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Howard Lew Lewis

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80s comedy Chelmsford 123 revived as new audio series

Chelmsford 123, a late-80s Channel 4 sitcom set in Roman Britain, is being revived for a new 4-part audio series. The comedy was the first from leading TV production company Hat Trick.

British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2021

Netflix in talks to reboot Maid Marian And Her Merry Men

Tony Robinson has revealed that he is in talks with Netflix to reboot 1990s kids TV classic Maid Marian And Her Merry Men.

British Comedy Guide, 1st October 2020

Howard Lew Lewis 'killed by the NHS' claims family

Lewis died last week at Ellen's Glen House, a community hospital in Edinburgh but now the police have opened an investigation into his death after the family alleged that his medication was unexpectedly changed before Christmas. Debora Milazzo, 42, said: 'My dad was killed by the NHS. Justice needs to be done. My father kept so strong for so long and it was only the new medication that killed him.'

Rebecca Lewis, Metro, 28th January 2018

The Blackadder for kids that subverted a legend

Subversive TV is sometimes found in the least likely of places. Who would have thought that a children's sitcom from 1989 would upend the legend of Robin Hood so adeptly, casting Maid Marian as the hero and Robin as the thick, vain idiot?

Alex Nelson, i Newspaper, 25th January 2018

Maid Marian and Brush Strokes's Howard Lew Lewis dies

The actor Howard Lew Lewis has died at the age of 76, it's been announced. He passed away on Saturday.

Cult Box, 22nd January 2018

Revisiting Maid Marian And Her Merry Men

Tony Robinson's revisionist Robin Hood children's comedy series, out now on limited edition DVD, was a hoot...

Louisa Mellor, Den Of Geek, 22nd November 2016

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