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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood

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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood

The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin...

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  1. Background image for Will Scarlet
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Will Scarlet

    S1:E24

    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.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for A Guest for the Gallows
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - A Guest for the Gallows

    S1:E6

    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?

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for The Challenge
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Challenge

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Queen Eleanor
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Queen Eleanor

    S1:E8

    The Queen Mother, Eleanor of Acquitaine, arrives in Nottingham on a mission to collect money in aid of King Richard's was 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Checkmate
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Checkmate

    S1:E9

    The Count de Waldern makes himself unpopular with Robin when he makes advances to Maid Marian. The Count invites her to dinner, but he finds he has two uninvited guests.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Ordeal
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Ordeal

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for A Husband for Marian
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - A Husband for Marian

    S1:E11

    When a rather unpleasant knight wants to marry Marian for her dowry, Robin has to act, and disguises himself as a wealthy German baron.

    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for The Youngest Outlaw
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Youngest Outlaw

    S1:E13

    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?

    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Betrothal
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - The Betrothal

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for The Alchemist
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Alchemist

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for The Jongleur
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Jongleur

    S1:E16

    A strolling minstrel leads Little John and Robin into a trap laid by the Sheriff, but he later discovers on which side justice lies.

    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Brothers
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Brothers

    S1:E17

    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?

    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Intruders
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Intruders

    S1:E18

    Friendly villagers have turned against Robin and the outlaws after being robbed. To win back their confidence, he must find the thieves.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for The Sheriff's Boots
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Sheriff's Boots

    S1:E19

    The Sheriff of Nottingham prides himself on being well dressed - even down to his boots. His own bootmakers don't seem to be doing a good job, but what would he say if he knew that he was wearing outlaw boots?

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for Errand of Mercy
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Errand of Mercy

    S1:E20

    While delivering herbs to fight an epidemic of St Anthony's Fire, Robin and Little John are recognised by a beggar, and are in danger.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for The Vandals
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Vandals

    S1:E21

    A man is found murdered in Sherwood Forest, and the arrow that killed him is sworn to be Robin's. Local looting in the village is also being blamed on him, so Robin must find the vandals, in order to clear his name.

    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Ladies of Sherwood
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Ladies of Sherwood

    S1:E23

    Arthur of Tetsbury is to be hanged for keeping money from King Richard's crusade, instead of paying it in taxes to Prince John. The Sheriff suspects Robin will try to rescue him, and frobids anyone to enter or leave the city. But a woman's robes can hide even a man's Lincoln Green.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Deserted Castle
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Deserted Castle

    S1:E25

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Miser
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - The Miser

    S1:E26

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  21. Background image for Trial By Battle
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Trial By Battle

    S1:E27

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Children of the Greenwood
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Children of the Greenwood

    S1:E28

    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.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown
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  23. Background image for The May Queen
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - The May Queen

    S1:E29

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for The Wanderer
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - The Wanderer

    S1:E30

    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...

    Writer:Unknown
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  25. Background image for The Byzantine Treasure
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - The Byzantine Treasure

    S1:E31

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Secret Mission
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Secret Mission

    S1:E32

    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.

    Writer:Unknown
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Best Episodes Summary

"Will Scarlet" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood". It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Ralph Smart and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/5/1956. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Guest for the Gallows".