Into the Greenwood: A Podcast About Robin Hood

25/10/2025

Did we get everything right in the 80s and 90s?
Absolutely not.

But deciding that Maid Marian needed to be a redhead wreathed in flowers like the Queen of the May wasn't our worst call.

25/10/2025

A tease for the subject of the interview that was conducted today for an upcoming episode of Into the Greenwood...

Art by Howard Pyle.

23/10/2025

Episode 64 is out!
I cut more material from this episode than any other, and it STILL ended up being the longest episode ever of Into the Greenwood!!! 😳

Evidently we had a LOT to say about this movie that came out the same year as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and thusly ended being quite overlooked!

Is it as good as Prince of Thieves?
Is it better?
What do you think?

23/10/2025

22/10/2025

The next Splitting Arrows episode includes several references to The Legend of Robin Hood mini series (celebrating its 50th anniversary!) and was covered on episode 40 of Into the Greenwood!
The show (and the podcast 😉) are worth checking out!

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22/10/2025

22/10/2025

21/10/2025

Who else is excited???!!! 🏹

20/10/2025

A little preview for the next Splitting Arrows episode of Into the Greenwood...

"I like the Robin Hood movie from 1991. No, not the one with Costner. The *other* Robin Hood movie from 1991.
You've probably never heard of it."

19/10/2025

Tonight we'll be reviewing one of the films that I consider to be in "The Big Three" in terms of defining our modern relationship with Robin Hood.

18/10/2025

We're continuing our celebration of the 70th anniversary of The Adventures of Robin Hood television show AND International Archaeology Day by bringing on an archaeologist to discuss the time when Robin Hood excavated a Roman villa! 🏺

Find it here or wherever you get your podcasts! 🎙️

In celebration of International Archaeology Day, Dr. Emily Holt joins me in the Greenwood as we watch S3.E24

18/10/2025

Happy International Archaeology Day! ⛏️🦴🏺

We've got a deep respect and appreciation for archaeology in the Greenwood!

Our very first guest was buildings archaeologist Dr. James Wright of Triskele Heritage and zooarchaeologist Dr. Naomi Sykes of the University of Exeter joined us for episode 21!

It's an old aphorism that history is written by the winners; which implies a certain bias in the historical record. Of course, that's even assuming you have a written record at all. Archaeology is a means of learning about our past in ways that do...