My brain is mush, but...

[cloudsinvenice]

...Robin of Sherwood is coming back as a one-off radio play with many of the original cast! :D

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a659864/1980s-tv-series-robin-of-sherwood-is-returning-as-a-radio-play.html#~pjAhWs6pYu22zJ

ETA: Here's another article from the Radio Times website, with a slightly different list. Very encouraging so far... http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-07-23/robin-of-sherwood-to-return-with-stars-jason-connery-ray-winstone-judi-trott-and-clive-mantle

Comments

[mumsisdaughter]

Hoorah!!!

Ro-bin, the Hooded Man, da-dum--I just love that Clannad soundtrack: I have it as vinyl and CD plus all the DVDs, Praed and Connery. Such a sucker for that show :D

[cloudsinvenice]

Yesterday R was humming a bit of the soundtrack in the kitchen and I instantly harmonised with him. It was one of the first TV series we collected on DVD after he moved here and getting into it together (he'd seen it before, I think, but I hadn't) was wonderful. :)

[mumsisdaughter]

We went to the L'pool Empire when Jenn was about 3 to see/hear a late evening performance by Clannad, one Sunday evening. They were fabulous as we'd expected and it being about 1991 (?) they had a whole section of Robin songs in the middle. Their support act was a gorgeous long-haired Irish lad called Brian Kennedy so we've been fans of his ever since...what a voice! Jenn loved every minute though we were keeping her up late, and we had to miss the last encore and leave just before the end at 11pm in order to catch the last train home. Happy memories :)

[cloudsinvenice]

Oh, Brian Kennedy's really good! :)

[gairid]

OMG...this is so exciting! I adored that treatment of the legend and still rewatch them occasionally. I have the soundtrack on my MP3, (also love Clannad). It was such a good show...it's too bad Robert Addie passed away--his Guy of Gisborne always sort of tore me up by the end of the Robert of Huntingdon era.Nicolas Grace, great as the devious, greedy Sherriff and Ray Winstone was a fabulous (and very different) Will Scarlett. I'm so excited for this!

[cloudsinvenice]

It is; I was so sorry when I learned that he'd died at such a young age. His performances with Nickolas Grace were always fantastic. God, so many brilliant actors in that show!