Robin of Sherwood: The Lord of the Trees
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The Realm of the Hooded Man...

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Michael Praed played Robin Hood (or Robin of Loxley) in the first two seasons. His "Merry Men" consisted of Will Scarlet (played by Ray Winstone), Little John (played by Clive Mantle), Friar Tuck (played by Phil Rose) his adopted brother Much (played by Peter Llewellyn Williams), the Saracen Nasir (played by Mark Ryan) and Lady Marian (played by Judi Trott). As in the legend, Robin is opposed by the Sheriff of Nottingham (Nickolas Grace) and Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Robert Addie). Robin is assisted by Herne the Hunter, who sometimes appears as a forest spirit representing the powers of light and goodness, and sometimes as a mortal man.
 
At the end of the second season, Robin of Loxley is killed and Robert of Huntingdon (played by Jason Connery, whose father Sean Connery had played Robin in Robin and Marian) replaces him as Robin Hood. During the course of the season, the new Robin discovers that he is the half-brother of his nemesis Guy of Gisburne (an idea suggested to Carpenter by the fact that both actors had blond hair).
 
The series came to an end when Goldcrest was forced to pull out of the venture due to a downturn in the fortunes of their film arm. Goldcrest had been responsible for critical and commercial hits such as Chariots of Fire (1981) and Gandhi (1982) earlier in the eighties, but had hit a lean spell with such films as Revolution (1985) and Absolute Beginners (1986). As the series was expensive to make, HTV could not afford to produce it alone and no more episodes were made.
 

Michael Praed - Robin of Loxley

Jason Connery - Robert of Huntingdon

Nickolas Grace - Robert de Renault

Judi Trott - Lady Marion of Leaford

Clive Mantle - Little John

Peter Llewellyn Williams - Much

Robert Addie - Sir Guy of Gisburne

Ray Winstone - Will Scarlet

Phil Rose - Friar Tuck

John Abineri - Herne the Hunter

Mark Ryan - Nasir

Philip Jackson - Abbot Hugo de Renault

Jeremy Bulloch - Edward of Wickham

Claire Toeman - Meg of Wickham

Stuart Linden - The Old Prisoner

Philip Davis - Prince John

Anthony Valentine - Baron de Belleme

Robbie Bulloch - Matthew of Wickham

Martin West - Martin

George Baker - Sir Richard of Leaford

Richard O'Brien - Gulnar

 

The series was not meant to end with "Time of the Wolf" episodes. Another season, in which Marian was supposed to leave the monastery and finally marry Robin, was planned. However, due to short funds and some crew conflicts, the new episodes never went into production.

Nasir was not originally supposed to be a recurring character. He was supposed to be killed by Little John in "Robin Hood & The Sorcerer", but the producers changed their minds at the last minute. It was Mark Ryan's idea for Nasir to be a quiet character

 

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