First watched : 23 November 1975
This is the earliest programme for which I wrote the TV Cream entry.
This Sunday tea time drama though made on a limited budget presented a grittier take on the legends with a particularly grim final episode which left most of the cast dead. Robin's men are framed for the death of a popular churchman and are turned on by the populace. They seize the one-handed Ralph Gammon and adolescent Much and hang them before King Richard returns and restores order.
Although Robin was played by Martin Potter who's had a rather fitful career since the cast was pretty strong with Diane Keen as Maid Marian and Blake's Seven's Paul Darrow as the Sherriff of Nottingham. I didn't connect him at the time of Bake's Seven, perhaps because he had a beard in this , but now I can see him in the role. The one who stuck in my mind most was the young David Dixon as Prince John , bringing a feline androgyny to the role. It was around this time that I started developing a fascination with cast lists, even for things I wasn't watching, and I started looking out for Dixon after this.
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