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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2

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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 2 Episode 29 - The Black Five
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    S2:E29

    Robin and his archenemy, the Sheriff of Nottingham, set aside their differences temporarily to work together to rid Nottingham of the Duke DeMoreville, a murderous psychopath whom the terrified citizenry refers to as "The Hangman of Leicester", who is sending five black pearls to Prince John for the Sheriff's head.

    Director:Anthony Squire
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 28 - The Borrowed Baby
    8.0/10(36 votes)

    S2:E28

    The Count of Severne tells the Sheriff that his gold has been taken by Robin Hood. He also suspects Maid Marian. The Sheriff disbelieves this, but agrees to put the Count's suspicions to the test — he borrows a baby girl to abandon in Sherwood Forest and trap Marian when the outlaws pass the baby to her.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 20 - Ambush
    7.9/10(38 votes)

    S2:E20

    The young Prince Arthur of Brittany, who is the rightful heir to the throne of England, has fallen into the clutches of his uncle, the evil Prince John. Prince John and the Sheriff devise a way to keep Robin and his band out of the way, while they put into action an ambush plan, involving phoney outlaws, that will lead to the deaths of prince Arthur and Lady Marian. Robin and his men set out to develop a plan to rescue the young boy.

    Director:Lindsay Anderson
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 18 - The Shell Game
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    S2:E18

    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:Unknown

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  5. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 31 - Too Many Earls
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    S2:E31

    The outlaws of Sherwood are desperately in need of money. Marian's uncle,, the Earl of Rochdale, is quarreling with the Earl of Northgate, and Marian suggests an archery match to decide the matter. She hopes Robin will be able to shoot for her uncle, but first they must hoodwink the Sheriff. Robin obtains a letter of safe conduct signed by the Sheriff, by Loud Lawrence impersonating the Earl.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 37 - The Path of True Love
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    S2:E37

    According to Robin's father's will, when the Locksley Hall bell rings on Lady Day, if the tenant farmers of his estate have performed their tasks for three years, they will own their lands in perpetuity. However Sir Charles, the current occupant, has found a loophole to break the agreement, and so Robin has to sort out the situation.

    Director:Terence Fisher
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 39 - Carlotta
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    S2:E39

    Little John has fallen for a Gypsy dancer, Carlotta, who is staying at the Blue Boar Inn. She also dances at the Sheriff's castle, and Robin wants to know the route of the next tax shipment bound for the coffers of Prince John. Little John asks the girl to obtain the information.

    Director:Anthony Squire
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 6 - The Imposters
    7.6/10(40 votes)

    S2:E6

    Lady Pomfret's husband hasn't returned from the Crusades for seven years, and under the law he is deemed to be dead. Her cousin LeBlonde has arrived to take possession of her estate, but an imposter, or two, might help in this situation.

    Director:Lindsay Anderson
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 11 - The Black Patch
    7.6/10(36 votes)

    S2:E11

    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:Unknown

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  10. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 12 - Outlaw Money
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    S2:E12

    To help the villagers of Lotham, who are being very heavily taxed, Robin supplies table silver to the silversmith and Master of the Nottingham Mint, to melt down into coin for the starving villagers. Unknown to Robin, the Sheriff already suspects the silversmith is in sympathy with King Richard. When the villagers try to spend them at the market, they are denounced as counterfeit and Friar Tuck is arrested and put on trial for forgery.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 26 - The Dowry
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    S2:E26

    Master Judd, a wealthy London merchant and his beautiful daughter Bess are on their way to Sir Harold of Nottingham with a dowry of one thousand gold crowns. Garth, one of the outlaws, reports their presence to Robin, who arranges to relieve them of their gold - a crime which incurs the Sheriff's wrath and spells further trouble for outlaws.

    Director:Anthony Squire
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 33 - The Mystery of Ireland's Eye
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    S2:E33

    Robin and Friar Tuck go with Marian to an island off the coast of Ireland, where they suspect her uncle, Sir Edward de Courcy, is being held prisoner. They find the local people terrorised by the pagan priest, Rolfe, and the power of Thor. Marian is taken prisoner to be sacrificed with her uncle unless Robin and Tuck can discredit Rolfe.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 36 - The Frightened Tailor
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    S2:E36

    Ned Carter is travels from London to Nottingham, carrying a list of people loyal to King Richard. He stops at the place of the local tailor Ezekiel, but by accident, the cloak with the hidden list comes into the possession of the Sheriff of Nottingham. Ned and Ezekiel seek Robin's help to keep the list out of the hands of the Sheriff.

    Director:Anthony Squire
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 3 - Blackmail
    7.5/10(46 votes)

    S2:E3

    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:Unknown

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  15. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 7 - Ransom
    7.5/10(39 votes)

    S2:E7

    Five hundred crowns is a great deal of money, but that's the sum demanded from the villagers by Count Severne to pay a ransom for the return of his son. Edwin, spokesman of the serfs, appeals to Robin for help.

    Director:Terence Fisher
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 14 - The Trap
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    S2:E14

    Sir Simon, and agent of Prince John, goes undercover as a cobbler named Jack. He pretends to be mistreated by the Sheriff, in a plan to join Robin's band, and to turn the outlaws against Robin. 'Jack' lays black rumours of Robin robbing clerics and taking money from the King's ransom and betraying Tom of Guant, now residing in the Sheriff's dungeon.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 17 - The Blackbird
    7.5/10(38 votes)

    S2:E17

    After being embarrassed by his fellow outlaws over his romantic feelings for Joan, Little John leaves the Blue Boar Inn in ill humour and is caught by the Sheriff's soldiers. He is captured and taken to the Sheriff who sentences him to be hanged.

    Director:Terence Fisher
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 35 - The Infidel
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    S2:E35

    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.

    Director:Terence Fisher
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 38 - The Road in the Air
    7.5/10(28 votes)

    S2:E38

    Once again, Sir William tries to part Tom the Miller from his flour mill, this time by charging a toll to use the road to the mill. When Robin hears about this, he thinks of a way to get the grain to the mill without anyone setting foot on Sir William's land.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 4 - A Year and a Day
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    S2:E4

    Under Medieval English law, a peasant who escapes serfdom and lives in a city for "a year and a day" is a free man, given the man lives openly, not in hiding. Surgeon Calend has nearly completed that duration, and only has to remain 'at large' until sunset that day and he will be free.

    Director:Bernard Knowles
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 13 - The Friar's Pilgrimage
    7.4/10(35 votes)

    S2:E13

    Robin realizes with winter coming on that there is a shortage of honey for the Merry Men. He decides to join Tuck on a journey to Canterbury to so he can locate a supply of honey and allow Tuck to complete his religious pilgrimage. At Canterbury, they find a local maid, Alice, accused of witchcraft, saving her from drowning by the Count Duprez's soldiers. Robin and Friar Tuck uncover a plot by the Count against Lady Margaret.

    Director:Arthur Crabtree
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 16 - The Dream
    7.4/10(41 votes)

    S2:E16

    Marian's cousin Sir William Fitzwalter arrives in Sherwood with a message from Queen Eleanor regarding the King's ransom in Austria, but Marian has a forbidding dream of warning and Robin must determine the truth behind his claims and Marian's fears.

    Director:Terence Fisher
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 19 - The Final Tax
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    S2:E19

    Tom Joyner, a serf, is supposed to be dying, and Sir Charles intends collecting the tax to which he is legally entitled if one of his villagers dies. Imposing the tax, means Sir Charles is entitled to any of Tom's goods and chattels, which will leave the serf's family penniless. Tom, however, was only stunned and Friar Tuck devises a plan to thwart the rascally Lord Bailiff.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 24 - The Secret Pool
    7.4/10(40 votes)

    S2:E24

    While fishing in a secret pool—a tributary that leads directly to Sir Cedric's private lake—Robin and Marian see Sir Cedric's men arresting a poor, hungry serf for poaching eels from Cedric's lake. Marian goes to Cedric to plead for the man's release, while Robin decides to take a different tactic, one involving Cedric's obsession for fishing.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2 Episode 2 - The Scientist
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    S2:E2

    Robin attempts to help Monk Albertus, a scientist who is accused of withholding secrets about a dangerous weapon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"The Black Five" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" season 2. It scored 8.1/10 based on 30 votes. Directed by Anthony Squire and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/15/1957. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Borrowed Baby".