The BEST episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood season 1
Every episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood season 1!
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
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Will Scarlet
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/5/1956
Will Scarlet has an eye for the girls, and this lands him in trouble with the Sheriff's men. Robin comes to the rescue, but Will's willingness to trust everyone is still liable to land him in trouble.
#5 - The Inquisitor
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/7/1956
Robin and Little John find new ways of getting into inaccessible abbeys: Little John through the kitchen, and Robin by riding in a wine barrel.
#6 - Tables Turned
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/14/1956
Derwent and Much 'obtain' some loot which they heard was jewels. But it turns out to be two children, who prove to be more than a nuisance. Soon the tables are turned, however.
#7 - The Wager
Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/11/1956
Robin bets Friar Tuck that he can collect more money by begging than Tuck can by prayer. But Norman soldiers make things very difficult for these apprentice beggars.
#8 - A Husband For Marian
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1955
When a rather unpleasant knight wants to marry Marian for her dowry, Robin has to act, and disguises himself as a wealthy German baron.
#9 - A Guest For The Gallows
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1955
The Sheriff has sentenced a peasant, Will Stutely, to death. Robin disguises himself as a butcher, and plans to get an interview with the Sheriff by starting a riot - but what good will that do?
#10 - Maid Marian
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1955
The waylaying of a courier by the outlaws has a surprising result - for Robin - who finds himself in a perilous position. Maid Marian is suspected of being an enemy of the outlaws.
#11 - The Challenge
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1955
The Sheriff thinks one of his men is the best archer in the land. Sir Richard of the Lea says he knows of someone even better - Robin - and a contest is arranged. The outcome is never in doubt, but Sir Richard soon has cause to regret that he ever supported Robin.
#12 - The Youngest Outlaw
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1955
A young boy tells Robin that he is a page in Waldern Castle, but wants to join the outlaws. How can Robin refuse, when he finds out how important the 'page' really is?
#13 - Queen Eleanor
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1955
The Queen Mother, Eleanor of Acquitaine, arrives in Nottingham on a mission to collect money in aid of King Richard's war against the Saracens. The Sheriff, after making a generous donation, plots to waylay the party and get his money back, but Marian persuades the Queen to let Robin help her.
#14 - Children Of The Greenwood
Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/2/1956
When the freeman A'Bland flees from a false accusation of murder that means imprisonment and death, his children,Alice & Oswald, are seized by the men-at-arms who serve the Lord FitzUrse. In the great castle they are treated harshly at the hands of the lord and his menials. A'Bland joins the outlaws, and together they decide on a rescue.
#15 - The Ordeal
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1955
Edgar, one of the outlaws, is falsely accused by the Sheriff of the murder of Jack the Wagoner. He must submit to trial by ordeal - by plucking an iron bar from a boiling caldron.
#16 - The Betrothal
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/26/1955
Gambling has always been a full-time occupation with the outlaws - gambling on their luck against the Sheriff. But Sir Richard couldn't pay the price of his gamble: he now has a month to pay the money or forfeit his estate.
#17 - The Jongleur
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/1956
A strolling minstrel leads Little John and Robin into a trap laid by the Sheriff, but he later discovers on which side justice lies.
#18 - Checkmate
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1955
The Count de Waldern makes himself unpopular with Robin when he makes advances on Maid Marian. The Count invites her to dinner, but he finds he has two uninvited guests.
#19 - The Thorkil Ghost
Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 5/28/1956
Harold of Thorkil Castle insists he is being haunted by a vicious Viking ghost. At least that's what he tells Robin, but Robin doesn't believe in ghosts.
#20 - The Intruders
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/23/1956
Friendly villagers have turned against Robin and the outlaws after being robbed. To win back their confidence, he must find the thieves.
#21 - Secret Mission
Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/30/1956
A mysterious hooded pilgrim, Peregrinus the palmer, seems anxious to make the acquaintance of the outlaws, and proves himself a worthy friend when he shows how well he can use a bow. But he asks awkward questions about their loyalty to King Richard.
#22 - The Byzantine Treasure
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/23/1956
The outlaws rarely have attacks of conscience, but when they discover solid gold plates belonging to Queen Eleanor have been stolen, something has to be done. The Byzantine treasure is too 'hot' for them to hold.
#23 - The May Queen
Season 1 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/9/1956
The May Queen is being made to marry a man she does not love, but a tournament has been arranged, and perhaps under cover of the jousting, Robin will be able to do something.
#24 - Trial By Battle
Season 1 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/26/1956
Marian is arrested and sent for trial, suspected of murder, after the King's Commissioner is killed with a dagger of hers. But it's a strange trial, because two men have to fight, and only if her defender wins is she proved innocent.
#25 - The Miser
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/19/1956
When Robin hears that the villagers have been charged double taxes, he decides to teach miserly Sir William de Courcier a lesson. Robin pretends to be helpful, but the miser soon learns the error of his ways.