Maid Marian and Her Merry Men (1989)
Maid Marian and Her Merry Men
Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a British children's sitcom created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially musical 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-tailor. 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 more surreal than Blackadder, however, and drops even more anachronisms. Many of the show's cast such as Howard Lew Lewis, Forbes Collins, Ramsay Gilderdale and Patsy Byrne had previously appeared in various episodes of Blackadder alongside Robinson. Like many British children's programmes, there is a lot of social commentary sneakily inserted, as well as witty asides about the Royal family, buses running on time, etc. Many of the plots spoofed or referenced film and television shows including other incarnations of Robin Hood in those mediums.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Episodes season 0
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0x1
Maid marian and much the mini-mart manager's son
Episodes season 1
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1x1
How the band got together
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1x2
Robert the incredible chicken
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1x3
A game called john
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1x4
The miracle of st. charlene
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1x5
The sharp end of a cow
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1x6
The whitish knight
Episodes season 2
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2x1
The beast of bolsover
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2x2
The worksop egg fairy
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2x3
Little brown noses
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2x4
Rabies in love
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2x5
Rotten rose: part 1
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2x6
Rotten rose: part 2
Episodes season 3
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3x1
The big baby
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3x2
Driving ambition
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3x3
Keeping mum
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3x4
They came from outer space
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3x5
Robin and the beansprout
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3x6
The great mud harvest
Episodes season 4
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4x1
Tunnel vision
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4x2
Bouncy sheriff
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4x3
Raining forks
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4x4
The wise woman of worksop
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4x5
Robin the bad
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4x6
The nice sumatran
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4x7
Voyage to the bottom of the forest
