The New Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1997-1998 live action

Live action

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 TV series on Turner Network Television

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. It was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania

Lithuania

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 and produced and distributed by Dune Productions, M6, and Warner Bros. International. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

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 and Xena: Warrior Princess

Xena: Warrior Princess

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. The premiere episode aired immediately after an episode of WCW Monday Nitro

WCW Monday Nitro

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. A unique promotional effort took place between the two, with the Nitro main event -- Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan

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 vs The Giant

Paul Wight

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 -- not beginning until two minutes before the show ended and then continuing and being broadcast in lieu of standard commercial breaks.

Cast

• Robin Hood - Matthew Porretta
  Matthew Porretta
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   (seasons 1-2; the first Robin Hood was played by Matthew Porretta, who previously had a role as Will Scarlett O'Hara in another Robin Hood feature: the 1993 satire
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   comedy, Robin Hood: Men in Tights
  Robin Hood: Men in Tights
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  .
• Robin Hood - John Bradley
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   (seasons 3-4)
• Lady Marion Fitzwalter - Anna Galvin
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   (season 1)
• Lady Marion Fitzwalter - Barbara Griffin (seasons 2-4)
• Little John - Richard Ashton
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• Friar Tuck - Martyn Ellis
• Olwyn - Christopher Lee
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• Kemal - Hakim Alston
• Prince John - Andrew Bicknell
  Andrew Bicknell
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• Rowena - Christie Lee Woods
  Christie Lee Woods
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External links

• The New Adventures of Robin Hood at TV.com
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• fansite

DVD release

The first season of this show was released on DVD on June 1, 2010, and is sold exclusively on the Warner Bros. online shop as a manufacture-on-demand product.