Ted Robinson began his TV career at the
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, working on
The Aunty Jack Show, under the tutelage of series director
Maurice M. Murphy. His TV directorial debut was in 1973, with the ABC sitcom
Our Man in the Company. In 1974 he took over from Murphy as director of the two Aunty Jack spinoff series,
Wollongong the Brave and
Flash Nick from Jindavik. During the late 1970s he also co-hosted a regular radio show on
Double Jay (2JJ) in Sydney, with actor
Lex Marinos. Robinson went on to produce and/or direct many landmark comedy series (mainly for the ABC) from the 1980s to the present, including
The Gillies Report,
The Dingo Principle,
The Big Gig,
DAAS Kapital,
Live and Sweaty,
The Late Show,
The Glass House,
This Sporting Life,
The Sideshow,
Chandon Pictures, and
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