Anne Robinson
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Anne Josephine Robinson (born September 26, 1944 in Liverpool, England) is a British television presenter, most famous for hosting the BBC game show The Weakest Link. She also hosted the NBC primetime version of the show, though the syndicated version was hosted by George Gray.
She began her career as a journalist, and at one time worked for Robert Maxwell (whom she greatly admired) on the staff of the Daily Mirror. She began appearing on BBC television during the 1980s, on programmes such as Points of View and Watchdog. She caused a furor when she appeared on the comedy show Room 101 on 5 March 2001, and made derisive comments about the Welsh. The "dominatrix" persona she adopts for the purposes of The Weakest Link is her own invention. Currently, she also hosts the BBC's out-takes programme, Outtake TV, and the BBC's interactive quiz, Test the Nation, with Philip Schofield.
In 2001 Robinson published her autobiography, Memoirs of an Unfit Mother, in which she describes her former drinking problem.
She has one child, a daughter, Emma Wilson, who is a radio show host and has also hosted a game show on the U.S. Nickelodeon network. Her husband, John Penrose, is an avid reader of car magazines, which she calls "Penrose Porn".
Robinson appears in the 2005 series of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as Anne Droid in the episode Bad Wolf. She also hosts a satirical news-based chat show on BBC One from June 2005 called What's the Problem? with Anne Robinson.