The BEST episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood season 3
Every episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood season 3!
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 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.
#2 - The Salt King
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1957
In the days of Robin Hood, various essential goods were in short supply, and certain lords held monopolies on them. One such commodity was salt, and Lord Guthrie is plotting with the Sheriff to hold up supplies so the price will rise. The plan works well, until Robin steps in.
#3 - A Tuck In Time
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1957
Edgar, Friar Tuck's twin brother, has returned from the East with a deadly machine, and is prepared to sell it to Prince John. But Robin and Tuck plan to stop him.
#4 - Pepper
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1957
Robin becomes involved in the fortunes of a Byzantine princess, Irene, who has been held hostage in England.
#5 - The Charter
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1957
Lord Greenwald is seriously ill in his castle, and he is the only person who knows the hiding place of a Charter which will limit Prince Johns' power, should he become king. Marian learns where the Charter is hidden, but how can she and Robin get to it before the Sheriff finds out too?
#6 - Change Of Heart
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/28/1957
Friar Tuck, now living in Tintern Abbey, sends for Robin's help against Lord Humphrey, who is planning to expel the Celts from the Forest of Dean, where they have lived for centuries.
#7 - Brother Battle
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1957
Brother Wootan, a great believer in education, has been banished many times for teaching the children of serfs to read. Robin allows him to start a school in the forest, and one of the unwilling pupils is Little John. Unfortunately for Robin's immediate plans, Wootan arrives just as he is planning to capture a consignment of Prince John's gold going to the Sheriff of Nottingham.
#8 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1957
Sir Loren is caught ill-treating a blacksmith, and is banished from his home by his father. Then Loren kills his young brother in the forest. Robin and Little John are the only witnesses, but knowing that they cannot risk giving evidence themselves, they seek a way to make Loren confess.
#9 - The Ghost That Failed
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/17/1958
Local farmers believe that the land belonging to surly Simon Dexter is haunted. Robin and Friar Tuck realise that this is Simon's way of scaring his neighbors off his land, and decide to see what they can do about it.
#10 - Farewell To Tuck
Season 3 - Episode 39 - Aired 6/30/1958
The Sheriff has long suspected that Friar Tuck is in league with Robin Hood, and seizes an opportunity to get rid of him, when the archbishop arrives in Nottingham, looking for a good man to take over a parish in Sussex.
#11 - At The Sign Of The Blue Boar
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 3/24/1958
A miserly Nottingham tailor, designing to own the 'Bue Boar' inn, consults with the Sheriff. Together they work out a plan to get control of the inn and lay a trap for Robin.
#12 - Quickness Of The Hand
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/31/1958
With the end of the tournament season, three knights decide to try to make some money by capturing Robin Hood and claiming the reward. By posing as strolling players, they enter the outlaws' camp and work a neat trick.
#13 - The Elixir Of Youth
Season 3 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/7/1958
Sir Boland, in desperate need of money, promises the hand of his ward Melissa to Sir Louis, an elderly Norman, in spite of her being in love with Sir Boland's squire. When Friar Tuck hears of the young girl's plight, he asks Robin for help.
#14 - The Genius
Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/14/1958
Nicodemus, a brilliant mathematician, aware that Prince John covets the giant catapult that he has invented, escapes from the power of the Prince into Sherwood Forest, only to discover that his brother has been seized as a hostage by a rascally baron.
#15 - The Youthful Menace
Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/21/1958
Marian is disappointed to find that Edwin, her nephew that she has not seen for ten years, and who has just arrived from France, is scornful of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws.
#16 - The Minstrel
Season 3 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/28/1958
With the help of a song, Robin and a minstrel named Roland manage to spoil Prince John's hopes of an alliance with the Prince of Aragon.
#17 - The Doctor
Season 3 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/5/1958
Little John breaks his leg escaping from the Sheriff's men. Robin and Friar Tuck carry him to the home of Sir George Woodley, who is being visited by a foreign doctor.
#18 - The Lottery
Season 3 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/12/1958
The Sheriff finds a neat and foolproof way of raising money for Prince John, by organising raffles. Foolproof that is, until Robin comes on the scene.
#19 - The Fire
Season 3 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/19/1958
During a lengthy drought, Little John and Derwent are cornered in a cave. The Sheriff, in trying to smoke them out, starts a fire which forces him to seek help from Robin.
#20 - Lincoln Green
Season 3 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/26/1958
Robin, Marian and Little John visit Master David of Lincoln to buy Lincoln Green cloth. The Sheriff follows, hoping for a chance to capture them, which he finds when Master Shanks, David's assistant, turns traitor.
#21 - Woman's War
Season 3 - Episode 36 - Aired 6/2/1958
Robin agrees to let two of his men accompany Ann de Brissac, a noblewoman, to a place where gold for King Richard is hidden. But Marian then arrives at the camp to explain that Ann is a spy for Prince John. So Robin has to set out to save his two men.
#22 - Little Mother
Season 3 - Episode 37 - Aired 6/9/1958
A trap is laid to catch Little John when he receives a message that his mother, a serf of the Duke of Retford, is very ill. But the brawny outlaw brings the house down about the plotter's ears.
#23 - Marian's Prize
Season 3 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/16/1958
Robin's name is entered for an archery contest in the village of Northeave, but owing to his absence from camp, Marian has to go instead, in disguise.
#24 - Roman Gold
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1958
Dr. Quince, an antiquarian friend of Robin's, is excavating the site of an old Roman villa. Robin and his men agree to lend a hand, in the hope of finding Roman gold. He is very successful until the news reaches the Sheriff, who wants the gold for himself.
#25 - The Double
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1958
Bolbec, a sworn enemy of Robin Hood, arrives at Nottingham Castle to see the Sheriff. He has, he tells the Sheriff, a foolproof plan to trap the outlaw leader, involving Luke Tanner, who is the exact double of Robin.