazing.

[@baconmoop]

It exists! It’s on audible and it’s incredible.

[@HollyLou223]

It’s available on audible and it’s amazing!

[@ddhu5396]

Not in the United States sadly

[@thedylanbowen]

Larry: makes robin noises Crowd: goes crazy

[@amylucy2311]

It's like the opposite of "BUT NOT FOR LONG" just "Nuffin... nuffin...nuffin"

[@sarahglover3286]

Robin is Bob Hayle confirmed! 😮

[@oliviadaly4795]

​@@sarahglover3286always has been both Bob Hale and Robin are Larry aha

[@sarahglover3286]

@@oliviadaly4795 Are know they're both Larry but that's not what I meant. I'd love to see them meet!

[@LindaMChristie]

Robin is my absolute favourite. I'll miss him.

[@nicmarks1332]

The moon episode :)

[@richardenglish2195]

Me too. There's a real poetry to the character that I like; he's so wise and yet comes across like an over-excitable dog.

[@timber72]

Brilliant. Of course, underlying it is sadness. Robin was alone for a longgggggggggggggggg time. But, then, that's one of the reasons this was such an incredible show. People come. People go. Moonah ston always there.

[@Themaxdu1]

I know it's just fiction but i feel sory for Robin... specially when Mary "suckt off" and Robin was like "I been here long time" he looked so lonely...bravo to the actor.

[@miboogaroo]

Agreed. My fav character.

[@JavertRA]

I thought it was good that you start to see some of Robin's depths come out in the final series - particularly the French episode.

[@adennett86]

I shed afew tears during that episode

[@neil8238]

Of all the ghosts, it’s Robin I’ll miss most. I’m hoping he gets sucked off in the last episode, he’s been wandering around too long, the poor old soul.

[@adennett86]

I will be bawling my eyes out, sad and happy if that that happens

[@victoriagolmehdi8506]

If this does happen, then I hope they make another series that takes place wherever it is that they have been sucked off to.@@adennett86

[@Lukethefox]

I never realised that Robin & Sir Humphrey were played by the same actor. It explains why Humphrey is hardly seen with the other Ghosts.

[@glenmacnicol7825]

Also another guy in the basement.

[@Lukethefox]

@@glenmacnicol7825 The Peasants in the Basement were all the same actors so it was fun working out who was who.

[@tmac7547]

I already miss all these guys!! I absolutely loved the show, every character... I hope they find a way to bring it back somehow. Grieving the loss already.

[@vjc2270]

The city I live in (Hobart, Tasmania) has a suburb called "Moonah". I think Robin would approve.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

I still call Earth's natural satellite "Moonah"

[@aquariusbathandbody]

My favourite character is Robin, he's brilliant.

[@isobellea1540]

What a brilliant afternoon at Comic Con, and then the guys reading excerpts from the book at the Gillian Lynne Theatre was amazing 🤩 The way they just go straight into character is incredible and Robin's history of the world, well....🥰

[@barryp4700]

I love it! I had a vision of a more articulate version of Animal from the Muppets 😂

[@annetteerica1136]

Absolutely loved that! Robyn is my favourite character! The funniest. The craziest. The most lovable!

[@welshskies]

There could be a complete new series based on Robin meets the 21st century! A genius character. ❤

[@Twannnng]

Isn't that basically Cunk On Britain?

[@deborahwarren6710]

A brilliant idea whole series of Robin’s ghost in 21st century city life, genius

[@sheriffboss6544]

as a horrible histories fan i can keep up with almost everything . hh has informed the way i view history so the entire time robin would mention a king or a war i would view what ever they covered in hh in my minds eye. for the war of the roses i got a sped up version of the bob hale report queen vic as played by martha etc

[@RojamZane]

Robin - My favourite character... There's a whole Robin spin-off right there!!

[@cristianmiranda8637]

They need to bring this comedy to London theatres, it would be a boom.

[@doctormartha2008]

What an amazingly talented man! I absolutely love his facial expressions, lol. Even though he loses a bit of Robin's guttural voice sometimes he more than makes up for it with his intonation. I would like to know how he manages to do that voice and not make his neck and the rest of his body look all tense lmao Great great stuff

[@nikkimoore7654]

Love the "Saw first book" bit, had me in stitches.

[@WinterLove13]

Ahhh. I’m starting to miss Robin now. He wasn’t one of my favourites but there’s no one like him. Going to miss all his funny ways. (Love Larry though) 😭

[@rde4017]

"...more people come, village now, but all get coughs and scab and then, ha, no village anymore!" Bubonic Plague history in 7 seconds flat. 🤣🤣🤣

[@RIXRADvidz]

Robin's View of History. Genuine. Wholesome. nice tears in this Olde Ogre's eyes

[@megb7675]

now I want to hear robins voice say “……but not for long!!”

[@welshskies]

Robin is my favourite ghost!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@CountTentacula]

To be honest, I would’ve loved to have seen an episode featuring Robin and how everything appeared around him. It would’ve also been fun to have seen the other ghosts he met in all that time: Clarence, Godric, Elizabeth, and of course, William.

[@alixalixandra]

This is just the best. I'm loving the book, I can hear all the sections in the ghosts distinct voices, it's so brilliant that the team actually wrote it, it's just spot on ❤

[@AngelicusImmortus]

Awesome! From the get go, my favourite character.

[@romeaffair]

He's wonderful.

[@CatchingBulletsBondFan]

Robin is my spirit animal!!

[@elainepannell2858]

Now when I read it it will be in Robin’s voice! 😂

[@lindsaydrewe8219]

Oh Larry, such a talent❤❤

[@glenmacnicol7825]

Love Larry, because Robin is inside.

[@SueDenimDomDenim]

I’m going to re read the book in a whole new light 😅

[@oliverharris60]

This is fantastic 👌

[@emmyjo720]

Larry is Robin with a bit of Bob Hale here.

[@jomac6004]

We love u Robin. X 😁

[@safeerah_6690]

Love this!

[@copycat21c]

Love Robin. He da best.

[@celticfire99]

I love this so much

[@karenmpbrandon]

Love you, Larry.

[@lynndodson248]

That was brilliant 👏 amazes me how well you can switch to Robin .

[@heythisanimalcantalk]

he's so good at the voice hahah

[@annamcuthbert3993]

BRILLIANT

[@suzkent609]

So depressed it has ended, I can’t watch the final series - when I watch it, it will really be over. 😭 Like Lady B having some problems reading the handwriting in the Compaion book. That's my age - I need new glasses 😱

[@witness4Him]

Love the horrible histories team- watched them as my son grew up- then watched them in wondaland, then ghosts. Utterly brilliant, the innuendo was so funny. I will miss them, unless they do something else 😜

[@oliviadaly4795]

They've been working together and best friends for 15 years, they'll always do something together. I think they're coming up with new ideas. Larry and Martha are working on something and Mat's working on a comedy film and is Bottom in Midsummer Nights Dream this yr in Stratford-Upon-Avon

[@IngriddenDigre]

I'm not british, so I wonder who the King he's talking about (that he couldn't vouch for, that Julian says is 'almost funny'). I assume it's William I, though I can't make out what Robin tries to call him. Is it just funny, because Simon Farnsby is William I in HH?

[@NinjaSquirrel777]

There was a king called King Cnut (I think in the saxon times)

[@TheFashionablyDepressedBard]

@@NinjaSquirrel777 Or Canute, or Knut or Knud or Knútr. It's one of the scandinavian ones. He was King of England, Norway and Denmark. He died in 1030-somthing.

[@minanes6549]

Yeah. Canute. One of the Scandanavian Kings. Guy who was so fed up with his people asking for him to do the impossible he set his throne on the seashore. He commanded the waves not to come any further but the tide still came in regardless. So he proved to his people that some things were more powerful than human action.

[@GrrAargh1]

​@@TheFashionablyDepressedBardIt has to be spelled Cnut for the joke to work fully!

[@HollyLou223]

It’s a joke on the very easy way to accidentally misspell King Cnut - almost funny 😂

[@HN-kr1nf]

why does it have to be over 😭

[@winterlighthome]

Oh, poor Robin.

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

This is so so brilliant but can’t be good for the voice chords.

[@peggyaeschlimann4180]

That rendition of English history ought to be taught at school! 🤣

[@milnespetchristo1882]

Robin, you missed the first ( & 3rd) Lady King! (E1 & Ell)😉😮

[@lilymarinovic1644]

Not to mention a few other Lady Kings (Bloody Mary and Anne)

[@jb888888888]

Is this supposed to be some kind of magic trick? Six minutes of silence while the camera focuses on a microphone and a book kind of floating in air.

[@elaineb4490]

Why is a Larry so 🔥🔥🔥 dressed as Robin?

[@just-tess]

can I just say I really, really appreciate providing glasses of water instead of bottled! we need these guys around for a long time, keep the microplastics and toxic chemicals away from them!

[@drgonzo1985]

I already own the book. How do I watch the full show?

[@JohnVella1968]

Came here to ask the same question.

[@jonb3311]

Having nicked "elec-trickery" from Catweasel, why not use "telling bone" ?

[@user-kv1nj2kz6r]

Robin is my favourite character but hearing Larry talk in Robins voice is actually a bit weird!!!

[@SunnieGirl63]

How can I get that book?!

[@jazzkazz]

I'm in the UK and it is on sale at West Horsley Place where the house is that they use for filming, and if you buy it there the funds help with the upkeep of the house - but it's also on Amazon 🙂

[@SunnieGirl63]

@@jazzkazz I'm in the US. I looked on Amazon. Not there. I'll keep searching. Thank you!

[@chaosdream21]

​@@SunnieGirl63it's there now but about $50. Also on audible but only in UK. 😐

[@SunnieGirl63]

@chaosdream21 Yes I saw that it is indeed there now. Last I checked it was $42, not bad. There is a used one for $16 or so but I think I'd sooner buy new. Thank you everyone for helping me find where this book is!

[@marionbaggins]

Child/Teenage Me Loves Laurence Rickard as Bob Hale, Adult Me still Loves him as Bob Hale but recovered him and Loves him as Robin!!!

[@kellydalstok8900]

Which king does he mean when he says ‘Ctun’ and what’s so funny about it? I’m not English, you see, and English is not my first language.

[@CanadianTimeLord]

The actual name is Cnut (pronounced ca-newt), but it's "almost funny" because if you switch the middle two letters, it's a rude word.

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@CanadianTimeLord Thanks