I've got a fantastic old book of Robin Hood. I'm reading it to a six year old Chinese boy..and its almost uncanny the effect it's having on him. He isnt only an outlaw, Robin, he IS a mystical character...a master of disguise in a way that's magical.."Robin carries many faces under one hood" as it says...

fiona beswick Bless you. Robin is magic.

@@N_0968 yes, I actually really think so.

Yes, exactly why I liked it.

I loved that series, especially with Michael Praed as Robin. The scenes with Herne the Hunter are among my favourites.

I have been a pagan my entire life, have studied the Old Ways, and this was the nearest I have ever seen to our beliefs portrayed onscreen. There is a Right handed path and a Left Handed path, which are curiously Opposite in Politics. There is no Good/Evil and you don't need some bloke stumbling about on a mountain with stones to tell you how to behave. You know instinctively. I don't need some 'God' telling me that if I shoot you I did a Bad thing, if I find you ill and nurse you back to health I was Good. It's a given. Governments exploiting you is Bad, which is what Robin was fighting against. Rich against poor.

@@hogwashmcturnip8930 im sorry what was that in response to?

@@hogwashmcturnip8930 and in regards to ''There is no Good/Evil and you don't need some bloke stumbling about on a mountain with stones to tell you how to behave. You know instinctively. I don't need some 'God' telling me that if I shoot you I did a Bad thing, if I find you ill and nurse you back to health I was Good. It's a given'' The foundation you stand on is that you know ''instinctively'' and its a ''given'', well if man is made in Gods image then it would be assumed those instincts and givens you have are God telling you how to behave. you were made in such a way that those things are instinctive.

@@jackp492 Fundamental Flaw there. I will leave you to figure it out. But here is a clue. What is 'God's Image?' is 'He' (Note) black, white, male female, gay trans? As we are repeatedly told it is He that immediately rules out 50% of the population. If 'He is black, there goes another chunk. And so on. I am fully expecting the rather childish " He is Everything' reply, but that is Not how you sell him is it?? God is Always depicted as a White hetero male. Christ is a Whit hetero Male, with Male followers. So that would imply that if you are not a white heterosexual male, you are incapable of doing all the 'good' things. There have been points in history when women have been denied souls. Only Now are animals being credited with them. The fact that Non white, non male people (and animals) do 'good' things Every day, without recourse to God telling them would make your argument invalid.

@@jackp492 Work it out. I think it is pretty obvious. Maybe your 'God' will instruct you. Seems like you need him to tell you everything else!

Pagans🔥👍

Oh so true

@@EngTech84 hard to belive it was only around from 1984 to 1986.btw the theme tune and soundtrack were performed by a trad IRISH band from Donegal in North West IRELAND called "Clannad" which means Family... They were all brothers and sisters, hence the bands name.

@@Kickback-dm7zt3 siblings and 2 Uncles actually. The 'uncles' were actually younger than the singer. But that is how it happens in large families. One of the uncles died a couple of years ago, and they are now on a retirement tour., after it had to be postponed dud to Covid. I didn' t know Ireland and Irish ad to be done in shouty Capitals. Silly me!

Watched this as a 12 year old when it was first broadcast at tea time on a Saturday. It left a lasting impression that's for sure. Especially series 2 which had some dark material for an early Saturday evening.

Yeah - it was(and still is) an amazing fantasy drama. I was always puzzled by the fact that it never got a repeat on ITV(only in the 2000s on ITV3), and of course Sky One showed it a couple of times. It was a big ratings hit - even competing against Doctor Who on Saturday night. Sadly - the production company(Goldcrest) ran into financial trouble, and that is why it finished after the third series(there was a rough outline for another series). It is in my opinion, the best dramatic telling of the Robin Hood myth ever put to screen. Notice how the 1991 Kevin Costner Robin hood film made use of a sarcen(much like Nasir in this series).

So must it be!

@@escapetheratracenow9883 Yes

Been better than the bullshitters who are self professed “leaders” nowadays

@@stuartcumings8026 yes indeed young Stuart 👏

He made Robin of Loxely dead..to be replaced

Definitely, I adored it and I live just over a mile from Sherwood Forest.

Nothing is ever forgotten.

Muy cierto,en mi país Colombia nos reuníamos con los vecinos para ver esa serie, tengo 43 años y siempre recordada las escenas donde aparece Herne

You lie!! Nigeria had a cult like followers for these series.

Nothing is ever forgotten.

Hope for Sri Lanka for better times.

And rare for an actor he could ACT noble ... honour could be portrayed on his face ..and he could portray love without lust without seeming cheesy..rare acting style ..he wasnt just handsome ..he was inspiring .. and you could feel or sense his honour in the character .. that was important. Yet he was real and grounded. Gentle noble and earthy. And yes very beautiful. Ethereal even... it was a love story on a spiritual level ... not lusty at all.

mine too,80s kids

It's a tv show. But whatever you are getting from it is You. listen to it. we need all the liestening we can get right now.

Akira, you seem to have a mystical connection with this show and the invisible spirit behind it.

I visit Nottingham a few times a year to see Nottingham Forest play. I like the city.

Yeah, Herne is a character from the Celtic Mythology 👍🏻

@@luisfernandolopezromero8066 No he isn't. Herne is first recorded in a play by shakespeare and has nothing to do with the celts or celtic mythology.

@@Locksley108Originally he was called Cernunnos.....Long before Shakespeare.

@@kylehorner8782 Give some proof for that Not every figure with horns is cernunnos. There's far more of a chance that herne was an anglo saxon figure more than he was a brittonic one

@@Locksley108 Herne the Hunter is a character from the 1602 Shakespearean play The Merry Wives of Windsor. He is a ghost who haunts Windsor woods in Berkshire. Because of the many similarities between the Celtic deity Cernunnos, also known as the Green Man, scholars believe that William Shakespeare used the Green Man as his inspiration for the spooky Herne the Hunter. Robin Hood is five centuries before Shakespeare so that is that!

@MacTire the son of Lir That's true and also if you listen, you'll hear a LOT of northern English accents. Manchester accent is the main one and it's not out of place at all with the celtic motifs.

@@crazywiener11 There's nothing celtic about herne the hunter

Herne isn't scary. He is part of the essence of Nature. He is the bringer of new growth after Winter. He is a balance. Between Life and Death, feast and famine; the turning cycle of the year. Justice and Injustice. The Green Man. Which is why he is used here. he is the representative of the poor ,the oppressed, the hungry. the respecters of the planet The elite don't like that. Which is why we have Christianity! Which serves the rich, the well fed and the oppressors! The people who kill animals for fun

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Try Blake's 7, which is actually Robin Hood in space....its just fantastic and the ending is just like Robin of Sherwood

I remember Crossbow during the 90's in Spain

@@SesameR7sh Great suggestion. Loved Blake's 7 and Space 1999.

Yes..Lord of the trees...Herne protect us

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