Singing Robbins' first released recording, in 1978, was the song
Tomorrow, from the musical
Annie. Robbins' first chart appearance was as a backing singer, along with her sister Jane, on the minor Top 40 hit "Lines" by
Liverpool group Planets, a spin-off from
Deaf School. In 1980 she and Jane represented the
United Kingdom in the
Eurovision Song Contest as part of the group
Prima Donna; they finished third singing the UK entry "Love Enough for Two". The following year, Robbins joined the cast of the ITV soap opera
Crossroads, Robbins wrote the first theme tune to
Surprise, Surprise performed by
Cilla Black. She sang the lead vocals on "
The Chicken Song" with
Michael Fenton Stevens, which reached number 1 in 1986. In December 2010, Robbins released her third album,
Soho Nights. She co-wrote the easy listening album ''We're Just Passing Through'', with broadcaster and journalist
Nicky Campbell, which was released in 2014. She played
Cilla Black in ''
Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1992), and voiced Princess Anne in Drop the Dead Donkey'' in 1993. Robbins was named "Best Supporting Actress" at the Angel Awards of the
Monaco International Film Festival in 2006, for her role as Kathleen in the low-budget British film
Fated (2005). She played Joan in
Sex Lives of the Potato Men (2004).
Radio During the 1990s, Robbins performed a number of different roles as both an impersonator and a singer in the BBC Radio 4 satirical comedy series
A Look Back at the Nineties and its sequel
A Look Back at the Future. Robbins took part in the original
BBC Radio 4 series of
Dead Ringers in 2000.
Live comedy Robbins was part of the
Grumpy Old Women Live tours in 2014 and 2015. ==Honours==