Product Details

• Actors: Jonas Armstrong, Keith Allen, Richard Armitage, Lucy Griffiths, Sam Troughton
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC WARNER
• DVD Release Date: August 5, 2008
• Run Time: 585 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0016QNSGK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #11,967 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

People's hero, war hero, romantic hero and leader of the world's most famous resistance group...Robin Hood is known and loved by millions around the world. His fight against a corrupt government and greedy officials is something we all can connect with. Fun, modern and intelligent, the BBC's Robin Hood is guaranteed to appeal to today's sophisticated viewers and is set to be as popular as the new Doctor Who. Sharp, witty scripts by Dominic Minghella and a striking new look set the tone as the BBC updates this popular legend for all the family.

DVD Features:
Audio Commentary
Interviews

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Bit Tedious ***Season Finale Spoilers***, January 18, 2009

By	Randy (Reno, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews

So, I finally finished Robin Hood Season 1 by the BBC and I have to say I like it... but it has a LOT of problems. The first and foremost being how nearly every damned episode has Robin and his men rescuing a member of his gang, a complete stranger, a towns person, whatever from the castle or else they'll be hanged the next day. There's plenty of potential for other stories, but the writers never use it. I love the characters and the setting, but when they're all sneaking into the castle (again) to rescue someone from being hanged the next day (again) it gets a little tiresome.

Secondly, I'm tired of the "We introduce something during this episode and you know by the end it'll be used in some way shape or form for the conclusion". Only occasionally will something be introduced a couple episodes prior and then come into play later on down the road. It's just so... sit-com-ish, and nothing I would expect from a show of this caliber. Resolving everything within an hour may work well with something like Law & Order, but not so much with a story that should be continuous and have some continuity.

My third gripe was the season finale. I thought it was set up well enough... but WHAT THE HELL happened in those last few minutes?!?!?! I mean, the show's had plenty of corny moments and what have you, but that was just stupid. They finally set up a story that had other elements unused by the writers, but it was all soiled come the end with Robin ricocheting an arrow, tied to a rope, off the ceiling, hitting the sheriffs SANDLE between his toes and hoisting him up in the air in front of everybody at the "festival of pain". Robin proceeds to simply stroll out of the building with his men and whomever else he was rescuing that time, and on the steps of the castle they have an obnoxiously corny moment where the group all jumps in the air in congratulations and the scene freezes in that gray photo-esque look as it's been known to do every episode.

Why didn't the sheriff send his guards after them? Hell, why didn't the sheriff simply slip out of his damned sandle? Why did the fake king simply stand there? Did anybody believe Robin that he was indeed a fake king? Will Marian's father be able to simply go back to his home and wait for other kooky shenanigans to rise from Robin and his merry band of thieves or will the Sheriff simply put a guard at his house and kill him as soon as he walks through the door?

All in all, it's a nice show to mellow out to. It doesn't take itself too seriously, it has a couple of nice "OH CRAP!" moments that I enjoyed. But it's just such an aggravating show. I want to like it so badly, but I simply want to hate it as well for the lazy writing and things that simply don't add up. Maybe season 2 is better, maybe the show has found its feet by then? I guess I'll just have to wait and see.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love the series!, June 16, 2009

By	E. Kight "Gourmet Organic Cook" (Destin, Florida) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The story line is great! We loved the photography and the music as well. The entire family enjoyed it from age 10 and up. Robin Hood is good quality entertainment without extreme violence, sexuality, or bad language. Thank you BBC for this series! This is a rare wonderful find!

5 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad show.OK Blu-Ray, August 19, 2008

By	M. J Krankka "Whovian" (New London,MO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Not a bad Blu-Ray set of a pretty good show. Yeah no Dolby True HD or 5.1 PCM or DTS.HD just a Dolby Digital 2.0 and a Dolby Digital 5.1 release-Why I'm I not surprised as this is a Warner Blu-Ray set! Yeah Warner the number 1 studio that Blu-Ray fans complain about on the forums. Well anyways I thought the show was entertaining and it did not bore me.But there was a few times where I felt like I was watching Smallville. We have Robin in love with Marian but yet Marian is going to wed Gisborne one of the bad guys.And what does Robin do about his true love being engaged he pouts and complains much like Clark Kent did when he found out Lana got engaged with Lex.Then on the day of the wedding what does Robin do? He sits out on a field and pouts and even insults his best friend Much played by Sam Troughton(Patrick Troughtons Grandson) Well I guess it was better then what Clark did on Lana's wedding day when Clark pretended that his dog shelby was Lana. What love does to people!
Well as for The Blu-Ray version of Robin Hood I thinks its a pretty good set.The episodes look pretty good in HD. Sherwood Forest looks nice and color full in HD. As for The Dolby Digital sound? Well it was ok.Nothing special. I wonder if The BBC will do a season 2 set on Blu-Ray? I meen how well is the season 1 set selling anyways? I meen I have not scene that many reviews on it.Well Highdefdigest has a review and they gave it a poor review. Well I'm glad that I bought it even thoe the digest did not like the set. And I would buy season 2 on Blu-Ray too.