Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

Robin Hood characters

Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman.

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  1. Eleanor of Aquitaine

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine (c1122-1204), who was a ruler in her own right as well as married to the king of France and then to the king of England.

    28 January 2016

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    Featuring: Lindy Grant, Nicholas Vincent, Julie Barrau

     
  2. 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

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    Featuring: Stephen Knight, Thomas Hahn, Juliette Wood