Episode 40: Splitting Arrows- Redefining our Rankings with The Legend of Robin Hood in 1975

Into the Greenwood

I'm joined by Richard Hopkins-Lutz and Mike Nichols (with a special guest cameo by Allen Wright) to discuss the six part mini series "The Legend of Robin Hood" from 1975, a series that forced us to have a reckoning with just how we've been reviewing and discussing the Robin Hood media we've encountered up until this point!
We'll also get into a surprising amount of Blake's 7 discussion. Or perhaps not so surprising, if you're acquainted with the work of Paul Darrow...
Following Wolf's Head, this is our second take on a grittier Robin Hood, but our first that presents us with a King Richard I who isn't unambiguously heroic.
If you'd like to watch along, all six episodes can be found on YouTube:
The Legend of Robin Hood
To read more about the sexual preferences of King Richard and how they have been interpreted, and politicized through the centuries:
Rhodes, H. M., (2023) “Richard the Lionheart, Contested Queerness, and Crusading Memory”, Open Library of Humanities 9(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.16995/olh.9349

For the Blake's 7 podcast:
Straight Outta the Federation
For more from Allen Wright and Robin Hood:
https://www.boldoutlaw.com/
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