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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 4

Every episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 4!

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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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Sybella" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" season 4. It scored 7.2/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by Terry Bishop and written by N/A, it aired on 11/21/1959. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "The Flying Sorcerer".

  • Sybella
    7.2/1025 votes

    #1 - Sybella

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 11/21/1959

    On his way to join King Richard in the Holy Land, the Earl of Steyne is ambushed by Baron Onslow, and killed. Onslow changes clothes with the dead Earl, and posing as him, rides to Nottingham, with the Earls' letter of introduction from Robin to the King. What is he plotting?

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: N/A

  • The Flying Sorcerer
    8.1/1022 votes

    #2 - The Flying Sorcerer

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 11/28/1959

    Lord Giles of Richmond, in Nottingham to supervise the collection of outstanding taxes, sees an opportunity to increase his own wealth, when he sees Lord Eilmer, an elderly, harmless eccentric, carrying out scientific experiments in the market-place.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: N/A

  • The Lady-Killer
    7.9/1024 votes

    #3 - The Lady-Killer

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 12/5/1959

    Robin is out hunting with Derwent when he sees his old friend Will Scarlett stalking a deer. Before Robin can join him, two foresters arrive and arrest Will for poaching.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: N/A

  • A Touch Of Fever
    7.6/1024 votes

    #4 - A Touch Of Fever

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 12/12/1959

    Robin and his men capture three knights riding through Sherwood Forest. Difficulties arise when Marian recognises one of them as her cousin.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leon Griffiths

  • The Devil You Don't Know
    8.4/1025 votes

    #5 - The Devil You Don't Know

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 12/19/1959

    The Sheriff is to be sent to London for a few months, and a deputy is to replace him in Nottingham. Will the new Sheriff be as tyrannical as the old one? Robin and Will Scarlett are out searching for Alan-a-Dale, who has failed to return to camp, when they see a group of horsemen with a young yeoman prisoner. They decide to help the captive.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Loaf
    7.5/1023 votes

    #6 - The Loaf

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 1/2/1960

    The Sheriff learns that in London there is a great demand for flour, and high prices are being paid for it. This gives him an idea that will improve his finances - though the Nottingham poor will suffer.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Six Strings To His Bow
    8.1/1022 votes

    #7 - Six Strings To His Bow

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 1/9/1960

    At the 'Blue Boar Inn', Robin meets a strange knight playing a harp, and decides not to interrupt the newcomer. But when a crossbow bolt flies through the window, narrowly missing thew knight, Robin thinks he should make his presence known.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: N/A

  • Tuck's Love Day
    8.1/1023 votes

    #8 - Tuck's Love Day

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 2/27/1960

    Friar Tuck is in trouble with his Abbot. He has been unable to collect money for the church. In despair, he goes to Robin for help and advice.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: N/A

  • A Bushel Of Apples
    7.5/1025 votes

    #9 - A Bushel Of Apples

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 7/17/1960

    Robin uncovers Sir Watkyn's plot to extort large sums of money from the peasants.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: N/A

  • The Truce
    7.9/1023 votes

    #10 - The Truce

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 7/24/1960

    The Deputy Sheriff is usually hostile to Robin, but now he wants his help.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leon Griffiths

  • The Debt
    7.8/1023 votes

    #11 - The Debt

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 7/31/1960

    Robin searches for an outlaw, Martin, who has been posing as one of his men and robbing innocent people in the Sherwood area.

    Director: Anthony Squire

    Writer: Leon Griffiths

  • The Oath
    7.7/1023 votes

    #12 - The Oath

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 8/7/1960

    The Deputy Sheriff suspects Friar Tuck of being in league with Robin Hood, and plans to trap the Friar. But he underestimates Tuck's intelligence.

    Director: Compton Bennett

    Writer: N/A

  • The Charm Pedlar
    7.6/1023 votes

    #13 - The Charm Pedlar

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 8/14/1960

    A charm pedlar arrives in Nottingham. To Robin he seems harmless, but Friar Tuck discovers the man is a trickster, selling the villagers useless potions. Robin thinks of a plan to stop the pedlar's activities.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Goodbye Little John
    7.5/1024 votes

    #14 - Goodbye Little John

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 8/21/1960

    On returning to Sherwood Forest, Little John is angry to discover that his place as Robin's right-hand man has been taken by Will Scarlett. To make matters worse, Will beats John in a wrestling match, and the big man strides off into the forest angrier than ever. The Deputy Sheriff hears of it and plans to take advantage of Little John's discontent.

    Director: Robert Day

    Writer: N/A

  • The Reluctant Rebel
    7.8/1025 votes

    #15 - The Reluctant Rebel

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 8/28/1960

    To gather first-hand knowledge of outlaw life for a journal he is writinng, Sir Geoffrey Claire and his manservant Herbert pose as outlaws, and join Robin Hood in Sherwood Forest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leon Griffiths

  • The Bagpiper
    7.4/1024 votes

    #16 - The Bagpiper

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 9/4/1960

    Duncan of Stoneykirk, the wild Highland clansman, is back in Sherwood Forest. He was rather troublesome on his last visit, not only to his enemies, but also to his friends. Will things be different this time?

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: N/A

  • The Parting Guest
    8.1/1023 votes

    #17 - The Parting Guest

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 9/11/1960

    Duncan of Stoneykirk is still the rather unwelcome guest of Robin and his men. His wild, unpredictable behavior and his interest in Marian are worrying to Robin.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: Louis Marks

  • Hostage For A Hangman
    8.1/1022 votes

    #18 - Hostage For A Hangman

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 9/18/1960

    The Deputy Sheriff arranges a meeting with Robin and tells him that unless he surrenders, he will arrest two serfs the next morning and hang them, and will repeat the process daily until he does surrender.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hue And Cry
    7.6/1023 votes

    #19 - Hue And Cry

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 9/25/1960

    The Deputy Sheriff is set upon by a masked man and his gold chain of office stolen. On learning the identity of his attacker, he orders nine men from a neighboring village to hunt him down.

    Director: Compton Bennett

    Writer: N/A

  • The Champion
    7.7/1022 votes

    #20 - The Champion

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 10/2/1960

    Marian tells Robin that, following the death of her father, supposedly slain in the Holy Land, her estate is to be taken over, at the Sheriff's suggestion, by Sir Guy Quentin. But Robin has other ideas.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Leon Griffiths

  • The Edge And The Point
    8.1/1022 votes

    #21 - The Edge And The Point

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 10/8/1960

    Robin thinks his skill with the bow is without equal - until a former crusader, Boland, makes an appearance in Sherwood Forest.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Race Against Time
    7.2/1022 votes

    #22 - A Race Against Time

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 10/15/1960

    Robin gets an important message from the Duchess of Brittany, who is taking the King's son to Northumberland to be received as the rightful heir to the throne. Fearing trouble from Prince John, she wants Robin and his men to escort them.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pharoah Stones
    8.0/1022 votes

    #23 - The Pharoah Stones

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 10/22/1960

    A pedlar sells Little John three dice-like stones, which, he claims, tell the owner his fortune. Little John puts them to the test, and is convinced of their mysterious powers.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bride For An Outlaw
    7.6/1022 votes

    #24 - Bride For An Outlaw

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 10/29/1960

    Sir Bligh Denton, a wealthy merchant, learns that his daughter Judith's suitor plans to visit her. Robin, escaping from the Sheriff's men, enters the house and is mistaken for the man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Louis Marks

  • Double Trouble
    8.1/1022 votes

    #25 - Double Trouble

    Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 11/5/1960

    Friar Tuck's identical twin brother, Edgar, is back in Nottingham. Edgar is a rogueish fellow, and has agreed to help the Deputy Sheriff to trap Robin Hood.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: Louis Marks