![]() ![]() ![]() We lucked into the script by a happy accident when a lady called Rowena Sayer asked – as I ran the most recent convention for the show – if I'd be able to pass it back to Kip's estate, because she knew she had the original copy that Kip had auctioned off for charity (with his pencil annontations all over it, as it was typed way back in 1989). ![]() Sadly, Kip passed away unexpectedly in 2012, which made it more of a mission to honour him and his family – especially his daughter – have been instrumental in supporting this venture. But, Richard 'Kip' Carpenter was approached as far back as 2010 and then rights issues had to be sorted. It hasn't been an easy road and, as my co-producer Simon Barnard will also admit, at times it's been like trying to get out of the Sheriff's dungeon using a dead rat to pick the lock. Talk to us about the exciting audio news released this week and your involvement? Most people grow out of particular fandom as they mature, the rest of us become bloggers so we never have to shut up about our favourite things, but you've always gone a step further. His Sheriff of Nottingham is the touchstone of every other Sheriff since his wide-eyed, sarcastic and explosive portrayal. Plus, at the convention where my theatre troupe performed the full-length parody ('Robbin' The Legend), Nickolas Grace laughed at my jokes. ![]() The mood, the music, the attitude, the alchemy of a cast and crew working in harmony and that indefinable magic that captures your imagination and doesn't let go – it's all there in a series that, crucially, doesn't really age because it's set in the past. It's certainly not aimed directly at children, which was the brilliance of writer/creator Richard 'Kip' Carpenter, and it's what it is: a glorious re-telling of the legend (using both of the main legends, one of Robin being an ordinary villager, the other of him coming from aristocratic blood) which has probably become the definitive version and certainly the one where any other re-telling that came afterwards tries to copy. It is spectacularly good and very mature, with Pagan themes running throughout. To do this, I had to re-watch the entire series, know the background and history (for the in-jokes), and really fell in love with it as an adult again. I thought I'd do a Reduced Shakespeare Company-like play, squashing all three series into an hour and a half of frantic parody. But, when I really became immersed in it was when I was commissioned to provide the evening entertainment for a Robin of Sherwood convention called 'Legend' in 2004. I bought 'Look-In' (a kids TV magazine, if you're not in the UK) and loved the comic strip within if you aren't aware of his work, Google Mike Noble – he was the artist and he's absolutely brilliant. I loved it, I made longbows, I was a little bit scared of Ray Winstone and wanted to have blonde hair like Jason Connery. You know what, I remember it as a youngster but in the same way as I remember a lot of children's action/adventure shows back then (Knight Rider, The Fall Guy, etc). When did the love affair with Robin of Sherwood start for you? Mine began with the advert on HTV just before episode 1 aired. We know your beautiful beard and dulcet tones from our plush offices here at /G-f but, for those who don't know you intimately, "Who is Barnaby Eaton-Jones?"Ī mysterious enigma of a creative whirlwind, who can't stand still long enough to concentrate on one career. ![]()
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