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They should have ended it with the last episode of season 2. It was a perfect ending! The new Robin was not bad becouse he was so different from the first one and they had some really great moments, but he and marian yust hadn't the same chemistry and some episodes where simply ridicullus. Especially the one with the golem. To this point the supernatural aspect was toned down and oberall believable, it was more mysticism than magic, but in the last season it was blalantly obvious.

My friends and I would watch this show on Showtime back in 1985-1986 and it was great. Nothing is forgotten! This series shines even brighter when you think how every other Robin Hood show or movie, except perhaps the one with Patrick Bergin, have been so laughable. Richard Carpenter, I owe you one. The characters, the scenery, the actors (with the Connery exception), the music, the stories, all combined to create a show that still moves me to this day.

This was a terrific series and the definitive Robin Hood portrayal. It had Paganism fighting Christianity, as well as old fashioned Good vs Evil. A very romantic series that celebrated the English countryside as well as the Robin Hood legend. I was and still am captivated by the series. All the characters were young and good looking, especially Maid Marion! Hope to see it repeated on British TV soon.

I really loved this program. PBS aired it in the late 1980's in my region. Each episode was yet another battle of wits and strength between the merry band and (usually) Guy of Gisburne. Even so, they somehow remained fresh and engaging and surprising almost every time. I'm pleased to see that the series is now available on DVD in Europe. I hope it will soon be available in the U.S. as well.

I really wanted to like this show. Since boyhood I have thrilled to knights in shining armor. I wanted to like this show so much I made special trips to my grandmother's so I could watch it on Showtime, which we didn't get at home. The show did have some good moments. As an earlier poster noted "Nothing is forgotten" is a great line! Nevertheless, it always seemed to me that this show was at least a step too slow. But the episode that alienated me was the one in which Robin and the merrymen had to take the day off from fighting in honor of Hearne. The sight of Friar Tuck apostating to Hearne offended me, and I turned the show off midway, despite the fact that it was shaping up to be a faster/better episode, e.g., "If Sir Guy is starting to think, he could be dangerous." I never did go back to it.

When they replaced Robin with a block of wood named Jason Connery. Amazing that absolutely none of Sir Sean's talent passed to the next generation - but then Sean's brother Neil has even less talent (as any MSTie can attest to). Just rejoice at the first two seasons and forget that it went to a third. Oh, and Michael Praed went on to play Prince Michael on Dynasty (which the British pronounce "Dysentry.") 'nuff said.

Never jumped. I have the complete collection - released in the 90s by HTV on VHS video - and can state that this is one of the shows from my childhood that stays with me. Watch for stars in the early stages of their careers - apart from Clive "Casualty" Mantle, that guy that played Meadows in "The Bill", John "Bergerac" Nettles, and Rula "wife of Minder" Lenska. Well written, and prepared to wear its heart on its sleeve. I know that the historical details did, on occasion, leave something to be desired. If I was worried about that, I'd be watching the History channel. I was watching drama, and quality drama at that.

This is the best ever screen version of Robin Hood. It was never repeated and is top of my list of programmes which should get a complete rerun

ROBIN OF SHERWOOD was defective from the start but it got worse at the end of Season 1 and start of Season 2 when they switched Robin Hoods on us. Evidently Michael Praed was offered a chance at the big time, so he bailed out, and Jason Connery (son of you-know-who, who had played an old Robin Hood opposite Audrey Hepburn) replaced him. Now some other TV shows had simply replaced one performer with another to play the very same character (Lone Ranger, Bewitched, Roseanne, Buck Rogers, etc.), and some TV shows had gotten replaced characters with others of similar quality but different names (Perry Mason, Dukes of Hazzard, Mission Impossible, etc.). But here we had our noses rubbed into the fact that they were switching actors in the same role. The storyline was that Robin *of Locksley* was killed and somehow at that very moment another hero of similar strengths, Robin *of Huntington*, shows up to fill the vacancy! Jason Connery showed up on chat shows to say that this was "the other part of the legend" -- there NEVER was any such folklore! But the show had other defects. The writers knew a little bit about English folklore ... too little. They cobbled together stories that came from different eras and areas; somehow Hearne the Hunter, a bit of London legend mentioned by Shakespear, pops up in Sherwood Forest, about a hundred miles and two centuries out of his neighborhood. The swords of Weyland - a bit of Teutonic mythology - shows up for no good reason. Worst is the attempt to splice Robin with the story of King Arthur; the Arthurian legends had been revived a generation before the supposed date of Robin Hood as a Plantagenet ploy to bolster the notion of the divine right of kings. Arthur was an aristocratic hero, Robin Hood was a democratic hero - the two themes do not mix. There's a lot of other supernaturalism throughout this TV series -- Robin isn't so much the brave and resourceful hero as he is lucky enough to have friends with voodoo. This sours the whole ambiance of the story.

Came close to jumping when the lead actor (Praed) left to go on Broadway. But the standard of the third season, though lower, was still better than any other Robin Hood movie/series and far better than most 1980s television. Contrary to what a poster says above, this was not a BBC series. It was made by HTV, an independent ITV company, along with Goldcrest Films and Television, from 1983 to 1985. The Region 0 DVDs are excellent (need a PAL-capable TV set to play them).

Well, this show was entirely too short, that's for sure. It ran for 3 seasons, about 26 or 27 hour-long episodes. It was released by the BBC and aired sometime during the mid-80s. The show didn't really get "stuck" in that time period like so many shows have. It was sort of timeless in the idea the way it was written and acted out. Micheal Praed's hair and the music soundtrack (provided for the most part by Clannad) are really the telltale signs of its age. The sets and costuming were very realistic. The only part I would say that the show came close to JTS would be when actor Jason Connery replaced Micheal Praed's leading role. It really wasn't a direct replacement because Connery was brought in as a totally different character. However, the show maintained the charm and pace all through till the day it stopped being filmed. I still think they should either follow up on it or put the silly things out on DVD or VHS (NTSC version).

I loved this show, it is one of the best shows off all time...they didn't appear to be acting, there was real chemistry there. When Jason Connery took over as Robin Hood it came close to jumping the shark, but the writing was so good every episode is a classic!

I loved this show. I can't wait for it to come out on DVD, or even VHS - all the episodes! I think it came close to JTS when Robin died, though. To this day I can't watch that episode - I get too emotional. Great writing. Great sacrifice. And Michael Praed was the BEST in this role - not some weenie in a stupid feather cap, wearing Hollywood bright green, with 100's of followers somehow living in grandeur in a city in the forest. A small band, a family, really, brought the humanity of their situation to light. All the characters were real and down-to-earth. You could almost feel the anger and desperation of being a serf, of not being a free Englishman, but someone who had their rights and country taken away by foreign conquerors (Normans) and the lords of the land. I loved the honesty and feel of this series, and wish that they could have made more, with Michael Praed, of course. Nothing is ever forgotten.