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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The last four years of #RobinHood - #movies, #medieval #histfic, contemporary revamps and the further adventures of #RobinofSherwood and the #Disney Robin Hood: www.boldoutlaw.com/robages/mode...

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Richard Greene had its UK premiere on Sept. 25, 1955. It aired the following date on CBS in the U.S., but had already premiered in Canada on Sept 12. www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/gree... #RobinHood #50sTV #nostalgia #OTD

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I wondered why it was #BatmanDay today. It’s not Finger or Kane’s birthdays or the anniversary of the first published comic book appearance. But if any actor embodied #Batman, it was #AdamWest

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Steve Chung @freestevechung.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

is remembering actor Adam West on his birthday.

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy #BatmanDay! Did you know that Robin the Boy Wonder’s name and costume was inspired by #RobinHood? Or that the real Gotham is in #Nottinghamshire? Learn more about #Batman’s Robin Hood connections here: www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #DCComics #comicbooks #visitnotts

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The first decisive literary reference to #RobinHood came in 1377. The Peasants Revolt depicted in #TheUprising took place in 1381. Stephen Basdeo has written about the fictional afterlives of both Wat Tyler and Robin Hood. Read the interview here: www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/steph... #medieval

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A very happy 60th anniversary to #StarTrek. I review the #RobinHood episode Qpid here: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/gues... #StarTrek60 #StarTrekDay

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Richard Greene (Aug. 25, 1918 - June 1, 1985) starred as #RobinHood in the 1950s international TV hit The Adventures of Robin Hood. He was one of the most iconic versions of the outlaw hero. Check out this link: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/gree... for more info. #BOTD #tv #50stv #RichardGreene

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Anyone else enjoying #Lanterns? Check out this interview with #DCComics artist Neal Adams on the creation of #GreenLantern John Stewart: www.boldoutlaw.com/greenarrow/n... Audio is Neal Adams summarizing to his requirements for the character

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Sir Walter Scott (Aug. 15, 1771 - Sept. 21, 1832). His 1819 novel #Ivanhoe featured Robin Hood (Locksley) as a supporting character. Scott’s novel set the template for the modern #RobinHood legend. #BOTD (More info: www.boldoutlaw.com/robages/robi... ) #SirWalterScott

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Richard Carpenter (Aug. 14, 1929 - Feb. 26, 2012) - The creator of Robin of Sherwood, Catweazle, Dick Turpin and many other shows. I interviewed him in 1998: www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/richc... A true legend #BOTD #RobinofSherwood #NothingsForgotten #80sTV #BritishTV #RobinHood #Catweazle

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A double #RobinHood birthday shout-out to Anjali Jay who played Djaq, one of the highlights of the 2006 TV series, and to the legendary Robert Shaw (1927-1978) who made a great Sheriff of Nottingham in 1976’s Robin and Marian. #AnjaliJay #RobertShaw #BOTD #movies #TV #RobinHood

Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Learn about the earliest #medieval Robin Hood ballads and how the legend is both similar and different from today: www.boldoutlaw.com/robages/robi... #FolkloreThursday #RobinHood

Robin Hood woodcut from medieval ballad - on a horse

Comparing the green clad hunters of Livre de chasse to the dark-hued characters of modern film

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I knew this announcement was likely to come in my lifetime. Thanks for the memories. The #MajorOak will be ever green in my mind. #SherwoodForest #RobinHood

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Wolfshead Through the Ages: The History of Robin Hood has been fully updated. boldoutlaw.com/robages/ Follow #RobinHood from the #medieval ballads and plays to the latest movies #HeWasAHero #TheDeathofRobinHood

Cover to 1560s printing of the Gest and Robin Hood play

Cover to Anthony Munday’s Elizabethan play that made Robin an earl

Robin Hood by Howard Pyle in 1883 classic children’s book

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Amazing actor on so many things such as #Buffy and as the baddie on the first #RobinofSherwood audio drama

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

If you want fiction that looks at the medieval #RobinHood with a critical eye, I recommend The Traitor of Sherwood Forest by @askaufman.bsky.social interview: www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/amy-k...

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Straight Outta the Federation - A Blake’s 7 Podcast @sofederation.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

RIP Michael Keating who brought so much life to #Blakes7 through his portrayal of Vila Restal. We profiled him when we covered City at the Edge of the World. directory.libsyn.com/episode/inde... #MichaelKeating

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

May 13, 1991 - The #RobinHood movie starring Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman aired on Fox. Very expanded spotlight article coming soon. The TV version had 12 more minutes than the one you find on streaming these days.

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DreamSwarm @dreamswarm.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

May Day weekend is peak time for Robin Hood stories - Happy #MayDay to @intogreenwood.bsky.social @boldoutlaw.bsky.social and all Robin Hood fans"

Photo from Robin of Sherwood series showing Robin Hood with Maid Marian dressed as a May Queen

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Happy birthday, William Shakespeare! April 23 (possibly), 1564 - April 23, 1616. #BOTD Check out all the film interpretations of #Shakespeare’s immortal trickster #Puck aka Robin Goodfellow at my Puck on Film page. www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/pu... #ShakespeareDay #AMidsummerNightsDream

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

A new interview with @askaufman.bsky.social about her historical novel The Traitor of Sherwood Forest. www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/amy-k... We also talk about the #medieval #RobinHood and #medievalism #histfic #historicalfiction

The Traitor of Sherwood Forest on display at the Maryland Renaissance Festival

The Devil’s Historians - a book on medievalism

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Straight Outta the Federation - A Blake’s 7 Podcast @sofederation.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

It looks like #Blakes7 is coming back. Maybe once @boldoutlaw.bsky.social concludes a certain personal matter hopefully in February, we can get the show back cc @huestone44.bsky.social www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/bl...

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Beloved '70s BBC sci-fi series from Daleks creator confirmed for reboot with Doctor Who director

This is not a drill!

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The upcoming film #TheDeathofRobinHood isn’t the first production to feature the death of Robin Hood. Check out this spotlight about the 1975 BBC TV series The Legend of Robin Hood. www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/lege... #RobinHood #BritishTV #medieval #70sTV

The Prioress tells Robin he will begin to feel cold

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Straight Outta the Federation - A Blake’s 7 Podcast @sofederation.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Paul Darrow (Avon in #Blakes7) isn’t the only British sci-fi icon to turn up in 1975’s The Legend of Robin Hood. www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/lege... #RobinHood

Paul Darrow’s Sheriff of Nottingham at the chess board

Darrow’s Sheriff of Nottingham looks insane

Prince John (David Dixon) and the Sheriff (Paul Darrow) at the sauna

Eleanor of Aquitaine cradles Prince John (David Dixon)

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Straight Outta the Federation - A Blake’s 7 Podcast @sofederation.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

All this talk about #TheDeathofRobinHood … our podcast took a look at the 90s TV classic Robin of Sherwood. blakes7.libsyn.com/straight-out... Four episodes released and one more to come #RobinHood #RobinofSherwood #TV

Straight Outta Huntingdon covering the third series episode Adam Bell

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A bit of a rebuttal to the new #RobinHood ad campaign. He is a hero. Learn about the legend at www.boldoutlaw.com

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Audiobooks featuring the stars of the 2006-9 #RobinHood TV series on sale for the season

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

I'm updating my site's pages about the 2006-2009 Robin Hood TV series. If anyone's still got active sites about the show, today's a good day to share them. Links include @bigfinish.bsky.social 's Robin Hood audio dramas: www.bigfinish.com/ranges/v/rob... #RobinHood #JonasArmstrong #RichardArmitage

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Dec. 22, 1957: The first UK broadcast of The Christmas Goose episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood. Spotlight review: boldoutlaw.com/robspot/greene… #RobinHood #50sTV #ChristmasEpisode #RichardGreene #RingLardnerJr

Robin Hood in winter clothes with Friar Tuck

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Some outlaws don’t get a happy ending although one of them does smile at the end.

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Longbox Crusade @longboxcrusade.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

12 Days of Crusademas 2025 - Day 08: The Adventures of Robin Hood #7 It’s Day 8 and the Bold Outlaw, Allen W. Wright, emerges from Sherwood Forest to bring us The Adventures of Robin Hood #7. Listen on all Podcast Apps, Spotify and: youtu.be/031I8rmrsQg

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12 Days of Crusademas 2025 - Day 08: The Adventures of Robin Hood #7 | #robinhood

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Pierce Egan the Younger (Dec 19, 1814 - July 6, 1880). Egan published a serialized novel Robin Hood and Little John in 1838 (as a book in 1840) It was a widely imitated best-seller and translated into French by Alexandre Dumas #RobinHood #VictorianLiterature #BOTD #PierceEgan

Title page of Robin Hood and Little John by Pierce Egan the Younger

Illustrated page from Egan’s novel showing an archer in action

Friar Tuck performs weddings in this page from Egan’s Robin Hood novel

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Happy 62nd anniversary, #DoctorWho! I think Robin Hood has forgiven you for that spoon thing. (The Doctor and Robin Hood bonded over being criticized by Mary Whitehouse.) #DoctorWhoDay

Newspaper article on Mary Whitehouse’s criticism of The Legend of Robin Hood. Caption mentions her criticism of Doctor Who

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Happy 50th anniversary to the The Legend of Robin Hood starring Martin Potter, Diane Keen, Paul Darrow (Avon from #Blakes7) and John Abineri (Herne from #RobinofSherwood). It premiered on Nov. 23, 1975 and was a big hit in America on PBS two years later. #RobinHood #OTD

Martin Potter and Diane Keen as Robin Hood and Lady Marion

Paul Darrow’s Sheriff of Nottingham playing chess

John Abineri in The Legend of Robin Hood

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Nov. 8, 1973: Robin Hood (Disney cartoon) was released in theatres. #OTD #Disney #RobinHood #Disneycartoons #animation 50th anniversary spotlight: www.boldoutlaw.com/oodelally-ro... (Robin is voiced by Brian Bedford)

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Robin Hood’s death date 24 Kalends, 1247 is a phony Roman style date that’s impossible. But if you really kept counting back from the kalends, that would be Nov. 8, 1247 boldoutlaw.com/rhbal/bal120b.… Happy Death Day, #RobinHood. #medieval #OTD

Robin Hood’s tombstone with more info about dates

Broader shot of Robin’s grave at Kirklees Priory in Yorkshire

Sean Connery in Robin and Marian, preparing to shoot the last arrow

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Robert Hardy was born 100 years ago today. (Oct. 29, 1925 - Aug. 3, 2017) Maybe you know him as Siegfried Farnon in the original All Creatures Great and Small or from Harry Potter films or as Winston Churchill. Did you know he wrote the definitive book on the #medieval longbow? #RobertHardy #BOTD

Robert Hardy in All Creatures Great and Small

Longbow: A Social and Military History by Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy and Tom Baker in The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood

Robert Hardy’s King Richard disrobes. Someone in the crowd shouts “It’s a flasher!”

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

King John I of England (reign 1199-1216) died on the night of October 18-19, 1216 at Newark Castle in Nottinghamshire. Who is your favourite film or television version of King/Prince John? #OTD #MedievalHistory #MedievalMovies #KingJohn #PrinceJohn #RobinHood #Nottinghamshire

Peter Ustinov as Prince John from the Disney cartoon

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Oct. 18, 1922 - Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood becomes the first film to get a major Hollywood premiere. 100th anniversary spotlight of this silent movie classic: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/doug... #OTD #HollywoodHistory #RobinHood #DouglasFairbanks #silentcinema #classicmovies

Douglas Fairbanks as Robin Hood laughing

Four images of the Merry Men: Will Scarlett, Friar Tuck, Allan-a-Dale and Little John (played by Alan Hale for the first of three times)

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

I knew right away that this was the profile to do for Deliverance. Tony Caunter’s Friar Tuck is a particular favourite of mine, and one of the best things in the 1975 The Legend of Robin Hood. #TonyCaunter #RobinHood

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Parke Godwin made the Normans vs Saxon more potent in his novel Sherwood by setting the story over a century before usual, to immediately after the Norman Conquest. #RobinHood

Hardcover cover of Sherwood, a novel by Parke Godwin

Mass market paperback cover of Sherwood by Parke Godwin

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

October 14, 1066: The Battle of Hastings. An event that looms large in the Robin Hood legend (after Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel Ivanhoe), even though most versions of #RobinHood are set over 100 years later. #BattleofHastings #OTD #NothingsForgotten

Robin of Sherwood: Nobody ran at Hastings

Response to Robin: No, they stood and died by the thousand.

Will Scarlet: That’s an old battle to bring up.

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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw @boldoutlaw.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

And when I think of #ErrolFlynn, 1959 and Canada — I also think of Errol Flynn’s appearance as the mystery guest on CBC’s Front Page Challenge: www.cbc.ca/player/play/... As witness to Castro’s revolution

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Errol Flynn, witness to revolution in Cuba

Direct from Cuba, Hollywood legend Errol Flynn gives an eyewitness account of Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.

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