Into the Greenwood: A Podcast About Robin Hood

12/02/2025

In case you didn't know, MGM+ has green-lit a new Robin Hood show.

I hope that you'll indulge me in a bit of wish casting with something like Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham.
How great would that be?

Oh wait....

Sean Bean has joined the upcoming "Robin Hood" series at MGM+, Variety has learned.

11/02/2025

The next 'Splitting Arrows' episode of the podcast takes aim at a 40 year old Robin Hood parody.

Do you have a favorite comedic take on Robin Hood that ISN'T 'Men in Tights'?

07/02/2025

The king most popularly associated with Robin Hood (albeit not through any original sources) takes center stage in the new episode of Into the Greenwood.

Although, it's the private life of Richard the Lionheart that dominates the discussion with medieval historian Hilary Rhodes, author of the article 'Richard the Lionheart, Contested Queerness, and Crusading Memory'.

06/02/2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8YJZ7c2SNY

This video sums up just some of the reasons why this version of Robin needed an entire bonus episode of the Into the Greenwood podcast when .bsky.social and I ranked him as part of our ongoing list with every film version of Robin Hood out there.

Do the greatest heroes have the biggest hearts? Can roguish courage and gentle, fatherly kindness coexist in one man? Why does Robin Hood still feel so speci...

29/01/2025

As you may have noticed (and please subscribe if you haven't!), Into the Greenwood has been on a bit of a break as we catch up with life during this crazy January.

But we have episodes in the works for February and beyond, so stay tuned!!! 🏹

27/01/2025

At this point I've read a LOT of Robin Hood stories, including some pretty strange ones.

The weirdest, though, has to be from a book 100 years ago where Robin disguises himself as a giant teddy bear and gets into a high-speed car chase with the Sheriff of Nottingham!!!
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24/01/2025

Tonight Rick and I recorded our ranking for the 20th performance of Robin Hood we've come across during the Splitting Arrows series on Into the Greenwood.

I will send a prize (of unspecified quality or value) to anyone who can guess which actor played our 20th Robin Hood!!!

23/01/2025

In 2025 we're going to continue our 'Splitting Arrows' series where Richard Hopkins-Lutz and I watch (nearly) EVERY Robin Hood film/series in chronological(ish) order, but we might also start a 'Side Targets' series that looks at films that somehow recontextualize RH or otherwise feel adjacent to that character and story.

Are there any that you'd recommend?

23/01/2025

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'In word and in deed' 🏹

Another year begins as I gird my loins, don the tights and set off on the Outlaw trail.
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Robin Hood Town Tour 8 Feb 2025 2pm Ends 4.30 ish with fine ales at Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem 🍻

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16/01/2025

Right now the Nottinghamshire County Council is running a survey about the state of Robin Hood-related tourism & public perception of the character.
Into the Greenwood has several episodes (including eps 2 & 43) that relate to this very topic!

Find and participate in consultations run by Nottinghamshire County Council

16/01/2025

That's the question the county council wants you to answer 🏹

Robin Hood and Sherwood Forest are by far the most popular element of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire's tourism offer, a recent consultation found.

Now people are being invited to give their views on the legendary outlaw - and how he could be used to promote Nottinghamshire.

Find out how to get involved: https://bbc.in/40x2gEq

15/01/2025

My attempts to delve into all sorts of Robin Hood-related media has not neglected the realm of table top role playing games!
Over on YouTube, I've been posting actual play videos from the "Legacy of Sherwood" campaign that I'm running!

A generation after the exploits of the infamous Robin Hood, four strangers have found themselves thrust together in the depths of Sherwood Forest and operati...

11/01/2025

Through mysterious algorithmic reasoning, the website Goodpods has listed the 10 "best" episodes of Into the Greenwood as:

48- w/ Fred Serval
29.5- "Ranking that Fox"
47- w/ Sharon Bennett Connolly
28- w/ Patricia Gonsalves
40- Splitting Arrows: The Legend of Robin Hood
41- w/ Minsoo Kang
49- Splitting Arrows: The Arrows of Robin Hood
12- w/ Bryce Brown
9- Splitting Arrows: Prince of Thieves
51- Splitting Arrows: Robin of Sherwood

Interesting how there's basically a 50/50 split between interview episodes and Splitting Arrow film review episodes. 🤔

All great episodes (naturally 😉), but not necessarily the ones I would have guessed.

Do you have a favorite episode?

10/01/2025

On episode 50 of Into the Greenwood I accidentally referenced the electroclash duo "Fischerspooner" when I meant to reference the actor "Fisher Stevens".

My apologizes to Fischerspooner for the mix-up.

Mr. Stevens, thank you for apologizing for your own mistake.

09/01/2025

One of the absolutely most rending images I've seen in movie comes from the opening of 'Стрелы Робин Гуда' (Strely Robin Guda) or 'The Arrows of Robin Hood'.

But the impact only comes when you realize that this brief and dialogue-free scene from the film's opening is actually the film's epilogue.

03/01/2025

Happy New Year to all of you daring rogues and wolfsheads!

2025 brings us the 50th anniversary of 'The Legend of Robin Hood' with Martin Potter and the 70th anniversary of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' with Richard Greene!
Both series are (at least partially) available on YouTube and well worth checking out!

Also worth checking out, episodes 40 and 27 of the podcast! 😉
(Episode 27 is especially one of my favorites! A fantastically fun, and informative, discussion about one of the all-time great RH adaptations!)

31/12/2024

For anyone who might not know, 'Robin of Sherwood' was a landmark series that debuted in 1984.
It remains a truly unique adaptation, not just for introducing elements of pagan mysticism into the legend, but for striking a balance between fun-loving comrades & the hard scrabble reality of outlaw life.

It is a gorgeously shot series and quickly inspired a loyal fanbase that remains active forty years later.

The Into the Greenwood podcast has just released the first of three review episodes as part of our "Splitting Arrows" series, starting with the debut movie-length first episode, 'Robin hood and the Sorcerer'.

Check out our review wherever you get your podcasts and check out the series, if you haven't already!!!

28/12/2024

Whew! We're making it just under the wire for the 40th anniversary!!!
The first of THREE episodes dedicated to 'Robin of Sherwood' is available right now for backers at patreon.com/intogreenwood and will be available on your podcast service of choice for everyone on Monday the 30th!

For this Splitting Arrows episode of the podcast, author, and friend of the show, J. Tullos Hennig helps me introduce Rick to Robin of Sherwood for the first time!

Spoilers: It goes quite well!