Hollowfox, my kids and I discovered that Robin Hood series when they were still young and impressionable. Now Jason Connery is their idea of the real Robin Hood but they liked the previous one better. I can't remember his name. But they hated Guy of Gisbourne.

Tolkien, D&D, and shows and movies like LOTR and Robin Hood filled the childhood of my daughters. I spent a very pleasant few months reading the entire Tolkien saga (Hobbit plus LOTR) to my older daughter when she was small. Now she is a member of the LURPS (Lancaster University Role Playing Society) and LARPs (Live Action Role Playing) whenever she can. And her Christmas present to her sister was a full size, very nicely decorated, latex sword. I can't imagine what impressions they got from their father.

There was an old show we watched in my youth, on Canadian TV, that was along the Robin Hood vein. I THINK it was from BBC. It had to do with a young man and a castle and was called Cherry or Chieri or something like that. Does that ring a bell with any of you in the UK?