Tony Robinson ‘thought those most at risk’ would have got cancer screening

Sir Tony spoke about his own prostate cancer diagnosis in 2023.

Actor and TV presenter Sir Tony Robinson has said he “thought those most at risk” would have been recommended screening for prostate cancer.

The 79-year-old was speaking to the Press Association after the UK National Screening Committee said in a draft recommendation that men with a known genetic risk should be screened for prostate cancer every two years, but testing all men was not advised because of the “harms” of overdiagnosis.

Sir Tony told PA: “I’m very disappointed, I didn’t really expect that all men would be covered by any new ruling, but I certainly thought that those most at risk would – black men, those with inherited risk, elderly people who have double the risk of getting prostate cancer as others.

“Seemed to