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The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Complete Fourth Season

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I pre-ordered this item about 3 months ago and very excitedly received it just a week ago, only to find that the first disc, supposedly containing 13 episodes, only contains 10. It is missing "The Loaf", "Tuck's Love Day", and "Six Strings to His Bow". Not only that, but the rest of the remaining episodes are out of order as written on the disc and the guide on the back, making it a bit confusing (they don't jive chronologically). I loved the first three seasons that Mill Creek put out, they did a wonderful job, but I wish I hadn't pre-ordered this one because of the quality of the others... apparently, since I have had it "ordered" for more than the 30 days return policy, I can't return it. I will work on this through Amazon, they are usually accommodating, but if you are considering ordering this Fourth Season, you might want to wait until they have worked the bugs out of their new release.

Thanks to the warning from Ms. Grant, I checked with Mill Creek before ordering the fourth season from Amazon. The project manager assured me that the problems had been addressed, and I am happy to say he was quite right. The episodes Ms. Grant noted as missing have been restored, so buyers can order with confidence that they will be receiving a set of just as high a quality as its predecessors.

This wonderful series from the mid-1950's has a heart, a mind and a social conscience. The acting is top notch and the production values very good.

I've purchased every season of this classic series and have not been disappointed by any of them. Each episode is a self-contained adventure featuring the well-known characters from the Robin Hood story legend. The stories hold up surprisingly well for their age, though the action is very "PG". The violence is not graphic, and, of course, it's not as realistic as modern drama. The main selling point of this show over other 50's shows is that it's not cheesy.

If you like something gentle and light to entertain you on a weekend afternoon, these stories are perfect. They're also good for families with children.

Note that the series is quite old and the quality is not pristine (though certainly not bad at all). If you're looking for something which will blow you away with quality and effects, this is not your show.

I forgot how good this show was.
Well written little stories.
Better now that I understand English history better.
Other than Robin and the sheriff, the history is
close to being correct except I don't believe there
ever was an English mark coin.

The Robin Hood series is just great fun to watch. The episodes are healthy entertainment, humorous and they always have a fun moral to the story. They do a wonderful job of casting the same characters in many new and diverse roles. We never tire of viewing the stories over and over after a couple months go by.

This series was about the right length. The content was very good without the filth that you see in modern serials. Exciting!

The only sad thing about this collection is the fact it's the last one. This series was and still is one of the very best. Fine casts, good storylines, rousing music, good production values overall. Richard Greene's bravado and dimpled charm are hard to surpass. Only Errol Flynn out-beloved rogues him. The sheriff isn't much with us in these episodes, and I am rather partial to Bernadette O'Farrell's Maid Marian, but still, this is sheer delight. Wonderful adventure, delicious mind candy.

--Robert McDowell ([...]) is the author of POETRY AS SPIRITUAL PRACTICE: Reading, Writing, and Using Poetry in Your Daily Rituals, Aspirations, and Intentions (Free Press/Simon & Schuster).

If you like action & adventure in a classic sense, with swashbuckling & arrow piercing journey, then this 4th season of the British 1950's Robin Hood is for you. I have purchased 3 of the 4 seasons from Amazon and have found them all to be entertaining and fun. My boys even love them.