The WORST episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood
Every episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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
#1 - 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.
#2 - The Wanderer
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/16/1956
Derwent the outlaw makes a friend to whom he will be everlastingly grateful. Sir Walter de Lys discovers that there is such a thing as hygiene, after a healer called Joseph cures him by unconventional means, which riles the other healers in Nottingham. Then the Sheriff takes a hand...
#3 - The York Treasure
Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/1/1957
Joseph of Cordoba and a young friend, Esther, escape from York with money raised by friends to pay the passage of a shipload of refugees landing at Grimsby. When Joseph is wounded, Robin offers to accompany Esther to the coast.
#4 - Bride For An Outlaw
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/29/1960
Sir Bligh Denton, a wealthy merchant, learns that his daughter Judith's suitor plans to visit her. Robin, escaping from the Sheriff's men, enters the house and is mistaken for the man.
#5 - 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.
#6 - The Alchemist
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/2/1956
A poor woman has been accused of witchcraft, and is under sentence of death to be burned at the stake. At least, that was the Sheriff's plan before Robin appeared with a clever ruse.
#7 - The Infidel
Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 5/27/1957
During King Richard's crusade, Ali ben Azra, one of the hated Saracens is captured and brought to England. In their turn, the Saracens capture Lord Rossmore and hold him hostage against Ali's safe return. Plans are made for the exchange, but Sir James Rossmore, nephew of Lord Rossmore, has other ideas. He has devised a plot that will enable him to inherit his uncle's fortune, placing the blame on the innocent Ali ben Azra. Robin decides to intervene.
#8 - The Deserted Castle
Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 3/12/1956
The Sheriff is puzzled by something very strange going on in a ruined castle. When he arrives with his men-at-arms, he finds that the castle contains an unnusual occupant.
#9 - The Brothers
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/16/1956
Robin is called on to aid two brothers, one of whom wants to become a priest. They are both fleeing the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Robin sends them to an abbot. However, they are caught, and the would-be priest is thrown into prison. Can Robin rescue him and help him take his vows?
#10 - The Coming Of Robin Hood
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1955
Robin of Locksley has been fighting in the crusades in the Holy Land for many years, and when he arrives home again, he finds a sorry situation. Prince John is trying to seize power, and the Normans are in control everywhere. Even Robin's own land has been seized by a Norman knight. Where can he look for friends?
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - 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.
#14 - The Healing Hand
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/27/1958
Little John is a good man in a fight, but not so good when brains are needed. Oswald of the Healing Hand, a 'quack' doctor, finds him easy to deceive, when he suffers from indigestion.
#15 - One Man's Meat
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/3/1958
Squire Woodstock has discovered a form of bran, which he calls his 'universal food', and which he thinks will replace all other food. Robin and Friar Tuck do not share the squire's enthusiasm when they have to eat it for dinner.
#16 - The Crusaders
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/17/1958
Robin has a rendezvous with four knights with whom he fought in the crusades, and in keeping it he falls into a trap set by the Sheriff. At last it seems the Sheriff has won - but Robin has got out of difficult and dangerous situations before.
#17 - Castle In The Air
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/24/1958
The impoverished knight and friend of the outlaws, Sir Richard of the Lea, loses a game of dice against Sir Adrian. Robin relaises the game was rigged. But so does the Sheriff, who is determined to turn it to his advantage.
#18 - 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.
#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - 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.
#25 - 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.