The BEST episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood

Every episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood!

A long-running series of adventures featuring Robin of Locksley--Robin Hood--and his group of Sherwood-Forest-based freedom fighters. Robin and his men protected England from the evil machinations of Prince John while good King Richard was away at the Crusades. The series was primarily intended for children, and was unusual in that it frequently re-used the same actors in different roles, or different actors in a recurring roles

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#1 - The Frightened Tailor

Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/3/1957

A list of people loyal to King Richard, being carried from London to Nottingham by Ned Carter, comes into the Sheriff's possession, but fortunately Robin has a chance of rescuing it.

Directors: Anthony Squire
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#2 - The Christmas Goose

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/23/1957

Young Davey has a pet goose, who is very attached to him. One day it saves him from a flogging from Sir Leon's men, but in so doing is caught and, as a punishment, sentenced to become Sir Leon's Christmas dinner.

Directors: Don Chaffey
Writer: Oliver Skene
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#3 - The Dream

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1957

Marian's cousin, Sir William Fitzwalter, comes from Eleanor, the Queen Mother, to ask Robin's help. It means Robin has to go to Austria. That night Marian has a strange dream, causing her to fear for his safety.

Directors: Terence Fisher
Writer: Anne Rodney
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#4 - The Path Of True Love

Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/10/1957

Locksley Hall has sentimental associations for Robin and Marian, and they pay a visit. But the current owner is treating his peasants miserably, so they decide to help.

Directors: Terence Fisher
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#5 - The Blackbird

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1957

Most people can stand a bit of teasing, but the outlaws go too far with Little John, and he walks off in a huff. It was a pity he didn't look where he was going - it would have saved Robin a lot of trouble. Little John is caught by the Sheriff's men and sentenced to hang, and Robin has to rescue him.

Directors: Terence Fisher
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#6 - The Shell Game

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1957

Robin's men are annoyed when he gives refuge to Pick, a confidence trickster, who specialises in a shell trick, which makes him rather unpopular with the men. Robin uses him in a plan to collect some jewels for King Richard's campaign in France.

Directors: Terry Bishop
Writer: Anne Rodney
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#7 - The Ambush

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/11/1957

Prince John is always trying to seize the English throne while King Richard is in the Holy Land. But there is someone with a better claim: Arthur of Brittany. Suppose, by some regrettable accident, that Arthur were killed?

Directors: Lindsay Anderson
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#8 - The Bandit Of Brittany

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/1957

Robin and Friar Tuck escort Prince Arthur and the Duchess Constance to Chateau Marmont in France for safety. There they make a discovery, of a French 'Robin Hood' called Jacques Chapeau. Jacques captures the prince, intending to use him as ransom for his brother imprisoned in Paris.

Directors: Terry Bishop
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#9 - The Goldmaker's Return

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/25/1957

The Sheriff has found the man everyone is looking for: Lepidus, an alchemist who can make gold. But the old man has been in his laboratory for a month and has produced nothing. The Sheriff gives him just seven days more. Robin, feeling guilty for delivering hime to the Sheriff, tries to rescue him.

Directors: Terry Bishop
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#10 - The Secret Pool

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1957

Robin and Marian are fishing in a pool which Robin explains has the biggest fish in the area. It belongs to Sir Cedric Hayworth, who knows nothing about it. When Robin has dealings with the knight later, he spins him a very fishy yarn to trick him.

Directors: Don Chaffey
Writer: John Dyson
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#11 - Fair Play

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/1957

'The Flying Four' are a Bavarian acrobatic team, and they come through Sherwood Forest on their way to Nottingham Fair. Naturally, they are waylaid by the outlaws, but when they are found to be harmless, they are treated as guests. It is then that the Men of Sherwood get their Great Idea.

Directors: Terry Bishop
Writer: Sidney Webb
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#12 - The Dowry

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/25/1957

A preposterous London merchant and his beautiful daughter Bess are on their way to Sir Harold of Nottingham with a dowry of one thousand gold crowns. Garth, one of the outlaws, reports their presence to Robin, who arranges to relieve them of their gold.

Directors: Anthony Squire
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#13 - The Borrowed Baby

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/8/1957

The Count of Severne tells the Sheriff that his gold has been taken by Robin Hood. He also suspects Maid Marian. The Sheriff disbelieves this, but agrees to put the Count's suspicions to the test.

Directors: Don Chaffey
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#14 - Food For Thought

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/22/1957

Count Olivier has levied a new tax, taking so much food from the people of Upper Minton that they may starve. Robin captures the food from the tax collector and must return it to the villagers without the Count knowing.

Directors: Sidney Cole
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#15 - Too Many Earls

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/29/1957

The Earl of Rochdale, Marian's uncle, is quarrelling with the Earl of Northgate, and she suggests an archery match to decide the matter. She hopes Robin will be able to shoot for her uncle, but first they must hoodwink the Sheriff.

Directors: Robert Day
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#16 - Highland Fling

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/6/1957

Robin and Friar Tuck go on a mission to Scotland for King Richard, to collect five hundred gold crowns, for King William, but they find the Scots suspicious. Proving their identity gives Tuck some anxious moments.

Directors: Terry Bishop
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#17 - The Mystery Of Ireland's Eye

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/13/1957

Robin and Friar Tuck go with Marian to an island off the coast of Ireland, where they suspect her uncle, Sir Edward de Courcy, is being held prisoner. They find the local people frightened, and someone tries to frighten Robin too.

Directors: Terry Bishop
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#18 - The Road In The Air

Season 2 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/17/1957

Sir William has imposed an import duty on all grain taken to Tom's mill, and unless it's paid, he will see nobody crosses his land, which surrounds it. When Robin hears about this, he thinks of a way to get the grain to the mill without anyone setting foot on Sir William's land.

Directors: Robert Day
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#19 - The Trap

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1956

The Sheriff's campaign against Robin and the outlaws has not been very successful, but Sir Simon, an agent of Prince John, comes along with a new idea, and proposes to carry it through himself. The Sheriff is pleased to hand over to someone else.

Directors: Terry Bishop
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#20 - Hubert

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1957

Lady Rowena is being forced to marry a local nobleman, De Vere. Sir Hubert is determined to storm the castle single-handed, to save her. But who will save him?

Directors: Terence Fisher
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#21 - The Knight Who Came To Dinner

Season 1 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/4/1956

A penniless knight, Sir Richard of the Lea, has mortgaged his estate to the abbot, and cannot repay his debt. The outlaws lend him the sum he needs. To ensure they get their money back, Robin sends Friar Tuck to the abbey in the guise of Sir Richard's squire.

Directors: Ralph Smart
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#22 - The Traitor

Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/21/1956

Robin and his men may be outlaws, but they are not traitors, and when they find that one of three men on a special mission is not to be trusted, they decide to do something.

Directors: Terence Fisher
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#23 - The Prisoner

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/9/1956

A courier has come to Prince John, and Robin thinks he bears important news. The Prince says it is of King Richard's death, but Robin disbelieves this, and sets to work to discover the truth.

Directors: Bernard Knowles
Writer: Anne Rodney
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#24 - A Village Wooing

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1956

Men try to join Robin's outlaw band for some strange reasons, but surely Wat Longfellow's was the strangest of all. He wanted to join so he could get married to the widow Winifred!

Directors: Bernard Knowles
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#25 - Blackmail

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1956

By chance, a stranger hidden in a cart overhears a conversation between Robin and Marian. Is it enough to blackmail the outlaw of Sherwood Forest? Robin impersonates the Sheriff to turn the tables on the blackmailer.

Directors: Bernard Knowles
Writer: Paul Symonds
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