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 - 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.
#2 - A Touch Of Fever
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/12/1959
Robin and his men capture three knights riding through Sherwood Forest. Difficulties arise when Marian recognises one of them as her cousin.
#3 - The Lady-Killer
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/5/1959
Robin is out hunting with Derwent when he sees his old friend Will Scarlett stalking a deer. Before Robin can join him, two foresters arrive and arrest Will for poaching.
#4 - The Flying Sorcerer
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/28/1959
Lord Giles of Richmond, in Nottingham to supervise the collection of outstanding taxes, sees an opportunity to increase his own wealth, when he sees Lord Eilmer, an elderly, harmless eccentric, carrying out scientific experiments in the market-place.
#5 - Sybella
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/1959
On his way to join King Richard in the Holy Land, the Earl of Steyne is ambushed by Baron Onslow, and killed. Onslow changes clothes with the dead Earl, and posing as him, rides to Nottingham, with the Earls' letter of introduction from Robin to the King. What is he plotting?
#6 - 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.
#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Trapped
Season 4 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/12/1960
Sir Marmont seizes travelers, tries them on false charges, and if they are unable to pay the heavy fine he imposes, sentences them to work for him. Robin Hood then falls into his clutches.
#14 - 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.
#15 - 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.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#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 - 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.
#20 - 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.
#21 - Too Many Robins
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/10/1958
Alma, an innkeeper's daughter, hero-worships Robin. But to gain her love, Tom the Thatcher tells her he is Robin. But she wants proof.
#22 - 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.
#23 - 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.
#24 - The Parting Guest
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 9/11/1960
Duncan of Stoneykirk is still the rather unwelcome guest of Robin and his men. His wild, unpredictable behavior and his interest in Marian are worrying to Robin.
#25 - The Devil You Don't Know
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/19/1959
The Sheriff is to be sent to London for a few months, and a deputy is to replace him in Nottingham. Will the new Sheriff be as tyrannical as the old one? Robin and Will Scarlett are out searching for Alan-a-Dale, who has failed to return to camp, when they see a group of horsemen with a young yeoman prisoner. They decide to help the captive.