Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1070 in DVD
• Released on: 2008-11-03
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 5
• Running time: 585 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The first series of the BBC’s Saturday night reimagining of Robin Hood pretty much set the scene for what you can expect from this follow-up run. Historical accuracy? You can forget about that, as it’s chucked out along with parts of the Robin Hood legend itself, in favour of a rollicking good evening in front of the telly.

With Jonas Armstrong in the title role, this second series once more pits Robin Hood against the nasty Sheriff of Nottingham, played with utmost glee by Keith Allen. There’s also Lucy Griffiths’ Maid Marian, Gordon Kennedy in fine form as Little John and Harry Lloyd as Will Scarlett among the talented cast, who are clearly having a ball.

The show’s strengths are its commitment to outright entertainment, and a sense of humour that guarantees a good chuckle or two every episode. Mixed in with some fun action sequences, Robin Hood is at its best with your critical faculties set to neutral, and your brain set to simply enjoy some grand primetime fun. Granted, there are holes in the narrative you could ride a coach through, and not too much bears close inspective, but this second series builds well on the first, and sets the scene for a potentially explosive third season in 2009. And that’s well worth looking forward to. --Jon Foster

Synopsis
Lavish retelling of the legendary hero who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. Newcomer Jonas Armstrong stars as Robin Hood, with comedian Keith Allen playing his formidable foe, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Features all the episodes from the second series.

Customer Reviews

Well worth the wait!
After having bought series 1 on DVD boxset, I eagerly awaited watching this one. I was not disappointed, either. Many guest stars appear in the series, which I only noticed after watching one of the DVD documentaries. Keith Allen is a brilliant villain, but Richard Armitage's character Guy of Gisborne is just brilliant. In series 2, we get to know a lot more about robin's gang, and there is much more humor with Sam Troughton's character, Much.

As for the DVD extras, after watching the main documentary and the other 2 documentaries (rather weirdly based on the deaths of characters - something the makers of this boxset seem to be obsessed with), I couldn't help but notice the lack of extras on the DVD's. Unlike the series 1 box set, there are no character profiles, instead we are left with just the commentaries.

The DVD menu design is simply magnificent, featuring a certain symbol used in the episodes. The episodes also feature the previously seen scene selection, with a difference - each of the windows representing a scene to select features a moving image, so you can preview it before you select it. Although it looks brilliant, it is totally impractical. The fanfare played when inserting the DVD into your player is irritating, but the quality of the episodes by far makes up for this. The packaging is pretty much the same as before, but yet again is a masterpiece. After a while, however, the paper packaging can peel away.

A great boxset for any collector, if you look beyond the special features.

Guess Who's Had Their Weetabix
If your looking for historical accuracy surrounding tales concerning the myth of Robin Hood and His Merry Men then you will probably be disappointed with this series as there are inaccuracies in both weaponary and costumes(not correct at times for the period being portrayed) This and i cannot stress it enough is not important as the other aspects of the production. The humour is as always enjoyable and there are often one liners made such as Will & Little John after a fight saying "And its goodnight from me & its goodnight from him" Keith Allen as the Sheriff is still superb and so watchable adding a certain twirling of the whiskers. there have been some superb guests appear this season and without giving anything away some serious shocks in the storyline.

Overall the reimagination of the Tales of Robin Hood is superb and the stories move along at a pace quick enough to maintain peoples interest. Jonas Armstrong is extremely likeable as Robin and is well supported by Lucy Griffiths (Maid Marian), Joe Armstrong (Allan a Dale), Anjali Jay (Djaq),Gordon Kennedy (Little John), Harry Lloyd (Will Scarlett) and Sam Troughton (Much) and especially the bad guys of Keith Allen as The Sheriff of Nottingham and Richard Armitage as Guy of Gisborne.

If your looking for an enjoyable show that won't tax the brain, doesn't take itself too seriously and is just a nice enjoyable show to watch with all the family then you will not be disappointed with purchasing this set.

The only thing for me personally which brings the show down (but not much) is the lack of the Tuck character however David Harewood has been linked to appear as the chubby Friar in the 3rd season which is due to air in 2009.

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got to be a number 1
this is one of the best box set you can get this is good for all the family and i just hope they keep on making them it get 10 out 10 of me
so looking foward to the new series in the spring 2009