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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1

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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 Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 24 - Will Scarlet
    7.8/10(61 votes)

    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. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 7 - The Challenge
    7.7/10(85 votes)

    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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  3. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 39 - The Prisoner
    7.7/10(54 votes)

    S1:E39

    Prince John has issued a decree that King Richard is dead and that he will be crowned King. Robin disbelieves this, and sets to work to discover the truth. Robin and Marian head to London and the Prince's palace to stop the coronation taking place, by proving King Richard still lives. Robin must free the King's messenger held in John's dungeon in time.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 11 - A Husband for Marian
    7.5/10(85 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 23 - Ladies of Sherwood
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    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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  6. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 37 - The Knight Who Came to Dinner
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    S1:E37

    A penniless knight, Sir Richard of the Lea, has mortgaged his estate to the abbot, and cannot repay his debt. The outlaws lend him the sum he needs. To ensure they get their money back, Robin sends Friar Tuck to the abbey in the guise of Sir Richard's squire.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 3 - Dead or Alive
    7.4/10(98 votes)

    S1:E3

    Little John escapes from the bondage of his feudal lord, but is caught in a tavern by the Sheriff's men. The sergeant offers him his freedom if he will go into Sherwood Forest and bring back an outlaw. Little John agrees, and in the forest meets Robin Hood for the first time.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 4 - Friar Tuck
    7.4/10(100 votes)

    S1:E4

    Friar Tuck calls on Robin to help the course of true love run smoothly. A young girl in love with a yeoman has sought sanctuary with the Friar after discovering that the lord of the manor has a different suitor in mind for her. Disguised as a monk, Robin sets out to help.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 5 - Maid Marian
    7.4/10(99 votes)

    S1:E5

    The waylaying of a courier by the outlaws has a surprising result - for Robin - who finds himself in a perilous position. Maid Marian is suspected of being an enemy of the outlaws.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 22 - Richard the Lion-Heart
    7.4/10(68 votes)

    S1:E22

    King Richard has arrived back in England and is traveling in disguise to establish which Lords and Barons are loyal to John and who Richard can count on. He instructs Marion to undertake a dangerous mission.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 25 - The Deserted Castle
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    S1:E25

    Marian takes Robin to an ancient and deserted castle, where he is shocked to see the Queen Mother waiting for him. She has a mission for him that will be of tremendous service to England in general and King Richard in particular in denying an alliance between Prince John and King Phillip of France.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 27 - Trial by Battle
    7.4/10(59 votes)

    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.

    Director:Terence Fisher
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 38 - The Wager
    7.4/10(51 votes)

    S1:E38

    When Robin bets Friar Tuck that he can obtain more money by begging than the Friar can by other means, he encounters the unsavory members of the Beggars guild, and Norman soldiers also make things very difficult.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 9 - Checkmate
    7.3/10(87 votes)

    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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  15. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 16 - The Jongleur
    7.3/10(75 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 19 - The Sheriff's Boots
    7.3/10(72 votes)

    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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  17. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 29 - The May Queen
    7.3/10(53 votes)

    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.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 30 - The Wanderer
    7.3/10(52 votes)

    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...

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 34 - Tables Turned
    7.3/10(51 votes)

    S1:E34

    When Derwent overhears some messengers talk about the "jewels" they're guarding, he devises a plan to steal the shipment, and successfully carries it out, only to discover that the "jewels" are two small children, who prove to be more than a nuisance. Soon the tables are turned, however.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 1 - The Coming of Robin Hood
    7.2/10(135 votes)

    S1:E1

    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?

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 2 - The Moneylender
    7.2/10(112 votes)

    S1:E2

    Robin and Edgar lighten the load of a greedy and dishonest moneylender, Herbert of Doncaster , by taking his purse full of money, and giving the contents of it back to the poor villagers and farmers from whom he had taken it. Will Scatlock, the outlaws' leader, is mortally wounded, and with his dying breath he passes the leadership of his band of men to Robin Hood.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 6 - A Guest for the Gallows
    7.2/10(94 votes)

    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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  23. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 10 - The Ordeal
    7.2/10(80 votes)

    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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  24. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 13 - The Youngest Outlaw
    7.2/10(77 votes)

    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?

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 1 Episode 14 - The Betrothal
    7.2/10(76 votes)

    S1:E14

    Sir Richard of the Lea, in seeking approval to get his son married off to the lovely Lady Gladys, enlists Robin's help to persuade her father that his son is suitable.

    Director:Ralph Smart
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Will Scarlet" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 61 votes. Directed by Ralph Smart and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/5/1956. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Challenge".