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 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Knight Errant
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/20/1958
Marian wants to speak to Robin urgently. She tries to tell him that Sir Jack of Southwark has her father's permission to marry her. But Robin is so engrossed in his archery practice that that he will not take any notice. When Sir Jack arrives, Robin finds out the hard way.
#8 - The Profiteer
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/13/1958
The village of Lotham is without food, because of the failure of the grain crop. The Lord of the Manor refuses to help, but Robin hears about it, and agrees that Andrew, a serf from Lotham, shall buy food with money from the outlaws.
#9 - The Rivals
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1958
Trouble begins when the Sheriff tries to levy yet another tax to raise money. His lieutenant advises against this, and they plan to start a band of outlaws to compete with Robin's men.
#10 - To Be A Student
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/16/1957
Prince John is levying troops from among young men of suitable age. Peter Larkin, a brilliant student that Friar Tuck is preparing for university, tries to escape this traitorous service.
#11 - The Bride Of Robin Hood
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/9/1957
A girl, who has run away from her home to avoid a marriage to Walter, proves herself a valiant archer in defence of Robin. In return for her service in a dangerous situation, he grants her a favor. But he gets more trouble than he bargained for in carrying out this boon for the girl.
#12 - The Angry Village
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/1957
Robin and Little John, while hunting in the forest, come across villagers hiding grain to avoid it being confiscated. But the grain is discovered, and treachery is suspected.
#13 - An Apple For The Archer
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/18/1957
Mary Quartermaine, according to her father's will, has to marry the best bow-man in the land. Robin plays cupid when he teaches Timothy Cox to shoot an arrow well enough to win the lovely young woman as his bride.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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?
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - The Mark
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/1957
Barnaby Church is being rebuilt, creating much interest on Nottinghamshire. Walter, the master mason, is proud of his work, but Sir Blaise, plotting to turn the church into a fortress, meets with unexpected opposition.
#21 - The Challenge Of The Black Knight
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/30/1957
Will Dale, as a special birthday treat, is brought by his father to the forest. There, he goes hunting with Robin and the outlaws, but they get into a fight with Sir Roger Fitzwilliam, who kidnaps Will.
#22 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#25 - 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.