The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

1955 4 Seasons 144 Episodes ⭐ 6.4 Action & Adventure Family

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 show's writers and producers.

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 show's writers and producers.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Coming of Robin Hood

Robin of Locksley has been fighting in the crusades in the Holy Land for many years, and when he arrives home again, he

EP 2

The Moneylender

Robin, a new recruit to Scatlock's outlaw band, is sent out to bring back some loot from a moneylender who has exacted 1

EP 3

Dead or Alive

Little John escapes from the bondage of his feudal lord, but is caught in a tavern by the Sheriff's men. The sergeant of

EP 4

Friar Tuck

Friar Tuck calls on Robin to help the course of true love run smoothly. A young girl in love with a yeoman has sought sa

EP 5

Maid Marian

The waylaying of a courier by the outlaws has a surprising result - for Robin - who finds himself in a perilous position

EP 6

A Guest for the Gallows

The Sheriff has sentenced a peasant, Will Stutely, to death. Robin disguises himself as a butcher, and plans to get an i

EP 7

The Challenge

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 b

EP 8

Queen Eleanor

The Queen Mother, Eleanor of Acquitaine, arrives in Nottingham on a mission to collect money in aid of King Richard's wa

EP 9

Checkmate

The Count de Waldern makes himself unpopular with Robin when he makes advances to Maid Marian. The Count invites her to

EP 10

The Ordeal

Edgar, one of the outlaws, is falsely accused by the Sheriff of the murder of Jack the Wagoner. He must submit to trial

EP 11

A Husband for Marian

When a rather unpleasant knight wants to marry Marian for her dowry, Robin has to act, and disguises himself as a wealth

EP 12

The Highlander

A Highland visitor to Sherwood Forest is regarded with suspicion by Robin, especially when he is seen to burgle a treasu

EP 13

The Youngest Outlaw

A young boy tells Robin that he is a page in Waldern Castle, but wants to join the outlaws. How can Robin refuse, when h

EP 14

The Betrothal

Sir Richard of the Lea, in seeking approval to get his son married off to the lovely Lady Gladys, enlists Robin's help t

EP 15

The Alchemist

A poor woman has been accused of witchcraft for smelting gold coins from stolen plates, and is under sentence of death t

EP 16

The Jongleur

A strolling minstrel leads Little John and Robin into a trap laid by the Sheriff, but he later discovers on which side j

EP 17

The Brothers

Robin is called on to aid two brothers, one of whom wants to become a priest. They are both fleeing the Sheriff of Notti

EP 18

The Intruders

Friendly villagers have turned against Robin and the outlaws after being robbed by two students claiming to be Robin's m

EP 19

The Sheriff's Boots

The Sheriff of Nottingham prides himself on being well dressed - even down to his boots. His own bootmakers don't seem t

EP 20

Errand of Mercy

While delivering herbs to fight an epidemic of St Anthony's Fire, Robin and Little John are recognised by a beggar, and

EP 21

The Vandals

A man is found murdered in Sherwood Forest, and the arrow that killed him is sworn to be Robin's. Local looting in the v

EP 22

Richard the Lion-Heart

King Richard has arrived back in England and is traveling in disguise to establish which Lords and Barons are loyal to J

EP 23

Ladies of Sherwood

Arthur of Tetsbury is to be hanged for keeping money from King Richard's crusade, instead of paying it in taxes to Princ

EP 24

Will Scarlet

Will Scarlet has an eye for the girls, and this lands him in trouble with the Sheriff's men. Robin comes to the rescue,

EP 25

The Deserted Castle

Marian takes Robin to an ancient and deserted castle, where he is shocked to see the Queen Mother waiting for him. She h

EP 26

The Miser

When Robin hears that the villagers have been charged double taxes, he decides to teach miserly Sir William de Courcier

EP 27

Trial by Battle

Marian is arrested and sent for trial, suspected of murder, after the King's Commissioner is killed with a dagger of her

EP 28

Children of the Greenwood

When the freeman Arthur A'Bland flees from a false accusation of murder that means imprisonment and death, his children,

EP 29

The May Queen

The May Queen is being made to marry a man she does not love, but a tournament has been arranged, and perhaps under cove

EP 30

The Wanderer

Derwent the outlaw makes a friend to whom he will be everlastingly grateful. Sir Walter de Lys discovers that there is s

EP 31

The Byzantine Treasure

Robin unknowingly steals Queen Eleanor's silver Byzantine plates, which were being transported undercover by a monk thro

EP 32

Secret Mission

A mysterious hooded pilgrim, Peregrinus the palmer, seems anxious to make the acquaintance of the outlaws, and proves hi

EP 33

The Inquisitor

Friar Tuck is captured and taken to the local Abbey for questioning by the visiting archbishop. Robin works with Little

EP 34

Tables Turned

When Derwent overhears some messengers talk about the "jewels" they're guarding, he devises a plan to steal the shipment

EP 35

The Traitor

King Richard is held prisoner in Austria and Robin must ensure the safe passage of the ransom money to the coast, but on

EP 36

The Thorkil Ghost

Harold of Thorkil Castle insists he is being haunted by a vicious Viking ghost. At least that's what he tells Robin, but

EP 37

The Knight Who Came to Dinner

A penniless knight, Sir Richard of the Lea, has mortgaged his estate to the abbot, and cannot repay his debt. The outlaw

EP 38

The Wager

When Robin bets Friar Tuck that he can obtain more money by begging than the Friar can by other means, he encounters the

EP 39

The Prisoner

Prince John has issued a decree that King Richard is dead and that he will be crowned King. Robin disbelieves this, and

EP 1

A Village Wooing

Robin tries to help Wat Longfellow (Leslie Phillips), who became an outlaw to escape a life of indentured servitude, win

EP 2

The Scientist

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

EP 3

Blackmail

By chance, a stranger hidden in a cart overhears a conversation between Robin and Marian. Is it enough to blackmail the

EP 4

A Year and a Day

Under Medieval English law, a peasant who escapes serfdom and lives in a city for "a year and a day" is a free man, give

EP 5

The Goldmaker

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

EP 6

The Imposters

Lady Pomfret's husband hasn't returned from the Crusades for seven years, and under the law he is deemed to be dead. Her

EP 7

Ransom

Five hundred crowns is a great deal of money, but that's the sum demanded from the villagers by Count Severne to pay a r

EP 8

Isabella

Prince John is planning to divorce his wife, Princess Avice of Gloucester, to marry a French Princess, Lady Isabella of

EP 9

The Hero

The Sherriff's brother, Sir Montichet, an unpopular tax collector is killed. Mark, an opportunist thief sees the murder,

EP 10

The Haunted Mill

Sir William tries to acquire Tom the Miller's flour mill by underhand means, ascribing a series of misfortunes to the '

EP 11

The Black Patch

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

EP 12

Outlaw Money

To help the villagers of Lotham, who are being very heavily taxed, Robin supplies table silver to the silversmith and Ma

EP 13

The Friar's Pilgrimage

Robin realizes with winter coming on that there is a shortage of honey for the Merry Men. He decides to join Tuck on a j

EP 14

The Trap

Sir Simon, and agent of Prince John, goes undercover as a cobbler named Jack. He pretends to be mistreated by the Sheri

EP 15

Hubert

Lady Rowena is being forced to marry a local nobleman, De Vere. Sir Hubert is determined to storm the castle single-hand

EP 16

The Dream

Marian's cousin Sir William Fitzwalter arrives in Sherwood with a message from Queen Eleanor regarding the King's ransom

EP 17

The Blackbird

After being embarrassed by his fellow outlaws over his romantic feelings for Joan, Little John leaves the Blue Boar Inn

EP 18

The Shell Game

Robin's men are annoyed when he gives refuge to Pick, a confidence trickster, who specialises in a shell trick, which ma

EP 19

The Final Tax

Tom Joyner, a serf, is supposed to be dying, and Sir Charles intends collecting the tax to which he is legally entitled

EP 20

The Ambush

The young Prince Arthur of Brittany, who is the rightful heir to the throne of England, has fallen into the clutches of

EP 21

The Bandit of Brittany

Robin and Friar Tuck escort Prince Arthur and the Duchess Constance to Chateau Marmont in France for safety. There they

EP 22

The Goldmaker's Return

Lepidus, the Alchemist, still held prisoner by the Sheriff, has promised to make gold for him in return for his freedom.

EP 23

Flight from France

While waiting for a boat to take them back to England, Robin spots Sir Roderick, an emissary of Prince John, disguised a

EP 24

The Secret Pool

While fishing in a secret pool—a tributary that leads directly to Sir Cedric's private lake—Robin and Marian see Sir

EP 25

Fair Play

'The Flying Four' are a Bavarian acrobatic team, and they come through Sherwood Forest on their way to Nottingham Fair.

EP 26

The Dowry

Master Judd, a wealthy London merchant and his beautiful daughter Bess are on their way to Sir Harold of Nottingham with

EP 27

The York Treasure

Joseph of Cordoba and a young friend, Esther, escape from York with the York Treasure, a sum of money raised by friends

EP 28

The Borrowed Baby

The Count of Severne tells the Sheriff that his gold has been taken by Robin Hood. He also suspects Maid Marian. The She

EP 29

The Black Five

Robin and his archenemy, the Sheriff of Nottingham, set aside their differences temporarily to work together to rid Nott

EP 30

Food for Thought

Count Olivier has levied a new tax, taking so much food from the people of Upper Minton that they may starve. Robin capt

EP 31

Too Many Earls

The outlaws of Sherwood are desperately in need of money. Marian's uncle,, the Earl of Rochdale, is quarreling with the

EP 32

Highland Fling

Robin and Friar Tuck go on a mission to Scotland, to collect five hundred gold crowns owed to King Richard by the treach

EP 33

The Mystery of Ireland's Eye

Robin and Friar Tuck go with Marian to an island off the coast of Ireland, where they suspect her uncle, Sir Edward de C

EP 34

The Little People

Robin and Friar Tuck are escorting Marian back home from Ireland, after rescuing her uncle. They are making their way to

EP 35

The Infidel

During King Richard's crusade, Ali ben Azra, one of the hated Saracens is captured and brought to England. In their turn

EP 36

The Frightened Tailor

Ned Carter is travels from London to Nottingham, carrying a list of people loyal to King Richard. He stops at the place

EP 37

The Path of True Love

According to Robin's father's will, when the Locksley Hall bell rings on Lady Day, if the tenant farmers of his estate h

EP 38

The Road in the Air

Once again, Sir William tries to part Tom the Miller from his flour mill, this time by charging a toll to use the road t

EP 39

Carlotta

Little John has fallen for a Gypsy dancer, Carlotta, who is staying at the Blue Boar Inn. She also dances at the Sheriff

EP 1

The Salt King

Lord Guthrie 'steals' his own salt supplies to push the prices up and Robin is blamed. Robin and Little John obtain salt

EP 2

A Tuck in Time

Edgar, Friar Tuck's twin brother, has returned from the East with a lethal weapon, the 'Devil Crackers', and is prepared

EP 3

Pepper

Princess Irene of Byzantium, who has been held hostage by Prince John, is being returned home to Byzantium via Sherwood

EP 4

The Charter

Lord Grenwald, dying, passes the location of a charter that will limit Prince John's power if he becomes King, on to his

EP 5

A Change of Heart

Friar Tuck, now living in Tintern Abbey, sends for Robin's help against Lord Humphrey of Chepstow, who is planning to ex

EP 6

Brother Battle

Brother Wootan, a great believer in education, has been banished many times for teaching the children of serfs to read.

EP 7

My Brother's Keeper

Sir Loren is caught ill-treating a blacksmith, and is banished from his home by his father. Then Loren kills his young b

EP 8

An Apple for the Archer

Mary Quartermaine, according to her father's will, has to marry the best bow-man in the land. Apple-grower Timothy Cox s

EP 9

The Angry Village

During a drought, a group of villagers led by Jason are hiding grain in a cave; despite posting a lookout, soldiers from

EP 10

The Mark

Barnaby Church is being rebuilt, creating much interest on Nottinghamshire. Walter, the master mason, is proud of his wo

EP 11

The Bride of Robin Hood

Brenda, a girl who has run away from her home to avoid a marriage to Walter Neville, proves herself a valiant archer in

EP 12

To Be a Student

Rolfe, to avoid his son Jack having to join Prince John's army, bribes Master Bement to make sure Friar Tuck's bright st

EP 13

The Christmas Goose

Young Davey's goose, Matilda, nips a Lord's horse, causing him to be thrown. The Lord, Sir Leon, catches and puts the an

EP 14

The Challenge of the Black Knight

As a special treat on his 14th birthday, Will Dale, the son of Ned, a member of Robin's gang, meets Robin and goes hunti

EP 15

The Rivals

The Sheriff wants to charge a protection tax from travellers through Sherwood forest. Knowing this will be unpopular, he

EP 16

The Profiteer

Andrew, a serf, arrives in Nottingham to obtain grain to feed the villagers of Lothan, as their crops have failed. The L

EP 17

Knight Errant

Marian wants to speak to Robin urgently. She tries to tell him that Sir Jack of Southwark has her father's permission to

EP 18

The Healing Hand

Oswald of the Healing Hand, a quack pedlar of phoney medicine, deceives Little John, when he suffers from indigestion. B

EP 19

One Man's Meat

Sir Edmund Woodstock demonstrates his 'Ambrosia Nova' (the Food of the Gods), which he thinks will replace all other foo

EP 20

Too Many Robins

Alma of the Golden Hind Inn is star struck for Robin Hood, so Tom the Thatcher tries to impress her by pretending to be

EP 21

The Crusaders

Sir Alan Beaumont, a Crusader friend of Robin's, returns home just in time for a planned reunion with three other knight

EP 22

Castle in the Air

The impoverished knight and friend of the outlaws, Sir Richard of the Lea, and his wife Lady Leonia, invite Robin and Ma

EP 23

The Double

Prince John has ordered the Sheriff to kill Prince Arthur. Bolbec has found an exact double, Luke Tanner, for Robin Hood

EP 24

Roman Gold

Dr. Quince, an antiquarian friend of Robin's, is excavating the site of an old Roman villa. Robin and his men agree to l

EP 25

The Ghost That Failed

Farmers led by Ralph are frightened off from digging storm ditches on Simon Dexter's land by ghosts. Robin sends Friar T

EP 26

At the Sign of the Blue Boar

When a Tailor, Master William Blount covets the ownership of the Blue Boar Inn, the Sheriff places a 'head tax' on the o

EP 27

Quickness of the Hand

The Sheriff issues a notice of a reward of 750 crowns for the capture of Robin Hood alive. Three bored knights: Sir John

EP 28

Elixir of Youth

Sir Boland, in desperate need of money, promises the hand of his niece and ward, Lady Melissa, to Sir Louis de Panay, an

EP 29

The Genius

The Abbot calls on Friar Tuck to take Master Nicodemus, a fellow monk and master mathematician, to safety in Sherwood. P

EP 30

The Youthful Menace

Marian's cousin, the disinherited 16-year-old Edwin, arrived in Nottingham from France, but she is disappointed that he

EP 31

The Minstrel

With the help of a song, Robin and a minstrel named Roland manage to spoil Prince John's hopes of an alliance with the P

EP 32

The Doctor

Little John breaks his leg escaping from the Sheriff's men. Robin and Friar Tuck carry him to the home of Sir George Woo

EP 33

The Lottery

The Sheriff finds a neat and foolproof way of raising money for Prince John, by organising raffles. Foolproof that is, u

EP 34

The Fire

During a heatwave, the Sheriff's men corner Derwent and Little John in a cave. The Lieutenant's (Paul Eddington) attempt

EP 35

Lincoln Green

Robin, Marian and Little John visit Master David of Lincoln to buy Lincoln Green cloth. The Sheriff follows, hoping for

EP 36

Woman's War

Robin agrees to let two of his men accompany Ann de Brissac, a noblewoman, to a place where gold for King Richard is hid

EP 37

Little Mother

A trap is laid to catch Little John when he receives a message that his mother, a serf of the Duke of Retford, is very i

EP 38

Marian's Prize

Marian enters an archery contest in place of Robin. Prince John (Donald Pleasence), visiting Northeave village, ups the

EP 39

Farewell to Tuck

The Sheriff has long suspected that Friar Tuck is in league with Robin Hood, and seizes an opportunity to get rid of him

EP 41

Episode 41

EP 1

Sybella

On his way to join King Richard in the Holy Land, the Earl of Steyne is ambushed by Baron Onslow, and killed. Onslow cha

EP 2

The Flying Sorcerer

Lord Giles of Richmond, in Nottingham to supervise the collection of outstanding taxes, sees an opportunity to increase

EP 3

The Lady-Killer

Robin is out hunting with Derwent when he sees his old friend Will Scarlett stalking a deer. Before Robin can join him,

EP 4

A Touch of Fever

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

EP 5

The Devil You Don't Know

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

EP 6

The Loaf

The Sheriff learns that in London there is a great demand for flour, and high prices are being paid for it. This gives h

EP 7

Six Strings to His Bow

At the 'Blue Boar Inn', Robin meets a strange knight playing a harp, and decides not to interrupt the newcomer. But when

EP 8

Tuck's Love Day

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

EP 9

A Bushel of Apples

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

EP 10

The Truce

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

EP 11

The Debt

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

EP 12

The Oath

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

EP 13

The Charm Pedlar

A charm pedlar arrives in Nottingham. To Robin he seems harmless, but Friar Tuck discovers the man is a trickster, selli

EP 14

Goodbye Little John

On returning to Sherwood Forest, Little John is angry to discover that his place as Robin's right-hand man has been take

EP 15

The Reluctant Rebel

To gather first-hand knowledge of outlaw life for a journal he is writinng, Sir Geoffrey Claire and his manservant Herbe

EP 16

The Bagpiper

Duncan of Stoneykirk, the wild Highland clansman, is back in Sherwood Forest. He was rather troublesome on his last visi

EP 17

The Parting Guest

Duncan of Stoneykirk is still the rather unwelcome guest of Robin and his men. His wild, unpredictable behavior and his

EP 18

Hostage for a Hangman

The Deputy Sheriff arranges a meeting with Robin and tells him that unless he surrenders, he will arrest two serfs the n

EP 19

Hue and Cry

The Deputy Sheriff is set upon by a masked man and his gold chain of office stolen. On learning the identity of his atta

EP 20

The Champion

Marian tells Robin that, following the death of her father, supposedly slain in the Holy Land, her estate is to be taken

EP 21

The Edge and the Point

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

EP 22

A Race Against Time

Robin gets an important message from the Duchess of Brittany, who is taking the King's son to Northumberland to be recei

EP 23

The Pharoah Stones

A pedlar sells Little John three dice-like stones, which, he claims, tell the owner his fortune. Little John puts them t

EP 24

Bride for an Outlaw

Sir Bligh Denton, a wealthy merchant, learns that his daughter Judith's suitor plans to visit her. Robin, escaping from

EP 25

Double Trouble

Friar Tuck's identical twin brother, Edgar, is back in Nottingham. Edgar is a rogueish fellow, and has agreed to help th

EP 26

Trapped

Sir Marmont seizes travelers, tries them on false charges, and if they are unable to pay the heavy fine he imposes, sent

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