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The Taxman Cometh
Season 1, Episode 6
The peasants' hero devises a plan to give the villagers an unexpected windfall by stealing the mountain of tax silver stored in Nottingham Castle. Meanwhile, an abbess arrives demanding use of the chapel, and Marian resolves to enter a nunnery for a year when Edward forbids her from going out at night
Adventure
Family
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Jonas Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Robin Hood
Lucy Griffiths
(Actor)
.. Marian
Richard Armitage
(Actor)
.. Sir Guy of Gisborne
Keith Allen
(Actor)
.. Sheriff of Nottingham
Gordon Kennedy
(Actor)
.. Little John
Sam Troughton
(Actor)
.. Much
Joe Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Allan-a-Dale
Harry Lloyd
(Actor)
.. Will Scarlett
Anjali Jay
(Actor)
.. Djaq
Michael Elwyn
(Actor)
.. Edward
Nikki Amuka-Bird
(Actor)
.. Abbess
Tom Beard
(Actor)
.. Flaxton
Ryan Winsley
(Actor)
.. Cedric
Matt Devere
(Actor)
.. Guard
Alan Stocks
(Actor)
.. Butcher
Zoltan Hetenyi
(Actor)
.. Guard
Richard Burrell
(Producer)
Richard Stendeven
(Director)
Richard Kurti
(Writer)
Bev Doyle
(Writer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jonas Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Robin Hood
Born:
January 01, 1981
in
Dublin
Best Known For:
Robin Hood.
Early-life:
William Jonas Armstrong was born in Dublin on January 1, 1981. He has a younger brother and sister. After graduating from Rada in 2003, he appeared in Quartermaine's Terms at the Royal Theatre in Northampton before starring in The Skin of Our Teeth at the Young Vic theatre.
Career:
In 2004, Armstrong made his TV debut in Channel 4 drama Teachers. His big break came in 2006 when he landed the title role in BBC drama Robin Hood, a part he played in 39 episodes until the series ended in 2009. Since then, he has appeared in The Street, Marple, The Body Farm, Prisoners' Wives, Hit & Miss, The Field of Blood and The Whale.
Quote:
"I've always been a stubble man, I don't do clean-shaven."
Trivia:
By his own admission, when he was 14, he almost had a leprechaun tattooed on his forearm.
Lucy Griffiths
(Actor)
.. Marian
Richard Armitage
(Actor)
.. Sir Guy of Gisborne
Born:
August 22, 1971
in
Leicester
Best Known For:
BBC period drama Robin Hood, and Spooks.
Early-life:
Richard Crispin Armitage was born on August 22, 1971, to parents John and Margaret, an engineer and secretary respectively. He was raised in Leicester and attended Pattison College in Coventry, before heading off to Budapest, Hungary, when he was 17 to join the circus. He eventually went to the London Academy for Music and Dramatic Arts to train as an actor. He also plays cello, guitar and flute.
Career:
Armitage's first appearance on screen was in Brit-flick This Year's Love, with several small roles in Doctors, Casualty and Spooks following shortly afterwards. He landed the part of Capt Iain Macalwain in ITV1's Ultimate Force in 2003, and his star rose even higher thanks to Cold Feet, where he played Lee, and a major role in costume drama North & South, based on the Elizabeth Gaskell novel. He's since starred in a TV version of Macbeth, The Golden Hour, George Gently and Robin Hood. Armitage also took over from Rupert Penry-Jones as the male lead in Spooks.
Quote:
On being asked what he knew of the Impressionist movement before starring as Claude Monet: "I've eaten my dinner off placemats and sent Mother's Day cards with Monet's Water Lilies on them, but that was about it."
Trivia:
He has provided the voiceovers for a number of TV and radio advertisements.
Keith Allen
(Actor)
.. Sheriff of Nottingham
Born:
June 02, 1953
in
Gorseinon, near Swansea
Best Known For:
Being the bad boy of TV.
Early-life:
Despite his allegiance to the England football team, Keith Howell Charles Allen was born in Swansea, South Wales, in 1953. He supports Fulham FC. His brother Kevin is an actor, director and comedian. On leaving school, Keith had a variety of jobs, including coal mining (although he only completed three shifts), running the shooting gallery at a funfair and working in a chicken factory. His big showbusiness break came when he went down a storm at the Comedy Store in 1979.
Career:
Allen was in a number of Comic Strip Presents... programmes during the 1980s. He also appeared in an episode of The Young Ones and made his film debut in Crystal Gazing, which he co-wrote. Among his highest profile projects are Scandal, A Very British Coup, Carry On Columbus, The Young Americans, Shallow Grave, Trainspotting, Martin Chuzzlewit, De-Lovely, 24 Hour Party People and The Others. Allen featured in BBC reality show Art School, released football-themed single Vindaloo as part of the band Fat Les, has conducted often-controversial interviews for Channel 4, and was most recently seen playing the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood. More recently, he has starred in The Body Farm, By Any Means, and My Mad Fat Diary.
Quote:
"I'm similar to Marmite in many respects. People either love me or hate me."
Trivia:
He supports Fulham FC.
Gordon Kennedy
(Actor)
.. Little John
Sam Troughton
(Actor)
.. Much
Joe Armstrong
(Actor)
.. Allan-a-Dale
Harry Lloyd
(Actor)
.. Will Scarlett
Anjali Jay
(Actor)
.. Djaq
Michael Elwyn
(Actor)
.. Edward
Nikki Amuka-Bird
(Actor)
.. Abbess
Tom Beard
(Actor)
.. Flaxton
Ryan Winsley
(Actor)
.. Cedric
Matt Devere
(Actor)
.. Guard
Alan Stocks
(Actor)
.. Butcher
Zoltan Hetenyi
(Actor)
.. Guard
Richard Burrell
(Producer)
Richard Stendeven
(Director)
Richard Kurti
(Writer)
Bev Doyle
(Writer)
