{"id":7613,"date":"2025-02-02T21:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T21:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/?p=7613"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:11:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:11:26","slug":"tom-rolinson-lands-role-in-top-cbbc-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wearedeeperblue.co.uk\/history-clone\/tom-rolinson-lands-role-in-top-cbbc-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Rolinson Lands Role in Top CBBC Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"66ee563d-c86f-4dfe-9454-b0c8961a7c55\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Tom Robinson, born on 25 May 1997 in <strong>Blackpool<\/strong>, is a television actor best known for his role as Ash Newman on the CBBC children&#8217;s series <em>4 O&#8217;Clock Club<\/em>. He grew up in Thornton and attended <strong>Cardinal Allen High School in Fleetwood.<\/strong> In 2012, he was selected from over 900 hopefuls to play Ash, securing a main role in the popular CBBC show.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson starred alongside Khalil Madovi in <strong><em>4 O&#8217;Clock Club<\/em><\/strong>, a series centred around school life and music, and later appeared in its spin-off series <em>The 4 O&#8217;Clock Files<\/em>. His character, Ash, was best friends with Josh and was known for his playful and mischievous personality, often getting into humorous conflicts with Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>His portrayal of Ash made him a familiar face among young CBBC audiences, and his work on <em>4 O&#8217;Clock Club<\/em> remains his most recognised television role.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"4 O&#039;Clock Club Series 2 Episode 4 Ice Cream\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C4hTYFiqj3E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Robinson, born on 25 May 1997 in Blackpool, is a television actor best known for his role as Ash Newman on the CBBC children&#8217;s series 4 O&#8217;Clock Club. He grew up in Thornton and attended Cardinal Allen High School in Fleetwood. In 2012, he was selected from over 900 hopefuls to play Ash, securing a main role in the popular CBBC show. Robinson starred alongside Khalil Madovi in 4 O&#8217;Clock Club, a series centred around school life and music, and later appeared in its spin-off series The 4 O&#8217;Clock Files. 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