Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw
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Robin Hood: Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood, dedicated to the Robin Hood legend from #medieval ballads to modern #RobinHood pop culture. By Allen W. Wright. https://www.boldoutlaw.com/ (An expat, but still proudly Canadian)
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Some seek to divide. Diversity is strength. Robin Hood and the outlaws. (Merry People of All Genders.) #RobinHood
Happy 62nd anniversary, #DoctorWho! I think Robin Hood has forgiven you for that spoon thing. (The Doctor and Robin Hood bonded over being criticized by Mary Whitehouse.) #DoctorWhoDay
November 23, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy 62nd anniversary, #DoctorWho! I think Robin Hood has forgiven you for that spoon thing. (The Doctor and Robin Hood bonded over being criticized by Mary Whitehouse.) #DoctorWhoDay
Happy 50th anniversary to the The Legend of Robin Hood starring Martin Potter, Diane Keen, Paul Darrow (Avon from #Blakes7) and John Abineri (Herne from #RobinofSherwood). It premiered on Nov. 23, 1975 and was a big hit in America on PBS two years later. #RobinHood #OTD
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Happy 50th anniversary to the The Legend of Robin Hood starring Martin Potter, Diane Keen, Paul Darrow (Avon from #Blakes7) and John Abineri (Herne from #RobinofSherwood). It premiered on Nov. 23, 1975 and was a big hit in America on PBS two years later. #RobinHood #OTD
Nov. 8, 1973: Robin Hood (Disney cartoon) was released in theatres. #OTD #Disney #RobinHood #Disneycartoons #animation 50th anniversary spotlight: www.boldoutlaw.com/oodelally-ro... (Robin is voiced by Brian Bedford)
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Nov. 8, 1973: Robin Hood (Disney cartoon) was released in theatres. #OTD #Disney #RobinHood #Disneycartoons #animation 50th anniversary spotlight: www.boldoutlaw.com/oodelally-ro... (Robin is voiced by Brian Bedford)
Robin Hood’s death date 24 Kalends, 1247 is a phony Roman style date that’s impossible. But if you really kept counting back from the kalends, that would be Nov. 8, 1247 boldoutlaw.com/rhbal/bal120b.… Happy Death Day#RobinHoodod#medievala#OTDTD
November 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Robin Hood’s death date 24 Kalends, 1247 is a phony Roman style date that’s impossible. But if you really kept counting back from the kalends, that would be Nov. 8, 1247 boldoutlaw.com/rhbal/bal120b.… Happy Death Day#RobinHoodod#medievala#OTDTD
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Robert Hardy was born 100 years ago today. (Oct. 29, 1925 - Aug. 3, 2017) Maybe you know him as Siegfried Farnon in the original All Creatures Great and Small or from Harry Potter films or as Winston Churchill. Did you know he wrote the definitive book on the #medieval longbow? #RobertHardy #BOTD
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Robert Hardy was born 100 years ago today. (Oct. 29, 1925 - Aug. 3, 2017) Maybe you know him as Siegfried Farnon in the original All Creatures Great and Small or from Harry Potter films or as Winston Churchill. Did you know he wrote the definitive book on the #medieval longbow? #RobertHardy #BOTD
Happy #InternationalRobinHoodDay! I’m working on some updates for www.boldoutlaw.com and will be donating to a few charities today. Proud to be a part of keeping the #RobinHood legend alive. #RobinHoodDay #LoveNotts
Robin Hood -- Bold Outlaw of Barnsdale and Sherwood
Robin Hood information – well-researched articles, ballads, interviews, pictures on the history of the Robin Hood legend from the Middles Ages to today.
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October 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Happy #InternationalRobinHoodDay! I’m working on some updates for www.boldoutlaw.com and will be donating to a few charities today. Proud to be a part of keeping the #RobinHood legend alive. #RobinHoodDay #LoveNotts
King John I of England (reign 1199-1216) died on the night of October 18-19, 1216 at Newark Castle in Nottinghamshire. Who is your favourite film or television version of King/Prince John? #OTD #MedievalHistory #MedievalMovies #KingJohn #PrinceJohn #RobinHood #Nottinghamshire
October 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
King John I of England (reign 1199-1216) died on the night of October 18-19, 1216 at Newark Castle in Nottinghamshire. Who is your favourite film or television version of King/Prince John? #OTD #MedievalHistory #MedievalMovies #KingJohn #PrinceJohn #RobinHood #Nottinghamshire
Oct. 18, 1922 - Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood becomes the first film to get a major Hollywood premiere. 100th anniversary spotlight of this silent movie classic: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/doug... #OTD #HollywoodHistory #RobinHood #DouglasFairbanks #silentcinema #classicmovies
October 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Oct. 18, 1922 - Douglas Fairbanks in Robin Hood becomes the first film to get a major Hollywood premiere. 100th anniversary spotlight of this silent movie classic: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/doug... #OTD #HollywoodHistory #RobinHood #DouglasFairbanks #silentcinema #classicmovies
I knew right away that this was the profile to do for Deliverance. Tony Caunter’s Friar Tuck is a particular favourite of mine, and one of the best things in the 1975 The Legend of Robin Hood. #TonyCaunter #RobinHood
RIP Tony Caunter (Sept. 22, 1937 - Oct. 13, 2025). Ensor Jr. in #Blakes7. Friar Tuck in The Legend of Robin Hood. We profiled him when we covered Deliverance. blakes7.libsyn.com/episode-12-d... (profile at 1:22:40) #TonyCaunter #RIPTonyCaunter
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I knew right away that this was the profile to do for Deliverance. Tony Caunter’s Friar Tuck is a particular favourite of mine, and one of the best things in the 1975 The Legend of Robin Hood. #TonyCaunter #RobinHood
Parke Godwin made the Normans vs Saxon more potent in his novel Sherwood by setting the story over a century before usual, to immediately after the Norman Conquest. #RobinHood
October 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Parke Godwin made the Normans vs Saxon more potent in his novel Sherwood by setting the story over a century before usual, to immediately after the Norman Conquest. #RobinHood
October 14, 1066: The Battle of Hastings. An event that looms large in the Robin Hood legend (after Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel Ivanhoe), even though most versions of #RobinHood are set over 100 years later. #BattleofHastings #OTD #NothingsForgotten
October 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
October 14, 1066: The Battle of Hastings. An event that looms large in the Robin Hood legend (after Sir Walter Scott’s 1819 novel Ivanhoe), even though most versions of #RobinHood are set over 100 years later. #BattleofHastings #OTD #NothingsForgotten
And when I think of #ErrolFlynn, 1959 and Canada — I also think of Errol Flynn’s appearance as the mystery guest on CBC’s Front Page Challenge: www.cbc.ca/player/play/... As witness to Castro’s revolution
Errol Flynn, witness to revolution in Cuba
Direct from Cuba, Hollywood legend Errol Flynn gives an eyewitness account of Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.
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October 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
And when I think of #ErrolFlynn, 1959 and Canada — I also think of Errol Flynn’s appearance as the mystery guest on CBC’s Front Page Challenge: www.cbc.ca/player/play/... As witness to Castro’s revolution
Oct. 14, 1959: Errol Flynn dies in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was arguably the greatest movie version of Robin Hood. Contemporary news reports claimed he died laughing. #OTD #ErrolFlynn #RobinHood #HollywoodHistory #ClassicMovies #Vancouver 1938 film: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/flyn...
October 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Oct. 14, 1959: Errol Flynn dies in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He was arguably the greatest movie version of Robin Hood. Contemporary news reports claimed he died laughing. #OTD #ErrolFlynn #RobinHood #HollywoodHistory #ClassicMovies #Vancouver 1938 film: www.boldoutlaw.com/robspot/flyn...
A little tidbit I discovered in rewatching the second series of the 2006-2009 Robin Hood TV series is that in the penultimate episode of that season, “A Good Day to Die” by Dominic Minghella, October 14 is said to be Robin Hood’s birthday. Happy birthday to this incarnation of #RobinHood
October 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A little tidbit I discovered in rewatching the second series of the 2006-2009 Robin Hood TV series is that in the penultimate episode of that season, “A Good Day to Die” by Dominic Minghella, October 14 is said to be Robin Hood’s birthday. Happy birthday to this incarnation of #RobinHood
Rocket Robin Hood and the 60s Spider-Man cartoon shared Canadian voice casts. Paul Kligman’s wonderfully nattering voice brought life to both Friar Tuck and J. Jonah Jameson. #RocketRobinHood #SpiderMan #SpiderMan67 #animation #classicanimation #canadiantelevision
October 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Rocket Robin Hood and the 60s Spider-Man cartoon shared Canadian voice casts. Paul Kligman’s wonderfully nattering voice brought life to both Friar Tuck and J. Jonah Jameson. #RocketRobinHood #SpiderMan #SpiderMan67 #animation #classicanimation #canadiantelevision
Trust me, Canadian kids noticed when the 60s Spider-Man cartoon borrowed whole episodes from Rocket Robin Hood. #RocketRobinHood #SpiderMan #SpiderMan67 #animation #Canadiantelevision
October 9, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Trust me, Canadian kids noticed when the 60s Spider-Man cartoon borrowed whole episodes from Rocket Robin Hood. #RocketRobinHood #SpiderMan #SpiderMan67 #animation #Canadiantelevision
Rocket Robin Hood premiered on the English language CBC channels on Oct. 9, 1967. It features the direct descendant of Robin Hood in the year 3000. The early episodes were sci-fi #RobinHood tales. The later episodes by Ralph Bakshi were stranger. #OTD #animation #Canada #CanadianTelevision
October 9, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Rocket Robin Hood premiered on the English language CBC channels on Oct. 9, 1967. It features the direct descendant of Robin Hood in the year 3000. The early episodes were sci-fi #RobinHood tales. The later episodes by Ralph Bakshi were stranger. #OTD #animation #Canada #CanadianTelevision
The 19th anniversary of Jonathan Ross’s World of Robin Hood (Oct. 8, 2006). A #documentary designed to promote the new #RobinHood TV series. It had interviews with actors of shows past and present, scholars … and me. My interview was filmed in the real #SherwoodForest. #JonathanRoss #OTD
October 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The 19th anniversary of Jonathan Ross’s World of Robin Hood (Oct. 8, 2006). A #documentary designed to promote the new #RobinHood TV series. It had interviews with actors of shows past and present, scholars … and me. My interview was filmed in the real #SherwoodForest. #JonathanRoss #OTD
I can’t let the 19th anniversary of the 2006 #RobinHood TV series pass without saluting the amazing Frances Tempest, costume designer of the first two years. www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/franc... She was smart, funny and very honest. I loved meeting her. #OTD #FrancesTempest #classicTV
October 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I can’t let the 19th anniversary of the 2006 #RobinHood TV series pass without saluting the amazing Frances Tempest, costume designer of the first two years. www.boldoutlaw.com/robint/franc... She was smart, funny and very honest. I loved meeting her. #OTD #FrancesTempest #classicTV
Happy 19th anniversary to the 2006-2009 Robin Hood TV series from BBC / Tiger Aspect. The first episode “Will You Tolerate This?” Written by co-creator @dminghella.bsky.social premiered Oct. 7, 2006. The show defined #RobinHood for a generation - a “Playstation Generation”. #OTD #ClassicTV
October 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Happy 19th anniversary to the 2006-2009 Robin Hood TV series from BBC / Tiger Aspect. The first episode “Will You Tolerate This?” Written by co-creator @dminghella.bsky.social premiered Oct. 7, 2006. The show defined #RobinHood for a generation - a “Playstation Generation”. #OTD #ClassicTV
“Beating and Binding in a Shaky Liturgical Era” looks at the beer-worshipping friar, villainous bishops and other religious figures of the late 20th century #RobinHood legend. (The title cobines a line from a 15th century ballad with a 1991 Roger Ebert review) www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove...
October 5, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Beating and Binding in a Shaky Liturgical Era” looks at the beer-worshipping friar, villainous bishops and other religious figures of the late 20th century #RobinHood legend. (The title cobines a line from a 15th century ballad with a 1991 Roger Ebert review) www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove...
The second season of #Batman66 began with #Batman and #Robin fighting the Archer, played by #ArtCarney. Check out this article about these #RobinHood themed episodes. www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #ClassicTV #superheroes (Cameo by #DickClark)
October 5, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The second season of #Batman66 began with #Batman and #Robin fighting the Archer, played by #ArtCarney. Check out this article about these #RobinHood themed episodes. www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #ClassicTV #superheroes (Cameo by #DickClark)
"The Rescue of Robin Hood!"
From Detective Comics #116 (October 1946). Check out this article about #Batman and #Robin’s time-travelling adventures in medieval Sherwood Forest www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #RobinHood #DCComics #ComicBooks
From Detective Comics #116 (October 1946). Check out this article about #Batman and #Robin’s time-travelling adventures in medieval Sherwood Forest www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #RobinHood #DCComics #ComicBooks
October 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"The Rescue of Robin Hood!"
From Detective Comics #116 (October 1946). Check out this article about #Batman and #Robin’s time-travelling adventures in medieval Sherwood Forest www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #RobinHood #DCComics #ComicBooks
From Detective Comics #116 (October 1946). Check out this article about #Batman and #Robin’s time-travelling adventures in medieval Sherwood Forest www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #RobinHood #DCComics #ComicBooks
Did you know that #Batman’s young partner Robin is named for #RobinHood? Check out this multi-part article that traces Dick Grayson’s journey from youthful ward to his adult #superhero identity #Nightwing, Much on Robin Hood too www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #ComicBooks #DCComics
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Did you know that #Batman’s young partner Robin is named for #RobinHood? Check out this multi-part article that traces Dick Grayson’s journey from youthful ward to his adult #superhero identity #Nightwing, Much on Robin Hood too www.boldoutlaw.com/hidden-grove... #ComicBooks #DCComics