I was enormously lucky and proud to have the opportunity to write and ‘showrun’ this series for Tiger Aspect and the BBC, working alongside the gifted Foz Allan.
There are many more great people who helped me than I could possibly thank individually, but here’s a huge and heartfelt thanks to all those who came on the journey with me.
I do just want to mention Andy Price’s music though. His contribution has been somewhat overlooked. But the work is sublime. I might upload a track or two to show you what I mean.
Mr Minghella,
I am delighted to have a chance to tell you how much I appreciate Robin Hood. It is a wonderful series and for me, who is a Hood’s fan since I was a child, the show is one of the best adaptations I have ever seen. Your Robin is great, he is human and this is a huge quality.
In France, the show is not very well-known but those who know it, love it because it is really complete : drama, adventures, romance, a lot of humor but also some deeper messages like the role of the Church, the approach of the Cruisades… a great mix with in bonus, Andy Price’s marvelous music !
Robin Hood is my favourite series and I am glad to fill our french fansite each day to present the show to the people who doesn’t know it yet.
Thank you Mr Minghella !
Have a nice day,
Locksley
A moi l’honneur et le plaisir!
A prompt answer, and in french ! I am really lucky !
Hello!
I just wanted to say how much I absolutely LOVED Robin Hood! It was wonderful. I loved Maid Marian. I was soooo sad to see her die. But I loved it and I had to let you know! Thank you soooo much!
LOVED? I like LOVED. Thanks!
Mr. Minghella,
I can’t tell you how excited I am to be able to express in some small way my thanks to you for your work on Robin Hood. Here it is all this time later and I was revisiting some of the sites I loved to read and comment on. I happened upon your blog and am thrilled to be able to have the opportunity to say Thank you!
Robin Hood came at a very difficult time in my life. RH became my escape, my refuge. I don’t have a blog or a website, I’m not a writer, but I am a dreamer. RH gave me scope for the imagination. Helped me through a difficult time.
Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us all. If I could get over the excitement of finding your website I might have said something profound! Or maybe not.
With much appreciation,
Dreamer from the BBCA board.
It’s good to dream.
Without a doubt Robin Hood was great and the music wonderful. BUT….you know this can’t be the end of the story. King Richard has not come home yet and Robin still needs to lead his crew even if he is not in this world.
PLEASE…….consider what I’m saying……you need to finish the story. It can be done!
HIghest respect and regards to you for what you do.
Suzette
I’d love there to be more Robin!
Hi Mr. Minghella,
Big fan of Robin Hood here, both the legend and the show. But most importantly: huge fan of Andy Price’s score for the series.
I have to say, I was quite disappointed to see only one CD release for the show, with so much amazing music left unreleased! Especially from season 2, such as the cue playing when Robin is getting out of the snake pit in episode 1, or the one when the gang gets the gold in the sheriff’s strongroom in episode 2.
The cue you posted here was quite a gift, since it’s one of my favourite unreleased bits from season 1′s score, and I was wondering if it would possible for you to share a few more cues from the show?
Best regards,
Laurent.
I’d be shot if I did that! But so glad you love the music – isn’t Price a genius?
Yes, yes he most certainly is.
Well, I’ll keep on hoping a record label will release more of his music, because he definitely deserves it.
Caroline Catz (brilliant actress) stated in an interview that the scripts she received while working on DM were great not only in content but for the space above the lines which permitted improvisation–Do you allow for improvisation in your Robin Hood scripts or do you request the Artist to read exactly as written ? or is it the Director decision ?—I love the show either way—-Bob Scribner
Dear Bob,
I welcome actor engagement but the way I write doesn’t leave much scope for improvisation. Perhaps what Caroline was referring to and responding to was intelligence in the writing (hopefully!) – rather than writing with gaps. Not sure.
More importantly, are you the Bob Scribner who taught my partner Medieval Reformation History at Clare?
All best,
DM