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Originally Posted by jackhammer
Going back through this seminal 80's series. Considered quite expensive at the time and much more than yet another retelling of a familiar legend.
This series married legend with mysticism and fantasy along with a superb soundtrack from Gaelic band Clannad yet it kept its roots in realistic historical drama and used the landscape of the U.K to fantastic effect. There is also subtext regarding Norman invasion and the class system too.
Every Robin Hood film/ series after this incorporated ideas from this series so it was quietly influential too.
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i've watched the entirety of that and thought it was pretty good myself