| The Adventures Of Robin Hood (tv Series) |
Article Index for The Adventures |
Website Links For Adventures |
Information AboutThe Adventures Of Robin Hood (tv Series) |
magazine.]] The programme was made by Sapphire Films Ltd for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network in the UK. Repeats can usually be seen on ITV3 . It was also sold to CBS Television in the United States . It was the first of many big-budget shows commissioned by Lew Grade , who hoped to make big profits by selling programmes to the lucrative American market. Consequently the series was shot on 35mm Film to provide the best possible picture quality, and had fade-outs where US commercials were intended to slot in. Most of the action was filmed in the studio, with one large fake oak tree and lots of foliage standing in for Sherwood Forest . There was some location filming, mainly involving horse-riding doubles and stuntmen, and without dialogue recording. The closing theme, sung by Gary Miller , is still fondly remembered:
This song was parodied by Monty Python's Flying Circus in their Dennis Moore sketch, which depicted a masked highwayman from the 18th century (more like the Scarlet Pimpernel ) stealing Lupins from the poor to give to the rich. One of the series' writers was Ring Lardner Jr. who, because of the Hollywood Blacklist , received no Screen Credit at the time. The series was an immediate hit on both sides of the Atlantic , and Lew Grade continued to commission 35mm shows until the late 1970s . If it had not been for the success of ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' the world might never have seen '' The Saint '', '' The Prisoner '' or '' Thunderbirds ''. EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|