[4] Richard Carpenter had previously worked with producer Paul Knight on two other dramas involving historical adventure, Dick Turpin (1979–1982) and Smuggler (1981).

[6] Carpenter also used the books Robin Hood by the historian J. C. Holt and The God of the Witches by the folklorist Margaret Murray as sources for the program.

His 'Merry Men' consisted of Will Scarlet (Ray Winstone), Little John (Clive Mantle), Friar Tuck (Phil Rose), Much (Peter Llewellyn Williams), the Saracen Nasir (Mark Ryan) and Lady Marian (Judi Trott).

[11][12] During the course of the third series, the new Robin discovers that he is the half-brother of his nemesis Guy of Gisburne (an idea suggested to Carpenter by the fact that both actors had blond hair).

Carpenter said in a 1990 interview that the film was intended to star the TV series' regular cast, with a new actor playing Robin if Connery was unavailable.

They meet up with outcasts Will Scarlet, Tom and Dickon, and escapes to forms an outlaw band following the rescuing of Little John of Hathersage from Baron Simon de Belleme's bewitchment.

Robin encounters the mysterious Herne the Hunter and learns of a Silver Arrow with special powers and is bestowed with the mantle 'Hooded Man'.

Young minstrel Alan a Dale, who is madly in love with Mildred, the 16 year old daughter of Baron de Bracy finds out that she is to be forcefully wedded to the Sheriff.

Gisburne, left in charge while The Sheriff does his annual touring of the county, is alarmed by the increasing amount of poaching in the forest and thus invites his old war-friend Bertrand de Nivelle and his band of Flemish mercenaries to Nottingham in order to kill Robin.

Robin finds himself alone and surrounded by soldiers on an open field, realizing he must make the ultimate sacrifice in order to save Marion and the merry men and continue to protect the people of England.

A Norman nobleman and Earl's son, Robert of Huntingdon, has been chosen by Herne to continue Robin's work and lead the resistance in Sherwood.

With rumours spreading that Robin Hood has returned from the dead with a vengeance, suspecting that Marion might try to communicate with her old friends, the Sheriff sets a watch upon her home of Leaford Grange.

Robert injures his foot and Marion is captured, and with the power of Albion rescues her, while keeping his secret identity as Robin Hood intact.

In the middle of the night, the woman wakes Robert and identifies herself as Isadora, the daughter of his godfather, Lord Agrivaine, explaining that the two of them, alone, must go to him at once at Caerleon Castle to save a great inheritance from villains.

Rest of the merry men save an elderly woman named Margaret from robbers and accompany her to a local abbey, which houses a miraculous healing relic of the saint Ciricus.

Meanwhile, the legendary outlaw Adam Bell returns to Nottingham, causing mayhem and kidnaps the Sheriff's young nephew Martin.

Meanwhile, King John has outraged his former queen Hadwisa by taking a new 12-year-old bride Isabella of Angoulême while Arthur, an impostor tries to befriend the merry men.

With Robin in his power, Gulnar completes a vicious creature using dark magic and sends it to bring about an age of famine and destruction.

The original running order creates a number of continuity errors, the most notable being Marian's father being referred to as being dead in "The Swords of Wayland" even though he was discovered to be alive in "The Prophecy" and appears in later episodes.

In November 2003, Clannad revealed on their official web site that "there were several other pieces of music recorded for the third series of Robin of Sherwood that were not included on the Legend album".

On 25 October 2024 Clannad released the Legend Extended 40th Anniversary edition includes eleven previously unreleased tracks taken from the classic TV series.

Moody, atmospheric, superbly written and acted, with a haunting soundtrack by Clannad (later released as the album Legend), it was the inspiration for a generation of British fantasy role-players [...] That Robin of Sherwood succeeded is a tribute to the skill of writer, cast and crew.

[17]Reviewing Robin of Sherwood for SFX magazine, Jayne Nelson stated that "this incarnation of England's most famous outlaw will probably never be bettered".

Part of the problem is just how many variations on the theme of keeping out of the clutches of the Sheriff of Nottingham, embarrassing his lackey Sir Guy of Gisburne, and robbing from the rich to feed the poor can there be?

[20] Mary Whitehouse and the National Viewers and Listeners' Association criticised Robin of Sherwood as being unsuitable for children (as the organisation previously did with Doctor Who).

"[21] The Guinness Book of Classic British TV defended Robin of Sherwood, stating that the show's "swordplay was strictly zero blood" and that the supernatural elements were the result of Carpenter's "love for the subject matter".

[22] In 2022, Rebellion, Chinbeard Books and Spiteful Puppet jointly published "Robin of Sherwood: The Complete Look-In Comics", which collected all of the strips.

[27] By July 2015, Bafflegab Productions, the producers of the audio play/comic book series The Scarifyers, and co-producer Barnaby Eaton-Jones were adapting a feature-length script entitled Robin of Sherwood: The Knights Of The Apocalypse, written by Richard Carpenter before his death in 2012.

Jason Connery, Judi Trott, Ray Winstone, Clive Mantle, Mark Ryan, Phil Rose, Philip Jackson, and Nickolas Grace (Robert of Huntingdon, Lady Marion, Will Scarlet, Little John, Nasir, Friar Tuck, Abbot Hugo, and the Sheriff of Nottingham, respectively) all agreed to reprise their roles for the project, with Daniel Abineri taking the role of Herne in place of his father, John Abineri, who died in 2000.

[33] Robin of Sherwood: Tales Untold cast included Oliver Tobias, Robert Daws, Terry Molloy, Daniel Peacock and Claire Parker.