- 7.2/1044 votes
#1 - A Village Wooing
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/1956
Men try to join Robin's outlaw band for some strange reasons, but surely Wat Longfellow's was the strangest of all. He wanted to join so he could get married to the widow Winifred!
Director: Bernard Knowles
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1041 votes
#2 - The Scientist
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/1956
Robin attempts to help Monk Albertus, a scientist who is accused of withholding secrets about a dangerous weapon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1040 votes
#3 - Blackmail
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1956
By chance, a stranger hidden in a cart overhears a conversation between Robin and Marian. Is it enough to blackmail the outlaw of Sherwood Forest? Robin impersonates the Sheriff to turn the tables on the blackmailer.
Director: Bernard Knowles
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1032 votes
#4 - A Year And A Day
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1956
A year and a day - that's the length of time an escaped serf has to stay free before freedom is his forever. But he has to stay in the public eye, and how can he do this when he is a wanted man? Surgeon Calend has done it for a year, but there's another day to go.
Director: Bernard Knowles
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1033 votes
#5 - The Goldmaker
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1956
Sir Richard of the Lea has a lot of very nice pewter plate, and when an 'alchemist' comes along and says he can turn it into gold, Sir Richard is taken in. How can Robin outwit the 'goldmaker' without attracting the attention of the Sheriff?
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1034 votes
#6 - The Imposters
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1956
Robin's principles are well-known, if not well-liked. There are two kinds of men he doesn't like: traitors and impostors. Unless he is the impostor?
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1031 votes
#7 - Ransom
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1956
Five hundred crowns is a great deal of money, but that's the sum demanded from the villagers by Count Severne to pay for the return of his son. Edwin, spokesman of the serfs, appeals to Robin for help.
Director: Terence Fisher
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1040 votes
#8 - Isabella
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1956
There is only one attractive young woman in Nottingham that Robin trusts, and that's Marian. Can he trust the lovely Isabella too? Prince John is planning to divorce his wife, Princess Avice, who asks Robin for help
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1028 votes
#9 - The Hero
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1956
Mark becomes a hero under false pretences. But is he hero enough to take the consequences?
Director: Terence Fisher
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1030 votes
#10 - The Haunted Mill
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1956
Tom the Miller is being harassed by a series of misfortunes, which his powerful neighbor, Sir William, ascribes to the 'Little People', but Friar Tuck doesn't believe this falsehood, and asks Robin for help.
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1031 votes
#11 - The Black Patch
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1956
Sir Dunstan of Travers, a guest of Maid Marian, discloses to her his vow to wear a black patch over one eye until he has captured Robin Hood. She hurries off to warn Robin, and almost falls into a cleverly laid trap.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1027 votes
#12 - Outlaw Money
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1956
Money problems are not new, but outlaws have unconventional methods of solving them. To help the villagers of Lotham, who are being very heavily taxed, Robin supplies table silver to the silversmith and official minter of Nottingham to melt down into coin. Unknown to Robin, the Sheriff already suspects the silversmith is in sympathy with King Richard.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1028 votes
#13 - The Friar's Pilgrimage
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1956
It may be odd that Robin should decide to accompany Friar Tuck on his pilgrimage to Canterbury, but several people are glad he did, as they are soon embroiled in a case of witchcraft.
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1026 votes
#14 - The Trap
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 12/31/1956
The Sheriff's campaign against Robin and the outlaws has not been very successful, but Sir Simon, an agent of Prince John, comes along with a new idea, and proposes to carry it through himself. The Sheriff is pleased to hand over to someone else.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1031 votes
#15 - Hubert
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1957
Lady Rowena is being forced to marry a local nobleman, De Vere. Sir Hubert is determined to storm the castle single-handed, to save her. But who will save him?
Director: Terence Fisher
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1035 votes
#16 - The Dream
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/14/1957
Marian's cousin, Sir William Fitzwalter, comes from Eleanor, the Queen Mother, to ask Robin's help. It means Robin has to go to Austria. That night Marian has a strange dream, causing her to fear for his safety.
Director: Terence Fisher
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1033 votes
#17 - The Blackbird
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1957
Most people can stand a bit of teasing, but the outlaws go too far with Little John, and he walks off in a huff. It was a pity he didn't look where he was going - it would have saved Robin a lot of trouble. Little John is caught by the Sheriff's men and sentenced to hang, and Robin has to rescue him.
Director: Terence Fisher
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1032 votes
#18 - The Shell Game
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 1/28/1957
Robin's men are annoyed when he gives refuge to Pick, a confidence trickster, who specialises in a shell trick, which makes him rather unpopular with the men. Robin uses him in a plan to collect some jewels for King Richard's campaign in France.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1027 votes
#19 - The Final Tax
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/4/1957
When Tom Joyner (Fred Goddard) falls from a high tree trying to retrieve Sir Charles's (Paul Eddington) son's cat, the Lord Bailiff (Dennis Edwards) after Friar Tuck has pronounced death, and invokes the Heriot Tax, which means Sir Charles is entitled to any of Tom's goods and chattles, which will leave the serf's family penniless. Tom however was only stunned and Friar Tuck devises a way to end this death tax in the village forever, with a little help from Little John and the gang.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1032 votes
#20 - The Ambush
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/11/1957
Prince John is always trying to seize the English throne while King Richard is in the Holy Land. But there is someone with a better claim: Arthur of Brittany. Suppose, by some regrettable accident, that Arthur were killed?
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1028 votes
#21 - The Bandit of Brittany
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/1957
Robin and Friar Tuck escort Prince Arthur and the Duchess Constance to Chateau Marmont in France for safety. There they make a discovery, of a French 'Robin Hood' called Jacques Chapeau. Jacques captures the prince, intending to use him as ransom for his brother imprisoned in Paris.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: Milton Schlesinger
- 7.4/1028 votes
#22 - The Goldmaker's Return
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/25/1957
The Sheriff has found the man everyone is looking for: Lepidus, an alchemist who can make gold. But the old man has been in his laboratory for a month and has produced nothing. The Sheriff gives him just seven days more. Robin, feeling guilty for delivering hime to the Sheriff, tries to rescue him.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1028 votes
#23 - Flight From France
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 3/4/1957
Robin and Friar Tuck are at an inn in France, where, they discover, Sir Roderick is staying on a mission to raise money for Prince John. Robin decides to take Sir Roderick's place, and seize the gold for King Richard, but the plan goes wrong.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1034 votes
#24 - The Secret Pool
Season 2 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/1957
Robin and Marian are fishing in a pool which Robin explains has the biggest fish in the area. It belongs to Sir Cedric Hayworth, who knows nothing about it. When Robin has dealings with the knight later, he spins him a very fishy yarn to trick him.
Director: Don Chaffey
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1031 votes
#25 - Fair Play
Season 2 Episode 25 - Aired 3/18/1957
'The Flying Four' are a Bavarian acrobatic team, and they come through Sherwood Forest on their way to Nottingham Fair. Naturally, they are waylaid by the outlaws, but when they are found to be harmless, they are treated as guests. It is then that the Men of Sherwood get their Great Idea.
Director: Terry Bishop
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2
Every episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2!
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Season 2 Ratings Summary
"A Village Wooing" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" season 2. It scored 7.2/10 based on 44 votes. Directed by Bernard Knowles and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1956. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Scientist".