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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3

Every episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3!

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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 3 Episode 21 - The Crusaders
    8.6/10(33 votes)

    S3:E21

    Sir Alan Beaumont, a Crusader friend of Robin's, returns home just in time for a planned reunion with three other knights, with whom he and Robin fought with. But treachery awaits Robin in the castle of his old friend who has done a deal with the Sheriff to reclaim his castle forfeited while on the Crusades.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 7 - My Brother's Keeper
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    S3:E7

    Sir Loren is caught ill-treating a blacksmith, and is banished from his home by his father. Then Loren kills his young brother in the forest. Robin and Little John are the only witnesses, but knowing that they cannot risk giving evidence themselves, they seek a way to make Loren confess. They dress as mummers to perform the folk play for Lent (as Cain and Abel) in front of the Sheriff to draw out the murderous brother.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 14 - The Challenge of the Black Knight
    8.1/10(35 votes)

    S3:E14

    As a special treat on his 14th birthday, Will Dale, the son of Ned, a member of Robin's gang, meets Robin and goes hunting with Little John. A confrontation with the Black Knight, Sir Roger Fitzwilliam, leads to Will being kidnapped and Robin being challenged to a duel with the Knight.

    Director:Anthony Squire
    Writer:Leon Griffiths

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  4. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 29 - The Genius
    8.1/10(30 votes)

    S3:E29

    The Abbot calls on Friar Tuck to take Master Nicodemus, a fellow monk and master mathematician, to safety in Sherwood. Prince John has heard of his ideas on mathematics in warfare and wishes to take advantage of them. Count de Severne has been sent to capture Nicodemus and has taken his brother hostage. Robin puts the monk's intelligence to work on a mighty weapon that wins the day.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 10 - The Mark
    8.0/10(35 votes)

    S3:E10

    Barnaby Church is being rebuilt, creating much interest on Nottinghamshire. Walter, the master mason, is proud of his work, but Sir Blaise De Roche has plans to fortify the building, and holds Walter prisoner until he agrees to the modifications. The outlaws seek to rescue the mason to ensure the structure stays a holy one.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 31 - The Minstrel
    8.0/10(30 votes)

    S3:E31

    Marian brings Roland the Minstrel, exiled from London for derogatory songs about Prince John, to Sherwood. Prince John and the Ambassador of Aragon are to sign a treaty, so the Sheriff locks up all strangers including the minstrel in order to avert any show of disrespect for authority in the area. Robin decides to use Roland's song about the Sheriff to his advantage, and soon all Nottingham is singing it. Robin rescues Roland and Friar Tuck organises the children to sing for the Ambassador.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 32 - The Doctor
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    S3:E32

    Little John breaks his leg escaping from the Sheriff's men. Robin and Friar Tuck carry him to the home of Sir George Woodley, who is being visited by an Italian doctor, Benvolio. Betrayed, the doctor and Little John are arrested. Robin and Tuck's rescue attempt succeeds in rescuing the doctor, but not Little John. The Sheriff is badly wounded by Robin Hood and a bargain is made by the doctor to save both Little John and the Sheriff.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 11 - The Bride of Robin Hood
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    S3:E11

    Brenda, a girl who has run away from her home to avoid a marriage to Walter Neville, proves herself a valiant archer in defence of Robin. After saving Robin from the Sheriff's men, she is voted a member of Robin's band. Brenda believes it her destiny to marry a hero Robin is railroaded into agreeing to marry her, after granting her a favour. Maid Marian is not amused, especially after being robbed by Brenda, and decides Robin must reunite Brenda with Walter, her betrothed.

    Director:Anthony Squire
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 39 - Farewell to Tuck
    7.9/10(31 votes)

    S3:E39

    The Sheriff has long suspected that Friar Tuck is in league with Robin Hood, and seizes an opportunity to get rid of him. The Sheriff tries to convince the Archbishop (Carl Bernard) to move Friar Tuck to another parish, but he doesn't bargain for the Archbishop's knowledge of Robin Hood, or his faith in Friar Tuck.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Arthur Dales

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  10. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 19 - One Man's Meat
    7.8/10(37 votes)

    S3:E19

    Sir Edmund Woodstock demonstrates his 'Ambrosia Nova' (the Food of the Gods), which he thinks will replace all other food, to Thadeus Goldfinch, Robin and Friar Tuck. Goldfinch is unimpressed with it as human food, and his serfs on the same diet are weakening. Robin and Friar Tuck with the help of a donkey and Goldfinch's pigs find a more receptive audience for the foodstuff.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 22 - Castle in the Air
    7.8/10(30 votes)

    S3:E22

    The impoverished knight and friend of the outlaws, Sir Richard of the Lea, and his wife Lady Leonia, invite Robin and Marian to their 25th wedding anniversary. Sir Richard falls for a rigged game of dice, in which he loses the deeds to his castle to Sir Adrian. Robin tries to get the Sheriff to restore the status quo, but not before the Sheriff attempts to take the deeds.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 1 - The Salt King
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    S3:E1

    Lord Guthrie 'steals' his own salt supplies to push the prices up and Robin is blamed. Robin and Little John obtain salt from the coast and Friar Tuck distributes it freely, until Lord Guthrie's partner, the Sheriff, confiscates it. Another plan is required, needing Roger of Antioch, a "salt diviner".

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Carey Wilber

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  13. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 6 - Brother Battle
    7.7/10(31 votes)

    S3:E6

    Brother Wootan, a great believer in education, has been banished many times for teaching the children of serfs to read. Robin allows him to start a school in the forest, and one of the unwilling pupils is Little John. When Brother Battle is arrested by the Sheriff, the outlaws have to rescue him.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 8 - An Apple for the Archer
    7.7/10(33 votes)

    S3:E8

    Mary Quartermaine, according to her father's will, has to marry the best bow-man in the land. Apple-grower Timothy Cox seeks to win the hand of Mary, against her Uncle's wishes, by beating Pierre of Bordeaux in an archery contest. Hopeless with the longbow, Robin lends a hand by teaching Timothy Cox to shoot an arrow well enough to win the lovely young woman as his bride.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 16 - The Profiteer
    7.7/10(35 votes)

    S3:E16

    Andrew, a serf, arrives in Nottingham to obtain grain to feed the villagers of Lothan, as their crops have failed. The Lord of the Manor refuses to help, but Robin gives Andrew the money to buy the grain. Andrew impresses a grain farmer, Hodges, who is looking for a good man to marry his daughter, Margaret, thinking Andrew a 'freeman'. To buy his freedom, Andrew is tempted to sell the grain at a vast profit until Robin helps put things on the right path.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 24 - Roman Gold
    7.7/10(30 votes)

    S3:E24

    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. Derwent stumbles into a vault and discovers the treasure is more important than gold: Saint Paul's 1st letter to the Romans.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 33 - The Lottery
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    S3:E33

    Two rafflers, Will Sharpe and his accomplice Frisby arrive in Nottingham, with a fixed lottery game. The Sheriff takes over the game, finding it a neat and foolproof way of raising money for Prince John. Robin, Marian and Tuck devise a plan to declare the Sheriff's lottery null and void and return the money to the people.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 37 - Little Mother
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    S3:E37

    A trap is laid by the Duke of Retford to catch Little John when he receives a message that his mother, a serf of the Duke of Retford, is very ill. Despite Friar Tuck and Maid Marian's warning Little John is captured, but the brawny outlaw brings the house down about the plotter's ears.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 12 - To Be a Student
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    S3:E12

    Rolfe, to avoid his son Jack having to join Prince John's army, bribes Master Bement to make sure Friar Tuck's bright student Peter Larkin is taken instead. Robin ensures fair play.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 13 - The Christmas Goose
    7.6/10(58 votes)

    S3:E13

    Young Davey's goose, Matilda, nips a Lord's horse, causing him to be thrown. The Lord, Sir Leon, catches and puts the animal on trial, as he hopes to condemn the goose to death – for his Christmas dinner.

    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 34 - The Fire
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    S3:E34

    During a heatwave, the Sheriff's men corner Derwent and Little John in a cave. The Lieutenant's (Paul Eddington) attempt to smoke them out leads to a forest fire, forcing Robin and the Sheriff to work together in a truce to save Sherwood and Nottingham but the Sheriff's word is tested when Robin is trapped under a fallen branch.

    Director:Robert Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 35 - Lincoln Green
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    S3:E35

    Simon Shanks, an ex-employee of Master Draper David, tries to sell inferior Lincoln green cloth to the outlaws, but his wares are rejected. In revenge, he reports their whereabouts to the Sheriff. Robin, Marian and Little John go to Lincoln, but Robin and Little John are captured by the Sheriff and imprisoned. Marian devises a plan to rescue them.

    Director:Terry Bishop
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 36 - Women's War
    7.6/10(31 votes)

    S3:E36

    Noblewoman Anne De Brissac asks the outlaws to help her with a box full of gold she claims is intended for King Richard. But Marian informs Robin that the Lady is a spy for Prince John. Little John and Ned, who have gone to collect the gold, go missing. It is up to Marian to force the truth from Anne, before the Sheriff closes the trap.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 17 - Knight Errant
    7.5/10(33 votes)

    S3:E17

    Marian wants to speak to Robin urgently. She tries to tell him that Sir Jack of Southwark has her father's permission to marry her. But Robin is so engrossed in his archery practice that that he will not take any notice. When Sir Jack arrives, Robin finds out the hard way.

    Director:Anthony Squire
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 3 Episode 23 - The Double
    7.5/10(29 votes)

    S3:E23

    Prince John has ordered the Sheriff to kill Prince Arthur. Bolbec has found an exact double, Luke Tanner, for Robin Hood. The Sheriff hatches a plan for the double to kill the Prince. Lady Constance, Prince Arthur and their emissary arrive in Sherwood and meet Robin Hood, who knows of the plans from Friar Tuck and has to save the Prince.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Crusaders" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" season 3. It scored 8.6/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/17/1958. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "My Brother's Keeper".