The Adventures of Robin Hood

- Season 3

(1957)

Certain lords are maintaining a monopoly on essential goods: one such commodity is salt, and Lord Guthrie has formed an alliance with the Sheriff to hold back supplies. Robin gets to hear of this, and things get very spicy indeed.

Friar Tuck's evil twin brother Edgar returns from a long trip to the Far East, during which he came across the formula for a secret weapon--a secret he intends to sell to Prince John.

Robin and his men become involved in the affairs of a Byzantine Princess, Irene, who is being held hostage by Prince John. Their dilemma? How does one enter a heavily guarded castle without being seen?

The only person who knows the hiding place of the charter which will limit Prince John's power should he became King is Lord Greenwald, who is seriously ill. Marian discovers where the charter is hidden, but can Robin retrieve it before the Sheriff?

Having heard that Lord Humphrey intends to expel the Celts from the Forest of Dean, Frier Tuck seeks Robin's advice and together they force the knight to rethink his motives.

When Brother Wootan starts a school in Sherwood, much to the outlaws' amusement, Little John because a somewhat unwilling pupil. What are his motives? The answer sets the Greenwood alive with laughter.

In a fit of jealousy, an evil brother murders his virtuous sibling.

A young man stands to lose his true love's heart to a French suitor unless he can beat the foreigner in an archery contest.

A drought hits Sherwood, and Robin and Little John have to leave the safety of the forest to search for water. During their travels, they meet some villagers hiding grain to avoid paying their taxes. The next day, the grain disappears and suspicion falls on the strangers.

Sir Blaise, a Norman lord, plans to build a fortress on his land. To dupe the community, he lets it be known that the new building is to be a church in honour of St Barnaby. Enter Robin Hood and Frier Tuck, and the knight is soon given a very heavy cross to bear.

To escape a forced marriage to Walter, Brenda runs away from home. Having proved herself a gallant archer by saving Robin's life, in return she asks a favour - she wishes to become Robin's wife.

When Prince John tries to recruit Young children for troops, Peter Larkin flees to the Greenwood to join Robin and his outlaws. But his arrival is a portent of doom for Robin's men, and then soon have reason to regret his presence.

When Matilda, a young boy's beloved pet goose, is sentenced to be plucked, stuffed, and cooked as the Christmas dinner for the new lord of the manor, Robin Hood and Friar Tuck conspire to create a Christmas miracle.

As a special birthday treat to his son Will, an outlaw, Ned Dale, takes him hunting with Little John. But things go terribly wrong when they are challenged by a knight dressed entirely in black armour, and Will decides to prove his manhood.

The Sheriff comes up with a plan to extort money from the local merchants by having some of his men disguise themselves as Robin's band, then staging robberies, after which the sheriff goes to the merchants and offers to "protect" them for a fee.

When the Lord of the Manor refuses to help the people of Lothan village after their crops have failed. Robin Hood comes to their rescue by sending Andrew, a serf, to buy food from London. But the Sheriff gets wind of Robin's plan and hatches a scheme of his own.

Engrossed in his archery practice, Robin ignores Marian's pleas to speak with him on a matter of urgency. Furious, she storms off alone, and that's when the trouble starts - for Marion, Robin and Sir Jack of Southwork.

Viewed by his friends as large of frame and small of mind, Little John is the ideal victim for Oswald of the Healing Hand, a 'quark' doctor, who finds it an easy task to dupe the outlaw - but things have a way of turning out for the best.

Robin and Friar Tuck eagerly travel to the house of Edmund Woodstock, who is known for providing huge, hearty meals. However, when they get there they find that the somewhat eccentric farmer has restricted everyone, including his malnourished servants, to one small meal of a dry grain he calls "The New Ambrosia". Robin sets out to convince the man that his "healthy" new lifestyle isn't healthy at all, for him or anyone else.

One Robin in Sherwood is one too many for the Sheriff - now there are two. Tom the Thatcher is impersonating the outlaw to impress his girlfriend, Alma. But as Tom soon discovers, playing outlaw has its serious side.

Robin, keeping a rendezvous with four Knights with whom he fought in the Crusades, does not know he's walking into a trap hatched by the Sheriff. Can his enemy win this time? Or has Robin an ace up his sleeve?

Once again on losing end of a gambling game. Sir Richard of the Lea turns to Robin for help. His opponent in the game is Sir Adrian, a man who believes in winning at any cost - and Robin suspects the game was crooked.

When Bolbee, sworn enemy of Robin Hood, arrives at Nottingham Castle, he bears news of interest to the Sheriff. He has a foolproof plan to rid the forest of the outlaw. He then introduces his hooded guest - Robin's double.

Dr. Quince, an historian and a friend of Robin's, is working on excavating an old Roman villa for historical items and archaeological artifacts. The Sheriff, however, believes that Quince is hiding a fortune in gold there, and wants to get his hands on it.

Believing that the land belonging to Simon Dexter is haunted, local farmers seek advice from Frier Tuck. He is sceptical but agrees to accompany Robin to Dexter 's estate. What they find astonishes both men.

Master Blount, a miserly tailor, is jealous of Ulrich, the landlord of the Blue Boar Inn which Robin and his men frequent. To implicate the innkeeper, Blount informs the Sheriff, who employs the tailor to spy for him.

The tournament over, three Knights decide to earn some money by claiming the reward for Robin's capture. Disguised as strolling players, they enter the outlaws' camp and await their opportunity to strike.

In desperate need of money, Sir Boland has promised the hand of his ward, Melissa, to Sir Louis, an elderly Norman. When Tuck, a friend of the girl's hears this news, he and Robin make arrangements of their own.

Nicodemus, a master mathematician, seeks entrance to the Abbey of Southwall to escape Prince John - who is anxious to use the scholar's genius to construct a deadly weapon. Refused entrance, Nicodemus seeks refuge in Sherwood.

Edwin, Marian's cousin, is scornful of her claims about Robin's allegiance to King Richard. To confirm her knowledge, Marian takes him to the outlaw camp. A mistake Edwin's presence there there becomes a threat to the outlaw's freedom.

A minstrel's song can prove very handy, particularly when it helps Robin and his outlaw foil a dastardly plot by Prince John, who is conspiring to form an alliance with the Prince of Aragon.

When Little John breaks his leg while escaping from the Sheriff, Robin and Frier Tuck take him home of Sir George Woodley, a specialist in broken limbs. While the doctor attends Little John, his servant reports their visit to the Sheriff.

The Sheriff plans to raise some money for Prince John by using a clever variation on an old theme. His plan seems foolproof - but as always, he has reckoned without Robin's intervention.

Having cornered Little John and Derwent in a cave, the Sheriff orders his men to smoke them out. From the flames of defeat appears new hope - and the Sherifff will eventually have to seek Robin's help.

Forewarned that Robin Hood and Maid Marian will visit Nottingham Fair to buy new supplies of Lincoln Green cloth, the Sheriff stations his men-at-arms in the town square - but a tailor's scissors provide Robin with an unusual escape route.

After she has been rescued from the Sheriff's men, Robin agrees to allow two of his men to escort Ann de Brisac, a noblewoman, to a place where she claims to have hidden gold: after their departure. Marian arrives with news that the woman is a spy.

Seeing an elderly woman being abused by two of the Sheriff's men-at-arms. Marian and Little John intervene: to his surprise, Robin's second-in-command discovered that the woman is his mother.

Robin's name has been entered for an archery contest. The problem is, he's away visiting friends. Can Marian, selected in his absence, fool the Sheriff and win the shooting tournament?

When the Archbishop of visits Nottingham, the Sheriff see a way of depleting Robin's band by one; he'll get rid of the troublesome Friar Tuck once and for all. As usual, the outlaws have the last laugh.