Robin Hood - Allan A Dale

"Not being funny, but..."

A cheeky chancer, a wide-boy opportunist, Allan will make sure he's got his own escape route sorted before he stops to help you. He has the gift of the gab and the Allan of old would cheat his best friend at cards if there was something in it for him.

Allan's traits can be used to avoid capture, get food to the poor, and make useful contacts. But if skills like that were to fall into the wrong hands, there would be big trouble. After a year in the forest surviving on very little, Allan began to want more than this earnest existence can offer. The temptation of power and money led him astray. Eventually, he rediscovered these values and earned back the respect of the gang. But will it last?

Weapon: Longbow

Played by: Joe Armstrong

Joe's film and TV highlights include The Bill, Foyle's War, Passerby, Blackpool and Waking the Dead.

Joe's dad is New Tricks star Alun Armstrong, and they appeared together in Between the Sheets.

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