"Robin Hood" Will You Tolerate This? (2006)

Director:

John McKay

Writers:

Dominic Minghella (creator) and
Foz Allan (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Robin Hood" (2006)

Original Air Date:

7 October 2006 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Romance

Plot:

Robin, Earl of Huntingdon, returns to Locksley from fighting with King Richard in the Crusades, but England is not as he left it and all attempts to resume his former life are foiled by the Sheriff of Nottingham. |

Plot Keywords:

Castle | Male Female Relationship | Warrior | Archery | Sword Fight

Cast

Jonas Armstrong	...	Robin Hood
Lucy Griffiths	...	Marian
Richard Armitage	...	Guy of Gisbourne
Keith Allen	...	Sheriff of Nottingham
Gordon Kennedy	...	Little John
Sam Troughton	...	Much
Joe Armstrong	...	Allan A Dale
Harry Lloyd	...	Will Scarlett
Michael Elwyn	...	Edward
Mark Bagnall	...	Forrest
William Beck	...	Roy
Josh Cole	...	Hanton
Sean Murray	...	Dan Scarlett
Jonathan Readwin	...	Luke Scarlett
Josef Altin	...	Benedict Giddens

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Sheriff refers to robbing Peter to pay Paul. This phrase is actually about when funds from Westminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter) were used to pay for the construction of St Paul's Cathedral around 1560. Long after the early 13th century when Robin Hood was set. Also, the first reference in literature was in John Wycliffe's 'Selected English Works' in 1380.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Sheriff's Man #1: You know the law!
Allan A Dale: I know the law's an ass!

An appalling first episode.

I can clearly see now why Robin Hood flopped quickly. The first episode of it is probably the worst ever thing BBC has aired. The opening scenes were about as intense, meaningful and intelligent as two monkeys fighting, Robin Hood had no character, and the sword fight was just laughable. The worst part of the episode was Robin Hood snogging some cow clad in make-up at the beginning of the episode - how many people wore eyeliner in the 12th century? Nobody. The series may have improved drastically since then, but this first episode quickly put people's hopes down, and is essentially a pile of cr*p. A great hero of England has been disgraced.

"Will You Tolerate This?" I won't, that's for sure, unless the BBC start to understand what is a wise investment. 3/10