Has anyone here seen the 50++ yr old British TV series: The Adventures of Robinhood?

I recently picked up the complete 1st season on DvD for $5 bucks at Wally-World. Oh course, this series is a "Public Domaine" series and the cheapo companies who are putting this series on DvDs-aint spending any money at restoring the series. The quality is fairly good-but someone needs to restore these.

Anyway, i've just finished the firs 12 or so episodes of this series last night, and found the series to actually be pretty good.

Richard Greene is Sir Robin of Loxley-I can't remember the name of the Lady who plays Lady Marion Fitz-something or other. This season apparently ran for five years-so-im looking forward to hoepfully seeing all episodes released-even if the quality aint first rate.

 

Dating myself.... Yes, I recall the series well- it showed here in the 60s, and I believe CBC probably aired it again after that.

I enjoyed it, and thought they did fairly well. Far, far better than the Kevin Costner movie. I've been a Robin Hood, as well Arthur/Merlin, fan most of my life so I'm probably biased!

If you are interested in Robin Hood, you might want to read about Hereward the Wake which may be who the Robin Hood legend really reflects.

 

A couple of links if you feel like reading up:

Hereward The Wake - Robin Hood Loxley outlaw legend Little John Hathersage Barnsdale Sherwood Nottingham Crusades

also: Hereward the Wake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and from Hero Myths of the British Race III. Hereward the Wake. Hero Myths of the British Race. Vol. III: The Age of Chivalry. Bulfinch, Thomas. 1913. Age of Fable

 

Hi Michelle, double thanks for both of your replies. I too have been a lifetime fan of Robinhood and Lady Marion. I too also couldn't stand the Kevin Cosner movie-nor "Men In Tights" either.

My personal favorites for these two characters are: Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland-in: The Adventures of Robinhood. Thanks to this movie, I also became a great fan of Basil Rathbone (Sir Guy) and Alan Hale Sr. as (Little John) This was one of my first 10 or so DvDs I bought. It would have been bought sooner than that but it hadn't been released yet-so I had to wait for the boxed set to come out.

Thank you again for the extra info, and I will be checking more into whats in the links you provided. A few years ago, I stumbled across a neat little website that talked about wheter or not Robinhood was a factual or fictional character. The site even showed a few pictures of old graves that had a headstone w/ Robinhoods name on it-and also showed one that had somebody elses name on it. Robinhood was allegedly based on that person buried there.



Argh, any Moderator listening here-please delete the first posting-it's double-posting again.

 

Hi Michelle, double thanks for both of your replies. I too have been a lifetime fan of Robinhood and Lady Marion. I too also couldn't stand the Kevin Cosner movie-nor "Men In Tights" either.

My personal favorites for these two characters are: Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland-in: The Adventures of Robinhood. Thanks to this movie, I also became a great fan of Basil Rathbone (Sir Guy) and Alan Hale Sr. as (Little John) This was one of my first 10 or so DvDs I bought. It would have been bought sooner than that but it hadn't been released yet-so I had to wait for the boxed set to come out.

Thank you again for the extra info, and I will be checking more into whats in the links you provided. A few years ago, I stumbled across a neat little website that talked about wheter or not Robinhood was a factual or fictional character. The site even showed a few pictures of old graves that had a headstone w/ Robinhoods name on it-and also showed one that had somebody elses name on it. Robinhood was allegedly based on that person buried there.

BTW, did you know that Alan Hale Sr. is the only person to have played the same character in a role in seperately produced movies from different studios. Once in the 1920's or twice in the 1930s? and a final time shortly before he passed away--which I THINK was in 1950??

 

yes I was able to see two of the early versions and like you Carl I remember as a kid watching the episodes you talked about as a kid, ah those were the days, times sadly too soon forgotten

 

Hi E, glad you got to see them. I heard about this series several years ago and even bought a CD that had it's theme on it-which always had me wondering how the actual series was.

IMO-nobody will ever come close to the Flynn/de Haviland team. The closist I've seen who was nearly as good as Flynn, was the Chap who played Robinhood in a movie called: A Challenge For Robinhood-which I saw played on HBO many years ago-on several occasions. ;-))

 

I remember seeing them on chidrens hour TV (5pm- 6pm ) on a 425 line receiver. Cannot remember if BBC or ATV. A must see for any kid in the 50s/60s.
If you are interested ,at that time, three other series were popular;
Ivanhoe with Roger Moore ( of Bond and The Saint fame)
The Buccaneers with Robert Shaw ( of Jaws fame )
Treasure Island with Bernard Miles ( a character actor best known for adverts forthe British Egg Marketing board. Please dont ask ,I dont want to go there)

I cannot imagine that the people involved would have dreamed that their TV work was still being watched and appreciated almost 50 years later In the USA.

 

It ran to 143 episodes

The Adventures of Robin Hood (an Episode Guide)

For those sad 50 year olds out there....
Robuin Hood
YouTube - Adventures of Robin Hood TV Theme Song (1955)
William Tell
YouTube - GUILHERME TELL - ABERTURA & ENCERRAMENTO
Ivanhoe
YouTube - Ivanhoe intro

Anyone got a link toThe Sir Lancelot themes song and Dan Tempest's 'The Buccaneers"
Lets go a roving, a roving,
lets go a roving and join the Bucaneers......

 

this one?



or this one?



or even this one?

 

Hi RHS, thanks for all of this info ;-)) As for Ivanhoe & Bucanneer-I haven't seen any of those yet. Im a big fan of Roger Moore as well as Robert Shaw & of British cinema for that matter. I never knew Treasure Island had been a TV Series? but recently I bought a copy of the Disney movie-which starred Sir John Mills (my all-time most favorite British Actor) Toshiro Mifune (as the Pirate Leader) who is my favorite Japanese Actor-and James MacArthur-later and best known as "Danno" on Hawaii Five-O.

I love the intro for Robinhood w/ Richard Greene shooting an arrow into a tree--simply classic, but not simple ;-))

 

M.Kenny, though we rarely agree on anything--thank you for these links. I greatly appreciate them ;-))

Best regards--Carl.

 

Skipper, you get a 10 out of 10 for this one ;-)) Also, if you have the time or ability to do do, i'd love to have the first color pic (w/ bow and arrow) made into an Avatar. If you can? i'll try to find something to send to you for my appreciation and your time involved. Also, I think it would make a great picture to have on a mouse pad.

 

No problem Carl. I will send it to you via email when it's ready , allow me a day or two I will visit my Panzer Grenadier IV friend tomorrow. Don' t worry about the appreciation, your firendship is good enough to make my day and I'd rather see someone with Robin Hood as an avatar than some dodgy SS guy

 

Thank you my friend-and I do agree that i'd rather see RH instead of an SS guy.

Thanks much my friend-and and also-for part of a future trade w/ you, I might have a "line" on a nice pair of WWII Majors Oak Leaves -these too are early ones-but don't come on a card like the others did. I'm currently still waiting for a call from the seller. ;-))