Maid Marian and her Merry Men

Maid Marian and her Merry Men was a UK children's television series created and written by Tony Robinson. It began in 1989 and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an incompetent ex-.

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UK - Children's television series - Tony Robinson - 1989 - 1994 - Comic - Robin Hood - Maid Marian - Merry Men

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The programme was much appreciated by children and adults alike, and has been likened to Blackadder, not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson, but also for its comic style. It is far more surreal than Blackadder, however, and drops even more anachronisms. Like many British children's programmes, there is a lot of social commentary sneakily inserted. Many of the plots included film spoofs, including Jurassic Park and '. There were also frequent references to ITV's Robin of Sherwood, most notably a parody of that series' Clannad soundtrack in the episode The Whiteish Knight.

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Blackadder - Tony Robinson - Jurassic Park - ITV - Robin of Sherwood - Clannad

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The show was such a success, there was an adaptation produced for the stage, a cartoon strip by Paul Cemmick (now available in book form) and the programme was repeated in 2001. In spite of this, only Series 1 has ever been released on video, although Tony Robinson has recently been enquiring about a DVD release.

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