Adventure film characters
An adventure film is a form of adventure fiction, and is a genre of film. Subgenres of adventure films include swashbuckler films, pirate films, and survival films.
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CultureBritish novels adapted into filmsBritish novels adapted into television showsBritish novels adapted into playsNovels adapted into comicsNovels adapted into radio programsPeople whose existence is disputedLiterary archetypesMale characters in literature18th-century British novelsMaritime folkloreAtlantic slave tradeEnglish folkloreRobin HoodRobin Hood characters
Robin Hood
Melvyn Bragg discusses the centuries old myth of the most romantic noble outlaw. Was he a yeoman, an aristocrat, an anarchist or the figment of a collective imagination?
30 October 2003
Featuring: Stephen Knight, Thomas Hahn, Juliette Wood
Robinson Crusoe
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daniel Defoe's seminal novel Robinson Crusoe. Published in 1719, it was an immediate success and is considered the classic adventure story.
22 December 2011
Featuring: Karen O'Brien, Judith Hawley, Bob Owens