Robin Hood in Movies and Television

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'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages - Episode 25
This is the second half of a two-part series about the legendary medieval outlaw Robin Hood. In the first episode, my co-host Dr. Jennifer Paxton and I discussed the evidence for a historical basis for the legend. In this one, we look at how Robin Hood has been portrayed in film and television from the silent era to the present--and how each generation has gotten (in Jenny's words) "the Robin Hood that you need in your particular time."
Because there are so many films and television shows featuring Robin Hood, Jenny and I had to be very selective. From the fifty films and eight episodes we chose the best, the most influential -- and the worst. We consider them as entertainment, but because we are historians, we also discuss how the filmmakers and showrunners dealt with the Middle Ages. I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.
This episode includes sound clips from:
"The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938), including Erich Korngold's magnificent musical score for that movie
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962)
"Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves" (1991)
"Oo-De-Lally," composed and sung by Roger Miller, from Walt Disney's Robin Hood (1973)
The television show "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1955-9): exit theme by Carl Sigman, sung by Dick James
The host of 'tis but a scratch is Richard Abels, a professor emeritus of history at the United States Naval Academy, Richard is a specialist in the military and political institutions of Anglo-Saxon England. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.
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Intro and exit music are by Alexander Nakarada