Robin of Sherwood
1980s dramatisation based on the character of Robin Hood. Lasting for three series, this adaptation is generally acknowledged to be the best.Episode title: The Sheriff of Nottingham (Series 3, episode 5)
Transmission date: 3rd May, 1986
Lewis’s character: Philip Mark
Synopsis: The Sheriff of Nottingham is dismissed and replaced with Philip Mark, the butcher of Lincoln.
Cast:
| Sheriff of Nottingham | - | Nickolas Grace |
| Sir Guy of Gisburne | - | Robert Addie |
| Little John | - | Clive Mantle |
| Marion | - | Judi Trott |
| Friar Tuck | - | Phil Rose |
| Much | - | Peter Llewellyn-Williams |
| Will Scarlet | - | Ray Winstone |
| Nasir | - | Mark Ryan |
| Edward of Wickham | - | Jeremy Bulloch |
| Robin | - | Jason Connery |
| Hubert de Giscard | - | Robert Dawes |
| Philip Mark | - | LEWIS COLLINS |
| Sarak | - | Valentine Pelka |
| Old Prisoner | - | Stuart Linden |
Comment:
"We've had a lot of fun casting against type. Lewis plays a Truman Capote of mediæval England - he's gentle and bland, but with sinister undertones" Esta Charkham, Casting Director, May 1986