Maid Marian And Her Merry Men

Tuesdays to Fridays at 3.40pm from Tuesday 11 August

Here's something that Robin Hood didn't count on – his myth ripped to shreds in a family comedy drama and reinvented brilliantly. New to G.O.L.D., Maid Marian And Her Merry Men recasts Robin as a cowardly traitor from Kensington, with Marian as the brains behind the Merry Men.

Marian's plans to rob the rich and feed the poor is often hampered by her inept gang, including the useless Robin himself, the unhygienic Rabies, Barrington the Rastafarian and the vertically-challenged Little Ron.

But one thing she does have on her side is that however rubbish Robin is, the Sheriff of Nottingham is terrified of him. And that's the way she must keep it.

Written by and starring Tony Robinson, with Kate Lonergan as Marian and Danny John-Jules as Barrington, Maid Marian And Her Merry Men is like a family-sized version of Blackadder. With songs.