Maid Marian and Her Merry Men - Secondary Characters

Secondary Characters

• Gladys and Snooker (Hilary Mason and Robin Chandler): two villagers of Worksop. Gladys is an elderly (and extremely stupid) peasant, fond of telling stories and legends, and hanging out with Barrington. She is Worksop's "wise old woman", but admits to being underqualified. Snooker (who also gets called "Stinker") is another extremely stupid peasant, who appears to be about 40. Named ostensibly for a single joke, his greatest claim to fame is apparently inventing a game involving a long stick, a table, and a number of coloured balls. Together, they serve as the mouthpieces of the village, but are generally no more intelligent than the peasants they speak for.
• Nettle (Kerry Potter): a young female villager, who is definitely the equal of Marian in intelligence.
• Chickweed (Karen Salt): a very young peasant girl.
• Hayley (Carly Britnell), another young intelligent female villager. She had a comet named after her after she vomited as it shot across the sky. ("Hayley's Vomit".)
• The Beast of Bolsover: a reference to the nickname of Dennis Skinner, then - and still - the Labour Party Member of Parliament for Bolsover and member of the Socialist Campaign Group. (Tony Robinson is a well-known Labour Party supporter, and was elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee in 2000).
• Eric "The Newt" Teasel: an archer, appearing in the episode "Robert The Incredible Chicken". From Epping Forest.
• Cowpat: a pretty young village woman. She is a friend of Rose, and one of Robin's many fans. She appeared in "Rotten Rose (Part One)".
• Clough: a tall, red haired and bearded village man, from Nottingham forest and sometimes seen about Worksop. Participated in the archery contest. The character name is a clear reference to Brian Clough, manager of English football team Nottingham Forest at the time.
• Nigel Pargetter: semi-regularly appearing but uncredited peasant (actually Martin O'Toole) who fell victim to a number of misfortunes, including being punched in the head several times, being crushed by a radiator during Bloopy, and having a large cucumber lodged in his head by Robin's lookalike. Named after a well-known character in long-running BBC Radio 4 soap opera, The Archers.
• "Little Girl" (Kellie Bright): often found close to Gladys in the first series.
• "Mad Prisoner" (Christopher Nichol)