Robin Hood: The Truth Behind The Legend | Fact Or Fiction | Timeline
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- Tony Robinson sets out to sift the fact from the fiction on whether Robin Hood, the legendary dispossessed nobleman hiding out in Sherwood Forest did actually exist.
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Rodin hoode was a fake story 😡
So this Robin Hood story is exaggerations of truth just Ike the modern day!
When I grew up, Robin Hood was a fox.
Robin Hood was in once upon a time
Jokes
Same.
O-De-Lally!!
dammm right
My dad's name was Robin Hood. In the late 1960's, I remember him trying to cash a check in a store, they asked his name. He had to show his driver's license to prove it. Also, about the same time, he heard they supposedly were offering people with that name a trip to England. For something, maybe a festival/ celebration??? Not sure, too many years ago. Dad passed at the age of 92 in Jan. 2000. He was an incredible man. Miss you pop.
Did he he ever get to go to England?
some times I wonder about the sanity of parents
Hello, sorry for your loss. Did your father ever make it to England? His name was very distinguished, no doubt, he was a very nice man, distinguished and cultured. God bless from Ireland, 20th of April 2022.🇮🇪❤️🌹
Your dad had a cool name👍
@@oldermusiclover He was born in 1908, I doubt Robin Hood was as big a thing until the 1939 movie, yes it was a famous story, but the movie made it huge.
I love the way he pulls out "photos" of the 2 possible Robin Hoods.
I remember being a young lad once and being in the supermarket, I was reading an article from the National Enquirer that they’ve “discovered “ the remains of Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest. Little did I know I was so entrenched in reading the article that I walked out of the store without paying for it. I guess there’s a little bit of RH in all of us. Cheers, from 🇺🇸
Stealing from Wal-Mart to give to the poor. Lol
Could be.
@@paulpetersen9603 ha ha ha ha very witty, made me giggle lol
Yeah yeah, that's your excuse ha ha ha ha I believe you, thousands wouldn't! Lol just kidding but I would have returned and paid for it.
I've noticed Americans say Robin Hood like it's all one word "Robinhood" always wondered about that,along with lots of other pointless stuff lol
I was Robin Hood....for about four years of my life, from 7 until 11. Those were the days, playing with my brother and a Maid Marion in the little forest at the bend in the road. Ahhhhh to have childhood back again.
We played Robin Hood and Batman and Robin. But I’d never to back to my childhood. The most dangerous place I have ever been was home.
@@beastshawnee I am sorry to hear that. This world is not a fair place to be....at all.
Uh.....I'll leave this one alone !
Brexit means Brexit
@@beastshawnee That's so sad honey.Hope things r better with u now.
"This I have to tell you is a Baldrick"...well done Baldrick.
I'm a history teacher, but focus primarily on American History. I am just now discovering Tony Robinson's documentaries. These are wonderful!
He used to play a character in a historical comedy series called black adder, if you ever want to liven the mood, playing some episodes, or even just clips that relate to a subject you are teaching courses be good, the first series was a bit hit and miss but the rest are very cutting, cleverly written and brilliantly performed, with a style of comedy that still stands up well today 👍
He also hosted time team, played the sheriff of Nottingham, was a narrator for a BBC audio production of The Odyssey!
@@DaveB432 but essentially he is baldrick 👍
@@geoffsaunderson5766 he is a man so cunning that a cunning fox couldn't keep up!
@@DaveB432 was that the one that when he went to pick up an award for “years most cunning” from the institute of Cunningham on rye, fooled everyone into thinking he had not turned up..by entering through the back door and wearing a mask of his own face?
I’m a big fan of Tony Robinson he makes documentaries really interesting.
And his last name (which is mine also, so I'm inclined to believe everything he says!) mean "son of Robin."
"And this, I must tell you, is a Baldrick!" :)
I prefer the long haired feller from Cornwall.
Tommy rob-
Sir Tony is truly a British treasure. I adore him and listening to his take on any story.
I love Tony Robinson. He is such a great presenter no matter what the subject is, he always delivers an awesome documentary. Kudos to you Tony!
Is it really Tony Robinson? Possibly Tony Robinhood? Hmmm?
@@panzerabwerkanone It's all part of a very cunning plan...
"This is, I must say, a baldric!"
@@panzerabwerkanone wonder if he is the tuneless outlaw?
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The tales of Robin Hood filled my early childhood with joy, wonder, and imagination. In my pre-teen years this same love brought me into a Dungeons & Dragons game with some neighborhood kids. Before I knew it I was reading stories like The Hobbit, and Lord of the Rings, and growing an admiration for Legolas. It's been nearly three decades since I first heard the tale of Robin, and I can say without a doubt, these tales and many like it shaped the person I grew up to become.
You sound like my kinda nerd, great taste
My grandmother had a lot of classic novels. I read that novel of Robin Hood when I was 8 years old. I have never forgotten that book. It was nothing like the modern movies etc.
Romance, fairy tale, fact or fiction, history or myth? Most intriguing for me is the association with the Olde Worlde Spirit of the Forest - the Green Man. Congratulations on an excellent documentary.
Of all the legends and myths, Robin Hood is the one I really want to be real.
Me too. I wouldn't mind if King Arthur had something to it. I've heard that all myths and legends have at least a grain of truth to them.
There is some truth but the story has been added to and taken from during the centuries
The good people who created Napster/Limewire/Torrent/etc., aren’t they in a way Robin Hoods?
Meh. I'll take Batman any day over Robert Hood
@@johnnyrico707 Nah. I'll take Superman. Oh you mean as a hero....
As a child I was so in love with Richard Green's portrayal of Robin Hood. Sigh! Only a few years ago I bought a complete box set of those programmes. Ah, nostalgia. 💗
Aka legs diamond
The showed Richard Greene’s Robin Hood here in the states as well. It played after school to my great delight 🏹
Yes. nostalgia.....it's not what it used to be
"Everyone knew the system was rotten; only an outlaw would do anything about it." There's a message there, kids. (Gee, I wish the background sound didn't overpower the foreground dialog.)
Disconnect external speakers and listen on laptop speakers. This notably improves audio. (I agree. It's a major message... demonstrates how corrupt society and Church were.)
Totally agree. Great video spoiled at the end by overwhelming crappy music. Why bother with narration if you don't want the viewers to hear it?
@@WTH1812 it's added to confuse youtube's copyright AI. It's not on the original broadcast version
All videos that baldrick does are like this on youtube.
@@rubusroo68 Thanks for the clarification.
Based on the evidence presented here it appears that the Robin Hood story is based on 3 historical figures whose story were so similar seeing that they lived within a century of each other that they got intertwined over the Centuries to give us the legendary Robin Hood that we have today.
23:30 '...is, I have to tell you, a Baldrick'
Nobody but Tony Robinson could have said it that way.
I was going to comment this before scrolling down. Pure gold! :D
😂😂😂
@Melanistic Serval
Maybe if he does Hannibal.
"And so Hannibal told his men, I have a cunning plan"
Had a delightful little giggle all by myself. Thank you, Sir Tony!
Fact or fiction, it doesn't matter. What counts is this English legend has given so much pleasure to young and old alike for nearly 700 years. From Disney to the earliest ballads from Errol Flynn to Kevin Costner I know my childhood would have been a less exciting without Robin Hood.
Exactly.
My childhood would also.
It only matters if people start trying to present something as fact that is fiction. Otherwise it's fine. History and science isn't all for nothing (a free for all).
Totally agree. I still like the idea of it all. lol
This is true.
I grew up with Richard Green as Robin Hood TV series. I still watch it at times.
Last of the Summer Wine character "Billy Hardcastle" claimed to be descended from Robin Hood, and proudly declared that Robin was a Yorkshireman.
It's really amazing how little Tony aged between the scene where he has dialup internet, and the scene where he's driving a car with a 2017 plate
its an 02 plate
I love that it may all go back to Robin Goodfellow.....rooted in our deep history, our folk memory.
I love English history , I have some of this thing called “ Anglo Saxon “ in my family history. So Robin Hood is kind of an interesting and enigmatic figure in Medieval English literature and history, and believe me I could learn about this kind of stuff all day and not get bored. I just wish there was more information on Robin Hood’s life . I hope people never stop looking for more .
BBC Robin Hood T.V. Series was awesome, the actor who played him was the best Robin Hood ever seen.
I recall reading in the foreword to a book about some cavers in the Nottinghamshire area who found a blocked cave containing a small number of skeletons, some barrels and primitive arrows. In chalk on the wall, someone had scrawled 'Michael Tuck. I was the last.". When they returned with a camera, the roof had caved in, blocking access. Probably an urban myth, but I thought it was interesting. x
Wow... Thank you for sharing. It would be worth looking into it.
It IS definitely interesting. Do you remember what you were reading? LL
sounds like the cave of the red haired giants
ones the indians chased into the cave
I remember reading that myself. As I recall (read the book in 1981) It was a list of all the Merry Men that died fighting the good fight. The final inscription was " for I am the last, Friar Tuck" Now this makes sense, as Tuck would've been the only one educated enough to write.
Bear44mc I read this somewhere too.
Awww Tony on his dial up 🥰🥰
Prince of Thieves, Men in Tights, BBC Robin Hood and one movie with jamie foxx "now its a jacket." The story that never gets old.
Don’t forget the aliases robin used such as Diccan bend-the-bow. There may be many more robins contributing to the stories than you’ve found already. Some of the stories even implied that Robin, Diccan, Longstride, and Locksley were all aliases- that his real name was never shared to anyone after he was branded an outlaw.
The story of R.H. Instilled the idea of looking out for the little guy and looking out for the less fortunate, in me. It became part of my design. Real or not, a great story that plants seeds of selflessness. Wonderful stuff.
It's okay to steal as long as you're doing it to someone with more money than you 👍🙄
@@EsotericOccultist There's many ways to look at it.
@Kendo75 Way to keep your eye on the ball.
Have a good day thank you
@EsotericOccultist
Actually it depends on what they do for their money
Selflessness? Not really. Robin Hood was working in the interest of himself and those he thought were important. This is not the definition of selflessness, even if it is preferable to the consolidation of wealth and power.
Wakefield born and bred, amazes me how much history my small city has seen, even the maternity hospital I was born in and my high school are on the likely battlefield from the War of the Roses
I am from Wakefield too - I've known about Robin of Wakefield seemingly all my life (my mother was an amateur historian). I'm a bit surprised Tony didn't mention the tiny village of Robinhood just outside Outwood on the way to Leeds.
@@ste76539 not to forget that according to local legend sherwood forest was thought to have ended in outwood
So your from Sandal
@@daveclark2828 Close, Kettlethorpe
Wow!!! One of my favorite legends, really brought to life and possibility! Robin seems to be needed in every generation, an Everyman hero. Thanks, Tony. Beautiful work.
The home where Robin supposedly died is in shambles. Unbelievable! It is historical and should be preserved.
The old British series with Richard Greene was the first I remember of hearing of Robin Hood. That was 60 years ago.
They're repeating the 1950s serial on Talking Pictures channelm
Mike Rossi I vaguely remember that. Was it on tv on Saturday morning?
I remember vaguely. RichardGreene. Being a child at the time
the reruns are still on the box mike
My favorite TV show of all time. Richard Greene IS Robin Hood!
The first known literary reference to Robin Hood and his men was in 1377, and the Sloane manuscripts in the British Museum have an account of Robin’s life which states that he was born around 1160 in Lockersley (most likely modern day Loxley) in South Yorkshire. Another chronicler has it that he was a Wakefield man and took part in Thomas of Lancaster’s rebellion in 1322.
I personally think he's based on the Silvatici; Englishmen who would ambush and murder Normans in the woods after the Norman conquest.
We at least have several sources to confirm the existence of the Silvatici. King William himself instituted the Murdrum Fine with the 'Presentment of Englishry', in response to the actions of the Silvatici.
I remember when my dad told me he was based on a historical figure, from that day forward, Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman ruled
If it's fact or if it's fiction doesn't much matter to me it's tale of man looking out for those who are less fortunate something we should all try do do. I can't imagine my childhood without Robin Hood what a wonderful tale true or not. It's the principle behind the story that really matters. Thank you people for uploading this and all of the wonderful Time line and Absolute history videos what a treat they are to me. Especially in the middle of covid-19
You realise that in this scenerio the people imposing lockdowns and vaccine mandates are the Sheriff and Prince John. Those refusing to wear masks and objey the 'law' are Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
There is a fascinating traditional Korean story about Hong Gildong which has many parallels (outlaws turned heroes of the common folk etc). This makes me even more curious about the way these sorts of stories and parallels developed.
Could you tell me the story of Hong Gildong? I have never heard of him before!
@@nickpapadopoulos9978 LOL tell you the story here in the comment section??
@@TheZigzach yes!
@@nickpapadopoulos9978 *Hong Gildong* - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Gildong_jeon
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Robin=Ro(Road)-Bi(Rain)-In(People)...
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So(Me)=Marsh Goddess...
Do(Me)=Sea Goddess...
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Anyone remember the British Robin Hood series that was broadcast on PBS in the US in the mid 1970's? I watched that religiously as a kid, as I did "Poldark" and "I, Claudius" slightly later. Another favourite was "Meeting of Minds", in which historical figures gathered at a table to talk about their lives and discuss various themes that affected each of them in different ways. One episode I remember featured Thomas Jefferson, Karl Marx, Sun Yat-Sen, Gandhi and M.L. King discussing forms of civil disobedience and revolution Such incredible television back then!
Yes, “Meeting of Minds” hosted by Steve Allen was great! I didn’t understand everything, but the actors playing the historical figures were impressive.
I used to visit the visitors centre, the oak etc plenty of times when I lived in Mansfield my born and bred town. I remember the first time I visited was when my grandad tuck me and he told me a story that years ago there used to be a round table inside the tree to show that there was/is room for Robin Hood and his merry men to hide inside. A grandad entertaining his 4 year old granddaughter.
Lovely to see Stephen Knight, who taught me Medieval History at the University of Sydney in the early 1980s. His lectures were so fantastic that students who were not even enrolled in the subject attended, out of interest.
How far can you squirt?
What a fantastic documentary. Tony Robinson really brings the past to life with his wonderful narration.
Like all heroes he's based on a few men who lived at different times. He's a legend changed to suit the times of the day over many years.
Tights lol
exactly - just like The Man from Snowy River in Australia
A absolutely wonderful documentary leaving the viewer with hauntingly valid hopes amidst a somewhat disappointingly possibility of emptiness and yearning.
Brilliant!! My heart leapt when Richard Greene appeared. The music and the sound of that arrow thunking into the tree took me back over 60 years. :-) I remember Tony's version as well :-) :-)
Twang-twang-twang! Whish-whish-whish! Thunk-thunk-thunk!
Robin Hood , Robin Hood . Riding through the glen.
I have DVD'S and VHS tapes of that 50's TV series. You got to love those shows. I think it makes us all wish for simpler times. I know I do. My dad's name really was Robin Hood. Try cashing a check in the 1960's with that name. Actually happened. He had to show his driver's license. Stay safe and GOD BLESS all.
@@spmoran4703 loved that song. Used to sing it as a kid. Good times.
The sound of dial up internet, that just catapulted me back to my childhood!
I will say I'm impressed with the detail of this investigation, but feel sincerely disappointed that Robin Hood is not an archery skilled fox with a green hat. I will also say that I'm going to continue enjoying Mel Brooks - Men in Tights. Thank you Timeline!
Lovely presentation thanks Tony. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Uncertainty creates fascination! ... historical investigations are a pleasure in their own right! Cheers all!
*"In Robin's day, religious communities were notorious for their greed, lax morals, and hypocritical lifestyle."* I suppose we are still living in Robin Hood's day.
No joke.
Still happens today. And that's because,
Matthew 12:32
Revelation 22:16
"jesus" of nazareth had not the Holy Spirit of GOD upon him, the bright and morningstar IS LUCIFER!
If you wanna be fair, anything under King John's rule was absurdly corrupt to the point that it makes the disney counterpart look like a Saint. So it's not surprising that England would side with a thug over anything that had John's name on it.
@@patrickpearson4465 The passages you pointed to do not support your conclusion, but believers areknown for this.
Indeed, read Chaucer to learn what clergymen did.
Excellent documentary with in-depth research about the myth, the man - or the men. Nicely edited with just the right mixture of wonder and speculation mixed with the fact and the prosaic, and equally enchanting location-work and lighting. Full marks, Tony. Others have suggested that the incidental music was excessive, but I experienced no problems with the balance in this regard.
I couldn't understand the narrative with the louder blasted music.
One of my most funny encounters was with a very beatiful British girl whose friend introduced her as Maid Marion. It happenned that she had a while before worked at a Robin Hood tourist theme centre and had plaiyed the part of the famouse bandits girlfriend. Truly, she was a star casting for that role.
I really like the description of historians "scurrying off" to find more information.
Excellent and highly entertaining documentary. It manages to be both rigorous and enjoyable to watch. Great stuff at the end, when we learn that there actually IS a basis for a late 12th century nobleman-turned-outlaw in the time of Richard the Lionheart. Thumbs up for this one!
Loved this episode!! I have allways loved the tale of Robing Hood, so did my dad. I have a first run edition of Robin Hood written in old english it is one of my favorite books!!!
wow I would like to see at least some of that here on CZcams
How wonderful, treasure it. Stay safe and GOD BLESS all.
I used to watch Maid Marion and her merry men religiously when I was a kid. I miss it.
Yea it was pretty good.
Doryun
Maid Marion was not the name of Robin's girlfriend.
It was a girl named-
Trudy Glen
A young Irish Traveler- around Robin's time-used to sing-
Robin Hood- Robin Hood- riding Trudy Glen.
The English would sing-
Robin Hood Robin Hood riding through the glen
@@dougchance8891🤣
@@marklammas2465
Cheers
Beautiful Historical detective work. I love your CZcams stuff A LOT more than when I watched your shows on History Channel here in Canada. You have more control over your work it seems. Cable TV was already dying off at the time though. Glad to see you still at it. Was a much bigger fan of your shows over that reality tv nonsense.
I remember a sketch from Dave Allen At Large, Robin and one of the merry men step up to a tree, pause for a moment obviously doing what one would expect travelers to do when pausing by a tree, and as they walk away, Robin (Dave Allen) says, "I always wondered why they call you Little John."
Dave Allen, wasn't he marvellous
Damn Tony Robinson, he walks miles in every documentary!! Well done m8!
Yea he can ride a horse to
There’s always some truths to legends and myths and folklore.
Yes, I believe that,and weren't the "nobles" of the age a bit reluctant to share food from the forest with us "commoners"?
Robin Hood was Disney's best animation. The music by Roger Miller, the voice characters, Phil Harris, Sir Hiss, Andy Divine, Clucky, and Phony John. Best ensemble cast for then❤❤❤❤ such creative lines and characters.
Almost all legendary figures started around a real person around whom stories were told. Stories about one person in a pre-literate age became tangled with stories about similar people. And so the legends grow and at some stage become written down -- usually with embellishment from the writer.
Truth! My grandmother's maiden name was Robb. She told the story of Robb in Hood and said that this aristocrat was our ancestor. A story that has been told through generations and likely changed a bit. But, I find it all very interesting. Kind of like playing "telephone" when I was a kid. The story changes. Oh, and my maiden name is Yeoman.
Did you not watch the video, has poor old Tony Robinson been wasting his time?
Euhemerism, the theory you are putting forward has long been discredited. Myths as this video explains are an amalgam of stories about various characters, some historical, some supernatural, some simply fictional. In future watch more carefully and LEARN
Nah. I think humans like to make up stories. It's just what we do. There doesn't have to be a shred of truth to the tales. There's no "real" Luke Skywalker, or Peter Parker, etc.. just aspirational stories of heroism.
@@wadeoliver3596 Those are completely fictional comic book characters not based on any real life Events..
@@mikesnelling9272 Sorry, I’ll skulk back to FB.
2:42 The dial-up sound!
As a child, I read my Mum's copy of ROBIN HOOD. I really don't remember most of it, but the death-scene made me cry. and I've never forgotten the tale. THANKS FOR POSTING! cheers
u really wanna cry read my poetry
The idea of Robin Hood is more important than the actual facts, just like King Arthur.
But really interesting anyway!
With the sound of the internet connecting, this documentary feels like a relic itself...Histoy telling history...
In a truly fairer world, I hope their would be no need for a Robin Hood at all!
Thanks for a great show, Tony Robin's son. 🙋🏻♀️LL
The Robin Hood legend is embraced in the Nottinghamshire culture alot and I mean alot
Robin Hoods adventures were a well known story As a child I grew up in Derbyshire..my great Grandmother told his story with out books or films it was oral tradition..yes books and films were made..I remember them well little John is buried in Hathersage Derbyshire his cap and bow hung for centuries in a local church. Untill it was stolen in the late 19th century His grave is well known in Hathersage Derbyshire England his grave is 7 feet long marked by two stones .thanks for reading.
Rocket Robin Hood was a Saturday morning cartoon back in the 70's that was full of awesomeness.
That 'Robins Hoods Well' is 1 mile away from where i live,and Barnsdale is about 4 miles up the road
have you seen the documentary from colin the head? czcams.com/video/JU6Vc22yIWU/video.html
WOW!! Lucky PERSON you are... I would love to go there...I'm in Arizona USA
That's awesome, looks like a place I'd like
California here 1 mile from the Pacific, would rather be 1 mile from that tho
Has Robin Hood's Bay got any actual connection with Robin Hood? It's in Yorkshire too, but a long way from Barnsdale.
Great video, Tony Robinson always produces great historical videos....thanks.
Greetings from Santa Fe, ARGENTINA 🇦🇷
I enjoy your vídeos very much.
ROBIN HOOD is one of my favourite heroes, since I was 4, si en I saw Erroll Flynn 's film.
I don't care much ir he has existe or not . The importante thing is the values that ROBIN had , his courage, his honesty, his care for the people, victims of the powerful, ruthless authorities.
In this present world where injustice reigns everywhere, hundreds of corageous modern ROBINS are needed.
Really interesting insights and well documented without opinion. Terrific documentary.
A close parallel that helps to explain the Robin Hood legends is the name "Dutch Schultz," which was apparently used by many criminals in the New York City urban area between sometime in the late nineteenth century and the 1920s and 30s. The individual we now remember as "Dutch Schultz" had a completely unrelated real name; he was a bootlegger and gambler of Jewish origin in the New York and Newark of the 1920s and thirties. But he always insisted on being known as "Dutch Schultz," or 'the Dutchman," although he had no known German or Dutch ancestry; he just borrowed the pseudonym from a long line of New York gangsters who had used it. I don't know whether historians have everidentified the original 19th-century "Dutch Schultz."
There is even a sort of "Sheriff of Nottingham" in the Dutch Schultz story; Manhattan district attorney and future New York governor and presidential candidate, Thomas Dewey. "Dutch" was murdered by his associetes when he conspired to assassinate Dewey. His 'colleagues" knew that if he did that the wrath of the whole government establishment would come down on the "mob."
And there is even still a mystery connected with "Dutch Schultz;" the location of a treaure that he is said to have buried somewhere in upstate New York, but has still not been found. Like the treasures of the Pirates of the Caribbean. I guess with bandits, facts and fiction are always mingled.
HOLY SMOKES dial-up modem to get onto Internet; good times.
Thought the same thing. I was using a cable modem by the time I was using Google.
The horror!!!
Lmao i was shocked too!
Remember when the internet came on the discs? They always send INTERNET EXPLORER, AOL, an NETSCAPE NAV.
It's a unicorn!
Robin and Marian is the best Robin Hood film I've seen.
Thoroughly interesting and absorbing. Well done.
I read a story about Robin Hood that he was Welsh.
And I have always liked stories of Robin Hood!
lot of english heros were welsh
i thought cleopatra poisoned herself
Richard Green played my favorite Robin. As a kid, I never missed a show.
Robin Hood was one of the first TV programs I watched as a kid and role played him and his merry men with making bows and arrows. I mean, we even have the same initials. Ha.
Seeing Tony hunched over his laptop as he waits for the dial-up internet connection! 😂🤣 love it!
Robin probably did the same... "The WiFi signal in this bloody forest is hopeless, Tuck!"
OMG it's Baldrick. Makes this whole documentary much better :D
I recognised his voice before I recognised his face.
Rocket Robim hood was an animated kids show from Canada when I was a kid. I loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh G-d, I remember that!! I was born in Ottawa in 1983. Used to watch that on Saturday mornings. Ah, the memories. Thanks for that.
Omg I'm an 80s baby from Canada and remember that too! Hahaha
I had such a crush on Richard Greene as a little girl in the 90s. My dad showed me the show. The theme song is awesome..!
Robin hood the most skilled archer in england may god bless his soul
Windows Media Player, the sound of a dial-up modem? Going for historical accuracy here, are we?
You know dial up is still a thing, right?
Steeleperfect really? Where and why? Not in first world country right?
Talat Anand and that was hilarious you win the internet!
This was filmed years ago you idiot
@@Tom-uv7ry Exactly. Filmed in 2003 and as I recall we still had dial-up systems available then (some places they still use it according to Internet)
All good myths have a kernel of truth to them. Robin Hood may have been a composite of several historical characters,
This^^^
Yep. Like Jesus.
I seem to recall hearing there was a Robert Hode, who was accused of poaching the king's deer, and became a fugitive. Perhaps an addition to the myth, another possibility, or some other explanation. But it's interesting.
And of course, this is another stellar example of how to make a documentary.
Very enjoyable video. During the mock archery tournament I recognized Kevin Hicks voice. I watched him on other videos. The last one was being the surgeon removing the arrow from the king's face.
I am from Leicestershire in the East Midlands. As a child the older adults in the village referred to someone with a reputation for theft or violence as a ," Robin H ood". ( H not pronounced) The local dialect would mean theft from others , and a hood was worn to hide the face of the miscreant.
i love the fact that Disney turned Robin hood into a fox
The original idea was to do a film of Reynard the Fox stories from French folklore but they couldn't get the funding, so they turned him into Robin Hood instead.
Zorro is Spanish for Fox so they got the wrong character a Robin is a bird.
@@micheinnz Reniard the fox is actually flemish/dutch. Van den vos Reynaerde (English title: Of Reynaert the Fox) is the Middle Dutch version of the story of Reynard, as written by Willem die Madoc maecte. The poem dates from around 1250. It is considered a major work of Middle Dutch literature and has been called "the pinnacle of Gothic literature in the Netherlands.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_den_vos_Reynaerde
The better Disney version from my childhood stars Richard Todd as Robin Hood. If you read, find a cheap, clean copy of the Nelson Classics edition of Henry Gilbert's "Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood" with illustrations by HM Brock. This is the basis for the film in my head that has yet to be made.
A pox on Reynard the fox!
Well done, Tony.
You make it look so easy as well as interesting
Cheers,
Rik Spector!
Tony Robinson is up there with Michael Wood and David Attenborough as one of the most engaging presenters alive(who would of thought Baldrick would be the smartest in the room) props to you Tony
The Legend of Robin Hood I do not believe was inspired by one man, but by many different men regardless if there was a Robin of Locksley
Part of the family legend was we were related to someone the story is based on...and a few years ago, my sister picked up the geneology hobby, and found ancestors in Nottingham during the period it supposedly happened.
So you found relatives in literally the least likely area and place the 'historical' basis of the character comes from 🙄🤣
Tony's the Best ! Thank You Tony for all your endless works !!!
I always loved the Robin Hood series in black and white. I still love the stories, and to learn the background is wonderful.
Heroes like Robin of the Hood, King Arthur, Merlin, and Sherlock Holmes are in place exactly because they fill a need in us to have people to look up to who embody the virtues we claim as our own, and to have figures who take care of downtrodden good people; no matter what your rank or class (even Maid Marion, a noble woman, was being given many rations of grief until Robin stepped in ). This is proven by the story of the poor monk and the rich monk; one was a truth teller, while the other was a rich, ecclesiastic, liar. And it is also shown in Robin's rise in rank over four centuries from lowly Yorkshire yeoman to Robin of Locksley, a nobleman. As a child, I embraced them all with veneration and adoration, only adding a couple of American heroes to the lot; the Lone Ranger and his equally noble Tonto. Facts and reality have, down through the years, wickedly assailed my collection of heroes, but I am happy to report, they have only become stronger, more vivid, and more virtuous (as we descend into global corruption) with the passage of time. :D
Saludos desde Santa Fe, ARGENTINA 🇦🇷 I share your opinion. We need many ROBINS in our world, full of injustice.
Absolutely fascinating. I never knew all of this. Thank you so much for the research and education. ♥♥♥
Oh yes! the tales of Robin Hood certainly intrigued me throughout my youth. Perhaps it participated in instilling a sense of compassion, camaraderie with the underdog, especially those bullied by the rich and powerful. As an adult these ideas helped form a set of ethics. The "truth" about the man doesn't change that. Anti heroes often tell a more accurate account of what happened, of history.
We need Robin Hoods in 21st Century