"Written (and adapted) by Tony Robinson, illustrated by Paul Cemmick. Published by the BBC and BBC Books Ltd. between 1989 and 1992. The programme was adapted for a stage musical by Tony Robinson, Mark Billingham and David Lloyd. It toured several British theatres. The theatre programme for the production at the Bristol Old Vic featured new artwork by Paul Cemmick, showing Tony Robinson dreaming the production after being hit in the head by a football. The script for this production was later published in book format by Longman literature in 1992, as part of a series of BBC TV (and"
"Kate Lonergan Helen Catherine ""Kate"" Lonergan (born 4 January 1962 in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire) is an English former actress, best known for playing the role of Marian in the 1989–94 BBC One children's television series ""Maid Marian and her Merry Men"". Prior to being cast as Marian, Lonergan had appeared in the screenplay ""Testimony of a Child"" and ""The Tall Guy"". She has since appeared in numerous episodes of TV series, including the mini-series ""Terry and Julian"" (1992) and ""Four Fathers"" (1999), as well as ""The Bill"", ""Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"", ""The Hello Girls"", ""Born and Bred"", ""Doctors"" and ""Blue Heaven"". Having"
"received a terminal diagnosis. Police Scotland confirmed it was investigating the complaint. Howard Lew Lewis Howard Lew Lewis (21 August 1941 – 20 January 2018) was an English comedian and actor, best known for his roles in comedy series including ""Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"" and ""Brush Strokes"". Lewis's father, Oswald Tenby-Lewis, was awarded membership of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by Queen Elizabeth II for his personal services to the royal family. His maternal grandmother was an opera singer known as Dame Ethel Gomer Lewis. He was related to Rupert Davies who played the original Maigret on British"
"abandoned her acting career and after 10 years of designing, planting and maintaining gardens across London, Lonergan co-founded The Blackheath Windowbox Company, a ""bespoke containerised gardening company"", in March 2011 which was dissolved in 2016. Kate Lonergan Helen Catherine ""Kate"" Lonergan (born 4 January 1962 in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire) is an English former actress, best known for playing the role of Marian in the 1989–94 BBC One children's television series ""Maid Marian and her Merry Men"". Prior to being cast as Marian, Lonergan had appeared in the screenplay ""Testimony of a Child"" and ""The Tall Guy"". She has since appeared in"
"Howard Lew Lewis Howard Lew Lewis (21 August 1941 – 20 January 2018) was an English comedian and actor, best known for his roles in comedy series including ""Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"" and ""Brush Strokes"". Lewis's father, Oswald Tenby-Lewis, was awarded membership of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO) by Queen Elizabeth II for his personal services to the royal family. His maternal grandmother was an opera singer known as Dame Ethel Gomer Lewis. He was related to Rupert Davies who played the original Maigret on British Television. His parents were both born in southern Wales. (Tenby and Bridgend)."
"Paul Cemmick Paul Cemmick is a cartoonist and caricaturist whose designs and work have been seen in many different media, most prominently animation, (British) comics and book covers. According to the website ChildrensIllustrators.com, Mr Cemmick ""started drawing cartoons as a child by copying Popeye, Tom and Jerry and Yogi Bear from his gran’s TV."" Arguably his best-known credit is for the well-loved BBC children's series ""Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"", for which he provided the artwork for the famous closing credits. Concurrent with the series' run during 1989-1993, Mr Cemmick illustrated eight comics adapted from the programme's scripts by"
"both by themselves and (more often) by professional singers in post-filming studio sessions. Gary, Graeme, Guy and Barrington almost always sing their own songs, however. Maid Marian and her Merry Men won several awards, including the 1990 BAFTA for ""Best Children's Programme (Entertainment/Drama)"". It was also nominated for the same award in 1991, losing to ""Press Gang"". The programme also won at least one award from the Royal Television Society, as well as the prestigious ""Prix Jeunesse Variety Award"" at the International Children's Programme Festival in Munich. The programme was set in the very real Nottinghamshire town of Worksop, which,"
"Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for creating ""Happy Days"" and its various spin-offs, developing Neil Simon's 1965 play ""The Odd Couple"" for television, and directing ""Pretty Woman"", ""Beaches"", ""Runaway Bride"", ""Valentine's Day"", ""New Year's Eve"", ""Mother's Day"", ""The Princess Diaries"", and """". Garry Kent Marshall was born in The Bronx, New York on November 13, 1934, the son of Anthony Wallace Marshall (né Masciarelli; 1906–1999), a director of industrial films and later a producer, and Marjorie Irene (née Ward; 1908-1983), a"
"of Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Marshall received the Valentine Davies Award (1995) and Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement (2014) from the Writers Guild of America. Garry Marshall Garry Kent Marshall (November 13, 1934 – July 19, 2016) was an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and actor, best known for creating ""Happy Days"" and its various spin-offs, developing Neil Simon's 1965 play ""The Odd Couple"" for television, and directing ""Pretty Woman"", ""Beaches"", ""Runaway Bride"", ""Valentine's Day"", ""New Year's Eve"", ""Mother's Day"", ""The Princess Diaries"", and """". Garry Kent Marshall was born in The Bronx, New York on November"
"and the contemporary film adaptation """". The latter actually features Howard Lew Lewis (Rabies) among its cast - hence his doubly witty line in the episode ""They Came from Outer Space,"" which episode also passingly satirises the film for casting the lead with an American accent (Kevin Costner). The memorable music and songs for ""Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"" series were composed by Nick Russell-Pavier and David Chilton. Each episode contained either one or two songs, which were mostly originals but were sometimes parodies. According to commentaries on the DVDs, the actors were frequently dubbed in their singing voices,"
"Nottingham. During his time there he was active in the Student Drama Society (""Dramsoc"") and appeared in a production of ""The Changeling"" (Middleton and Rowley). Ramsay Gilderdale Ramsay Wilson Gilderdale (born 5 August 1962 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire) is an English actor, who played Guy of Gisbourne in BBC comedy ""Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"". He also appeared in ""Rumpole of the Bailey"" and ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"". As a screenwriter, he has also worked on ""Barbara"" and ""ChuckleVision"". He was a storyliner on the Cuthbert Lilly sketches for ""ZZZap!"". He is also a director of Modicasa, an Italian company"
"Ramsay Gilderdale Ramsay Wilson Gilderdale (born 5 August 1962 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire) is an English actor, who played Guy of Gisbourne in BBC comedy ""Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"". He also appeared in ""Rumpole of the Bailey"" and ""Blackadder's Christmas Carol"". As a screenwriter, he has also worked on ""Barbara"" and ""ChuckleVision"". He was a storyliner on the Cuthbert Lilly sketches for ""ZZZap!"". He is also a director of Modicasa, an Italian company specialising in ""sales, holiday rentals and property management and services"" in and around Modica in southern Sicily. Ramsay is a graduate of the University of"
"Matthew Weiner Matthew Hoffman Weiner () (born June 29, 1965) is an American writer, producer, director, actor and author, best known as the creator of the television series ""Mad Men"" and ""The Romanoffs"". He is also noted for his work as a writer and executive producer on ""The Sopranos"" and for his work as a writer on ""Becker"". He wrote, directed and produced the comedy-drama film ""Are You Here"" in 2013, marking his filmmaking debut. He published his first novel ""Heather, the Totality"" in 2017. Weiner has won nine Primetime Emmy Awards, two for ""The Sopranos"" and seven for ""Mad"
"his creation where they must save the life of Captain Picard's occasional paramour, Vash, who must either marry Sir Guy or be executed. In the 1990s CBBC comedy show ""Maid Marian and her Merry Men"", Guy—played by Ramsay Gilderdale—is the nephew of King John, and is portrayed in the series as an overgrown mother's boy. He is foolish to the point of being delusional, believing himself to have a friend from outer space named ""Plop Bop"". He dresses occasionally as a sugar-plum fairy or more usually as a court jester, and is generally held in contempt by the heroes and"
"by Michelle Holmes, replaced by Emma Amos; his 1940s 'sweetheart' was originally played by Dervla Kirwan, then replaced by Elizabeth Carling, who had an infant son with him – 'Michael' - whom he met in the 'present' as an adult, played by Ian Lavender. The show was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, also creators of ""Birds of a Feather"" and ""The New Statesman"". The creators wrote the first series, while subsequent episodes were by a team of writers (including Marks and Gran). Although originally made for the BBC, the series has subsequently been repeated on ITV3, Gold, Drama,"
"Karen Kilgariff Karen Kilgariff (born May 11, 1970 in Petaluma, California) is an American writer, comedian, singer, author, actor, television producer, and podcast host. She began her career as a stand up comedian in the early 1990s and later became a television actress, most notably as a cast member on ""Mr. Show"". She has written for many comedy television shows, including being the head writer on ""The Rosie Show"", ""The Ellen Degeneres Show"" and ""The Pete Holmes Show"". Since 2016 she has co-hosted the true crime comedy podcast ""My Favorite Murder"" along with Georgia Hardstark. In 2018 she and Hardstark"
"Barry O'Brien Barry O'Brien (born 1959) is an American television writer and producer best known as the co-creator of Disney Channel Original Series ""Hannah Montana"". His credits include ""Happy Days"", ""Perfect Strangers"", ""Hangin' with Mr. Cooper"", ""Judging Amy"", and """". Barry O’Brien was born in San Francisco, California, to a large Irish Catholic family. He attended Terra Linda High School, before joining Santa Clara University on a football scholarship, studying business and finance. While convalescing from a knee injury, O’Brien began writing his first television scripts, a successful submission resulting in a commission for the hit television series ""Happy Days""."
"David Lloyd (actor) David Lloyd (born 17 May 1955) is an English actor and screenwriter, perhaps best known from his role in ""Maid Marian and her Merry Men"", where he played Graeme, one of the two guards (alongside Mark Billingham's Gary). David Lloyd was born in 1955 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, and is, according to the IMDb, 6' 1"" tall. Lloyd studied drama at Manchester University between 1978 and 1981, where he met and worked closely with Ben Elton, later one of Britain's foremost comedians and a key figure in Alternative comedy. Lloyd's friendship with Elton led to him appearing"
"Michael G. Moye Michael George Moye (born August 11, 1954) is an American photographer and a former television writer and producer. In his television career he has written for shows such as ""The Jeffersons"", ""Diff'rent Strokes"", ""Good Times"", and ""227"", and produced ""It's Your Move"" and ""The Jeffersons"". His best-known work is likely the 1987 series ""Married... with Children"", created with Ron Leavitt for the then-fledgling Fox network. Moye began his career in 1977 with a staff writing position on ""Good Times"". Between 1979 and 1984, he wrote for ""The Jeffersons"", and in 1982 he co-developed ""Silver Spoons"", which ran"
"Fiction. Dan Dworkin Daniel Seth Dworkin (born May 23, 1972) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He and writing partner, Jay Beattie, are best known for co-creating Matador alongside Roberto Orci for Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network in 2014. The series starred Gabriel Luna, Alfred Molina, Nicky Whelan, Neil Hopkins, and Elizabeth Peña. Together, Dan and Jay also developed MTV's ""Scream"", a television reboot of the popular horror film franchise, which premiered on June 30, 2015. His previous TV writing credits include: ""Revenge"", ""The Event"", ""Cold Case"" and ""Criminal Minds"". His short fiction has been published on Pseudopod and"
"shook her, and within a season she never worked in TV again. She decided to speak out years later after allegations of sexual misconduct by Louis C.K. and allegations of others of sexual assaults in Hollywood came to light, saying it provided her a safe space to reveal her allegation. Weiner denied the allegation. Matthew Weiner Matthew Hoffman Weiner () (born June 29, 1965) is an American writer, producer, director, actor and author, best known as the creator of the television series ""Mad Men"" and ""The Romanoffs"". He is also noted for his work as a writer and executive producer"
"two guards were ostensibly part of 'ye baddies', but were really very sympathetic, (if slightly dim-witted) comedic sidekicks and foils to Tony Robinson's Sheriff of Nottingham. Initially, this semi-musical pseudo-Children's comedy programme was written solely by Mr Robinson, but by the third series, both Lloyd and Billingham were helping out with storylines and scripts, both ultimately gaining on-screen credits as co-writers. The three remain friends, and can be seen discussing writing ""Maid Marian"" on the DVD release of ""Series 3"". Lloyd (and Billingham)'s work on ""Maid Marian"" with Tony Robinson gave them a grounding in comedy scriptwriting, and spurred them"
"Jedi,"" (1983) he performed as the Ewok Logray as well as the operator for Jabba the Hutt's tail. Mike Edmonds Mike Edmonds (born 13 January 1944) is an English actor with dwarfism, known for his role as Little Ron in the children's television show ""Maid Marian and Her Merry Men"". Edmonds can also be seen dancing in the Men Without Hats music video ""The Safety Dance"" as a dwarf jester, wearing a shirt for their ""Rhythm of Youth"" album. Edmonds has also appeared in several films, including ""Flash Gordon"" (1980), ""The Dark Crystal"" (1982), and ""Who Framed Roger Rabbit"" (1988)."
"Bernadette O'Farrell Bernadette O'Farrell (30 January 1924 – 26 September 1999) was an Irish actress. She was married to the film writer and producer Frank Launder. She is best known for playing Maid Marian in the 1950s TV version of ""The Adventures of Robin Hood"". She left the show in 1957, after 78 episodes, to avoid type-casting, and was replaced by Patricia Driscoll. She played an English mistress, Miss Harper, in ""The Happiest Days of Your Life"" (1949), Jessie Bond in ""The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan"" (1953) and Peg Curtis in the boxing film ""The Square Ring"" (1953). She"
"to write more. Between 1993 and 1996, the two collaborated on the writing of another children's comedy programme: ""Harry's Mad"", based on the novel by British children's author Dick King-Smith. The programme featured an intelligent talking parrot (""Madison""), inherited by his owner, Harry, upon the death of his uncle. The parrot's abilities were only known by a select few, but would be heard at inopportune moments, causing considerable trouble for Harry. The show ran for four series, and also featured Lloyd, Billingham and ""Maid Marian"" co-star Howard Lew Lewis in various small roles. Soon after (1996 to 1998), Lloyd was"
"voice-over to the ""Free-ranger"" Chicken cartoon short, an English child-scripted arts-funded production in 1989. Robinson also presented the early-Saturday evening series ""Stay Tooned"" for BBC 1, which featured a selection of classic Warner Brothers and MGM cartoons. In 1989 he created the children's comedy TV series ""Maid Marian and her Merry Men"", a loose retelling of the legend of Robin Hood in which he appeared as the Sheriff of Nottingham. Four series were broadcast on BBC1 during 1989–94. In 1990 he appeared as ""Shlomo Denkoviz"" in Series 8, Episode 2 of ""Bergerac"" – ""My Name’s Sergeant Bergerac"". Also in 1994,"
"April Kelly April Kelly (born April Kalinowski) is a television writer and producer, who co-created ""Boy Meets World"" and ""Girl Meets World"" with Michael Jacobs. She was a writer on the shows ""Happy Days"" and ""Mork & Mindy"". She was a producer on ""Love, Sidney"", ""9 to 5"", and ""Teachers Only"". She wrote the TV movies ""I Still Dream of Jeannie"", ""How to Murder a Millionaire"" and ""Your Mother Wears Combat Boots"" (under pseudonym Susan Hunter). She also co-created ""Boy Meets World"", ""Girl Meets World"" and now is the co-executive producer for the first season. She also wrote for the"
"The Foresters The Foresters or, Robin Hood and Maid Marian is a play written by Alfred Tennyson and first produced with success in New York in 1892. A set of incidental music in nine movements was composed for the play by Arthur Sullivan. The success of the first production led to productions in seven other American cities. A production opened in London in 1893. Although the play was not well received in England, Sullivan's incidental music was praised. Sullivan and Tennyson had worked together before, on a song cycle for tenor, ""The Window"", written and composed in 1867–68, but not"
"her wife is Shari Rosenthal. I. Marlene King Ina Marlene King (born May 22, 1962) is a writer, producer and director. She is best known as the executive producer and showrunner of the Freeform teen drama ""Pretty Little Liars"". She also wrote the 1995 film ""Now and Then"". In 2014, it was announced that King will adapt Danielle Vega's horror novel ""The Merciless"" as a feature film and Sara Shepard's novel series ""The Perfectionists"" as a television series for Freeform. King will also adapt ""The Heiresses"" with a pilot production for ABC beginning in August 2018. She has two sons,"
"Robin and Marian Robin and Marian is a 1976 British-American romantic adventure period film from Columbia Pictures, shot in Panavision and Technicolor, that was directed by Richard Lester and written by James Goldman, based on the legend of Robin Hood. The film stars Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Richard Harris as Richard the Lionheart. It also features comedian Ronnie Barker in a rare film role as Friar Tuck. ""Robin and Marian"" was filmed in Zamora, Spain and also in Artajona, Urbasa, Quinto"
"Dan Dworkin Daniel Seth Dworkin (born May 23, 1972) is an American screenwriter and television producer. He and writing partner, Jay Beattie, are best known for co-creating Matador alongside Roberto Orci for Robert Rodriguez's El Rey Network in 2014. The series starred Gabriel Luna, Alfred Molina, Nicky Whelan, Neil Hopkins, and Elizabeth Peña. Together, Dan and Jay also developed MTV's ""Scream"", a television reboot of the popular horror film franchise, which premiered on June 30, 2015. His previous TV writing credits include: ""Revenge"", ""The Event"", ""Cold Case"" and ""Criminal Minds"". His short fiction has been published on Pseudopod and Popcorn"
"The Mr. Men Show The Mr. Men Show (sometimes simply called Mr. Men) is a British/American animated children's television series based on the original ""Mr. Men and Little Miss"" books created in the 1970s and 1980s by British author Roger Hargreaves and his son Adam Hargreaves. Adapted from the published source material into a television variety program, ""The Mr. Men Show"" features comedy sketches (primarily), pantomimes, dance numbers and music videos. The TV series was directed by Mark Risley and executive produced by Kate Boutilier and Eryk Casemiro. The music was composed by Jared Faber. The series currently airs on"
"Larry Gelbart Larry Simon Gelbart (February 25, 1928 – September 11, 2009) was an American television writer, playwright, screenwriter, director and author, most famous as a creator and producer of the television series ""M*A*S*H"", and as co-writer of Broadway musicals ""City of Angels"" and ""A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"". Gelbart was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Jewish immigrants Harry Gelbart, ""a barber since his half of a childhood in Latvia,"" and Frieda Sturner, who migrated to America from Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. Marcia Gelbart Walkenstein was his sister. His family later moved to Los Angeles and"