What’s That Coming Over the Hill?

So, last Saturday night we saw the showdown of the “Series Three Premieres” as BBC1’s Robin Hood was scheduled against ITV1’s Primeval, with the former just about pipping the dino-fest by a few hundred-thousand viewers in the overnights.  Slight cast changes (and new hairstyles) were common to both shows, with Friar Brother Tuck finally joining the not-so-merry men of Sherwood Forest to replace Will Scarlett who stayed behind in the Holy Land while the “next time” trailer introduced us to Kate, whoever that may be. Meanwhile, over in the ARC, a new security guy and a historian have

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Tags: Ben-Miller, Hannah-Spearitt, Jonas-Armstrong, Primeval, Robin-Hood, Sherwood-Forest, Tuck

 

Christmas Review #4 of 12

I have kept the faith with BBC1’s new interpretation of Robin Hood despite protestations from many sources who can’t bear to watch it.  It is one of the few screen “institutions” that regularly get re-invented (or “re-imagined” as we’re supposed to say now) to the degree that it has reached a cultural significance along with the likes of James Bond, Coronation Street, and, dare I say, Doctor Who.  So, there are a number of aspects to this show that can annoy people but they can be categorised

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Tags: Friar Tuck, Guy, Jonas-Armstrong, King Richard, Lucy Griffiths, Nottingham, Robin-Hood, Sheriff

Christmas Review #4 of 12

Debuting with a more than respectable 8m viewers and keeping 5m or 6m of them happy throughout its 13-week run, the latest incarnation of Robin Hood was a curious beast.  Trying to capture the newly formed family viewing slot of “Saturday at 7pm on BBC1″ it was roundly panned by critics to begin with but I felt quite comfortable with it all along assured that it would get better as everyone settled down.  By the time the final episode aired last week (the oddly titled “A Clue: No”)

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Tags: BBC1, Castle, Christmas-TV, Jonas-Armstrong, Keith-Allen, Marian, Nottingham, Period Drama, Richard-Armitage, Robin-Hood, Sherriff, Sherwood-Forest

Robin Hoodie

So, Robin Hood is back on Saturday evenings on BBC1 and The Other Viewer and I (and by all accounts, 8.2million others) merrily watched the unfeasably young Jonas Armstrong in the lead role attempt to lure another mammoth audience to the “Doctor Who slot” in the latest incarnation of this medieval tale. Series pilots are always difficult affairs as they try and introduce the characters, situations and settings as well as the general theme of proceedings, while at the same time trying

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Tags: BBC1, Doctor Who, Jonas-Armstrong, Keith-Allen, Period Drama, Robin-Hood