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Kate Lonergan

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Tony Robinson & Kate Lonergan on making Maid Marian And Her Merry Men

The Blackadder star loved playing the villain in this Robin Hood spoof - but Kate Lonergan had to get checked for bites between shots as her yellow underwear kept attracting ticks.

George Bass, The Guardian, 28th February 2022

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

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

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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