Review of: Robin Hood, BBC Drama Series

3/5 (minimum 1)

by tom on 29 Nov 2006

The BBC have tried to give the classic tale of Robin Hood a modern touch with this new dramatisation, and I'm not sure it works. There is none of the mystery of the 1980s ITV version (wonderfully embellished with spooky Herne the Hunter and the cheesey but memorable Clannad soundtrack), and none of the scale and swashbuckling of the Kevin Costner film. In fact, even the wealth redistribution element seems to have practically disappeared, leaving the squabbling between Robin, the Sheriff, and Gisburne as main focus of the action. Keith Allen's Sheriff of Nottingham is sneering, arrogant, and unpleasant, but has none of the menace of Alan Rickman's character in the Hollywood film. All in all it feels small scale, and almost rushed. I'll keep watching because I love the story, but it comes in a lowly third place after the other two recent efforts.

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Robin Hood, BBC Drama Series

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