Maid Marian and her Merry Men
Maid Marian and her Merry Men Theme ( 1992 )
Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a British children’s sitcom created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell.
It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially musical comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an incompetent ex-tailor.
The programme was much appreciated by children and adults alike, and has been likened to Blackadder, not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson (as well as early, uncredited, script editing work being undertaken by Richard Curtis), but also for its comic style.