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1. Think of a wacky and innovative new idea for a sitcom based in Victorian England. 2. Knock together 6 half hour long scripts containing witty dialogue which can instigate genuine reactions of laughter from an audience. 3. Assemble a cast of experienced successful comedians and comedy actors and some new faces. 4. Hand them scripts and ask them to act out the scenes in full costume.

Sounds like a perfect plan.

Until you watch the show and realise that the Emperor has no clothes.

Will it improve and become more coherent as the episodes accumulate? One can only hope so.

Have seen about ten episodes overall. Every new season I gave it another try, but it just proved too boring in the end. Slow moving plot lines acted out by a stark mix of pantomime villains and one-dimensional 'heroes', scripts that often seemed to sell the actors short and some terrible costuming (including the bendable swords). I enjoyed a few episodes that injected some emotion into the stories, especially those when close friends and family meet their ends. This type of storyline appears more realistic than the 'A-Team' one thousand bullets (or arrows) will not harm me brand of combat. I also disagree with the over-political correctness of the project. You can imagine the script and production meetings beforehand discussing 'we can't do this' and 'we must do that'. Although I can appreciate Morgan Freemans character Azeem, in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, which had a ring of truth to it, I cannot understand a black man playing Friar Tuck and a woman vying for the position of Sheriff of Nottingham. All this in the 12th Century? These ideas don't really make sense and indeed appear to remove some degree of authenticity with the original Robin Hood story. I sense some of the actors agree with my points too. Half of them look totally disinterested, as if coming back on set meant they had to cut a quick phone call short !