Maid Marian and Her Merry Men - Season 3 - Eps 1: The Big Baby

Name: Eps 1: The Big Baby
Released: 1993-01-07
Rating: 2.9

1993-01-07 • 25 min • ⭐ 5.8/10

The sheriff has a giant jelly baby in the likeness of King John made to give him as a present but the merry men steal it. In order to cut his losses and find another gift for the king, the sheriff tells the villagers that it is the festival of Bloopie when they must give presents to Father Bloopie, alias King John. When he has them all in the castle the sheriff plans to keep them until he gets presents from them but they are rescued by the merry men, using the jelly baby as a battering ram before they eat it.

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About Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

Title: Maid Marian and Her Merry Men

First Air Date: 1989-11-16

Last Air Date: 1994-02-16

Status: Ended

Rating: 5.8/10 (from 13 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 5

Total Episodes: 25

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy, Family

Production Companies: Unknown

Synopsis

Maid Marian and her Merry Men is a British children's sitcom created and written by Tony Robinson and directed by David Bell. It began in 1989 on BBC One and ran for four series, with the last episode shown in 1994. The show was a partially musical comic retelling of the legend of Robin Hood, placing Maid Marian in the role of leader of the Merry Men, and reducing Robin to an incompetent ex-tailor. The programme was much appreciated by children and adults alike, and has been likened to Blackadder, not only for its historical setting and the presence of Tony Robinson, but also for its comic style. It is more surreal than Blackadder, however, and drops even more anachronisms. Many of the show's cast such as Howard Lew Lewis, Forbes Collins, Ramsay Gilderdale and Patsy Byrne had previously appeared in various episodes of Blackadder alongside Robinson. Like many British children's programmes, there is a lot of social commentary sneakily inserted, as well as witty asides about the Royal family, buses running on time, etc. Many of the plots spoofed or referenced film and television shows including other incarnations of Robin Hood in those mediums.