Maid Marian And Her Merry Men - BBC1 Sitcom

TV sitcom
BBC One
1989 - 1994
26 episodes (4 series)

Ingenious re-working of the Robin Hood legend, placing Maid Marian as the real hero of the tale, and Robin as, actually, a bit of a wimp. Stars Kate Lonergan, Tony Robinson, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis and more.

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Maid Marian And Her Merry Men. Image shows from L to R: Barrington (Danny John-Jules), Little Ron (Mike Edmonds), Rabies (Howard Lew Lewis), Maid Marian (Kate Lonergan), Robin (Adam Morris). Copyright: BBC

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1989 - 1994

Channel

BBC 1

Episodes

26 (4 series)

Stars

Kate Lonergan, Tony Robinson, Adam Morris, Danny John-Jules, Howard Lew Lewis, Mike Edmonds, Forbes Collins, Mark Billingham and more

Writer

Tony Robinson

Director

David Bell

Producer

Richard Callanan

Company

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men sees a largely effeminate Robin led by the ever-wise and skillful Marian in revolt against the Sheriff of Nottingham, himself under constant order from the heartless King John.

The Sheriff is assisted in his terrorising the people of Worksop by slow-witted henchmen Gary and Graeme. From Series 2, King John also played host to his impossibly gormless and childish nephew, Guy of Gisborne, under threat from his fiersome sister, Guy's mother, Eleanor. It wasn't long before neither the King nor the Sheriff were sure if Guy or Robin was the greater foe!