Television
- Maid Marian was the lead character in Tony Robinson's BBC children's comedy Maid Marian and her Merry Men. In the show, Marian was portrayed as the real leader of the Merry Men, whilst Robin was a vain coward who was mistakenly believed to be the leader by King John and the Sheriff of Nottingham.
- Maid Marian was played first by Bernadette O'Farrell, and then by Patricia Driscoll in the 1950s series The Adventures of Robin Hood.
- in the HTV show Robin of Sherwood (1984-86), Marian was played by Judi Trott, and after meeting and falling in love with Robin (of Locksley, played by Michael Praed), lived with him and the other outlaws in Sherwood Forest. After Robin's death, she was wooed by Robin's successor as Herne's Son and leader of the outlaws, Robert of Huntingdon (played by Jason Connery), but was ultimately unable to requite his love.
- In Blackadder: Back & Forth, Maid Marian is portrayed by supermodel Kate Moss.
- In the late 1990s TV show The New Adventures of Robin Hood, she was played by Anna Galvin, and then by Barbara Griffin. She lives with Robin, Little John and Friar Tuck in the Sherwood forest.
- In the 1991 TV movie Robin Hood she is played by Uma Thurman.
- Maid Marian was featured in the late-1960s animated series Rocket Robin Hood, a science fiction version of the Robin Hood story.
- In the BBC's 2006 version Robin Hood, Lucy Griffiths plays the role of Lady Marian, as opposed to Maid Marian. In this version of the tale, she is daughter of a previous Sheriff of Nottingham and the love interest of Robin. Beautiful and quick of mind, Marian is headstrong and feisty. She is involved in a love triangle, with Sir Guy of Gisbourne and Robin as her suitors.
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