The costumes were rubbish. People were wearing badly-disguised trainers, for gods' sake. Most of the armour worn by the Normans wasn't proper chain mail or even the lighter string mail sometimes used by actors, it was some sort of cheapie moulded plastic stuff.

I think they were trying to make the dialogue a bit post-modern and cool - sort of like the Casanova dramatisation. The difference was, Casanova was actually good - the dialogue and the authentic backdrop contrasted well with each other.

But in Robin Hood, because the kit they are wearing is absolutely rubbish, the postmodern dialogue reinforces the impression of a program made by people who don't know their historical ar$e from their elbow.

The old 80's HTV Robin of Sherwood series with Michael Praed wasn't perfect but it was better than this pretentious, low-budget pile of tripe!