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The episode celebrates the 35th anniversary of 'Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves' and discusses its characters, themes, and action sequences.

“Locksley! I'm going to cut your heart out with a spoon!” Join Ian, Liam, Kev & Debbie for our 335th episode as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). Grab your bow, avoid the Sheriff’s dinner invitations, and prepare for a film packed with accents of varying legality, spoon-based violence, and enough Alan Rickman scenery-chewing to feed Nottingham for a winter. Megs isn’t with us this week — she was scheduled to record, but unfortunately entered an archery tournament disguised as a peasant and is currently hiding from the Sheriff’s tax collectors. This week we discuss: Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood — movie star charisma, questionable accent, and whether audiences have ever really cared. Alan Rickman’s Sheriff of Nottingham — one of cinema’s great villains. Does he completely hijack the film from everyone around him? Morgan Freeman’s Azeem — wisdom, dignity, and why he often feels like the smartest person in every scene. The 1991 blockbuster formula — action, romance, comedy, spectacle. Is this the perfect example of a film designed to entertain first and ask questions later? Ian explores the film’s historical accuracy — or more accurately…

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Hosts: Ian, Liam, Kev, Debbie

Topics covered

• Robin Hood
• film analysis
• character study
• historical accuracy
• action sequences
• comedy
• villains in cinema

Keywords

• Robin Hood
• Kevin Costner
• Alan Rickman
• Morgan Freeman
• 1991 film
• action
• comedy
• historical accuracy

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Books & works: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

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