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Robin Hood - Man, Myth or... ?

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Radio 2 Arts Programme John Florance investigates the archetypal English hero. Over the centuries Robin
Hood has been portrayed in ballads, May revels, broadsheets, films and on TV, emerging as a different character in each. Music has been written about him by people as diverse as John Barry, Dick James , Clannad, Sir Edward German , Steeleye Span and Lionel Bart.
Historians struggle to place him, writers reinterpret him, and political creeds have used him. Taking part are writers Michael Eaton and John Matthews , folklorist
Georgina Boyes , musicians Lucy Skeaping and the City Waites, and historian
Stephen Knight.
Producer David Corser

Contributors

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Dick James
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Sir Edward German
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Lionel Bart.
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Michael Eaton
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John Matthews
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Georgina Boyes
Musicians:
Lucy Skeaping
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Stephen Knight.
Producer:
David Corser
Source: Radio Times

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