The Legend of Robin Hood (TV series)

For the 1968 American television film, see The Legend of Robin Hood (1968 film).

The Legend of Robin Hood
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 as Martin Potter
• Lady Marion as Diane Keen
• Sir Kenneth Neston as John Abineri
• Sir Guy of Gisbourne as William Marlowe
• Sheriff of Nottingham as Paul Darrow
• Richard I as MichaelasJohn Jackson
• Prince John as David Dixon

External links

• The Legend of Robin Hood at IMDb