Actually, no. Not in this case. I really love Robin Hood, and it infuriates me beyond rational explanation, every time some crappy film/TV programme butchers it. I make an honourable exception for Robin of Sherwood. It took liberties, Carpenter freely admits that there is no magic in the original tales, but he put the folkloric and magical elements in so well that it just worked, possibly because it reeked of genuine British folklore (Herne the Hunter, Wayland the Smith, Rhiannon, Crom Cruach, etc...). Also, the first series was otherwise pretty close to the traditional stories.

This one is about the worst I've seen, and I include not only Kevin Costner's Prince of Schmaltz, but also that awful Disney animated version in that. And it could have been so much better. I watched a few episodes last year, and probably I will see a few bits and pieces this year, because She Who Must watches it avidly, but it has stolen as many minutes from my life as I ever wish to expend on it, when there are more fulfilling activities, such as washing up or scratching my balls to be getting on with! ;-)