The Legend of Robin Hood (TV series)
Appearance
The Legend of Robin Hood | |
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Written by | Robert Banks Stewart David Butler Alexander Baron Alistair Bell |
Directed by | Eric Davidson |
Starring | Martin Potter Diane Keen William Marlowe John Abineri David Dixon Michael-John Jackson Paul Darrow |
Music by | Stanley Myers |
Country of origin | UK |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producer | George Gallaccio |
Editor | Peter Evans |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC 1 |
Release | 23 November – 28 December 1975 |
The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.
Plot
Robin has been raised as the son of John Hood, a groundskeeper, but learns that he is in fact the long lost son of the Earl of Huntingdon. He comes into conflict with a plot to replace King Richard I by his brother Prince John involving the Sheriff of Nottingham and Sir Guy of Gisbourne.
Broadcast
The serial was broadcast in the Sunday tea time slot and contained a surprising amount of realistic violence including a scene where the disabled Ralph Gammon and the adolescent Much are hanged by a misled lynch mob.
Cast
- Robin Hood - Martin Potter
- Lady Marion - Diane Keen
- Sir Kenneth Neston - John Abineri
- Sir Guy of Gisbourne - William Marlowe
- Sheriff of Nottingham - Paul Darrow
- Richard I - Michael-John Jackson
- Prince John - David Dixon
External links
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- BBC television dramas
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- Period television series
- 1975 British television series debuts
- 1975 British television series endings
- 1970s British television miniseries
- British drama television series
- British adventure television series
- English-language television programs
- Cultural depictions of Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Films scored by Stanley Myers
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