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Adventures
of Robin
Hood,
Vol. 1
The
legend
of Robin
Hood is
given a
grand
retelling
in this
popular
an long
running
series
made for
television
(1955-58).
Filmed
in Great
Britain
with the
handsome
and
dashing
British
actor
Richard
Greene
as
Robin,
the
"outlaws"
of
Sherwood
Forest
watch
over the
people
of
England
and
protect
them
from the
cruelty
and
greed of
the
ruling
aristocrats.
In these
four
exciting
episodes
it's
easy to
see how
the
series
remained
an
enduring
favorite
for so
many
years.
Episode
1 - The
Coming
Of Robin
Hood:
Robin
comes
back to
England
after
fighting
in the
Holy
Wars
only to
find
that the
evil Sir
Roger
DeLisle
has
stolen
his
family's
castle
and
land.
This
early
episode
tells
how
Robin
Hood
first
got his
name and
attained
his
noble
mission.
Episode
2 - The
Borrowed
Baby:
Robin
and his
band are
accused
of
stealing
a
shipment
of gold.
The
aristocrats
suspect
that
Lady
Marian
is
acting
as a spy
to
protect
Robin
from his
nemesis,
the
Sheriff
of
Nottingham.
Episode
3 - The
Final
Tax:
Friar
Tuck
comes up
with a
plan to
do away
with a
hated
property
tax that
the
feudal
lords
have
imposed
on the
poor
serfs,
but the
Friar
needs
Robin
Hood's
men to
help to
pull off
his
plan.
Episode
4 - The
Ambush:
Robin
Hood
attempts
to
rescue a
young
prince -
the heir
to the
throne
of
England
- from
the
clutches
of the
boy's
evil
uncle,
the
power
hungry
Prince
John
(Donald
Pleasence).
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Adventures
of Robin
Hood,
Vol. 2
Episode
1 - The
Little
People:
On an
arduous
trip
through
the
Irish
countryside,
Robin
Hood,
Maid
Marian
and
Friar
Tuck
take
refuge
with a
superstitious
family
of
farmers
and are
confronted
by the
"wee
folk,"
the
leprechauns
who are
so much
a part
of
ancient
Irish
folklore.
Episode
2 - The
Goldmaker's
Return:
While
Robin
Hood is
fighting
the wars
in
France,
the
bumbling
rogue
Lepidus,
the
Alchemist
of
Nottingham,
claims
he can
turn
lead
into
pure
gold.
When the
dubious
Sheriff
threatens
him with
death if
he fails
to
produce,
Lady
Marian
comes up
with a
brilliant
idea.
Episode
3 -
Flight
From
France:
On a
secret
trip to
France,
Robin
and
Friar
Tuck
suspect
that an
evil
agent of
the
hated
Prince
John is
in town
posing
as a
wine
merchant.
To
prevent
this spy
from his
completing
his foul
mission,
Robin
Hood
makes
contact
and
works
together
with the
French
"underground."
Episode
4 - The
York
Treasure:
Robin
and
Little
John
head for
the
seacoast
to help
their
old
friend
Joseph
of
Cordoba
with his
secret
plan to
bring a
ship,
loaded
with
Jewish
refugees
to the
town of
York.
This
medieval
exodus
promises
the hope
of
freedom
and a
new life
for
those
who are
fleeing
oppression
and
prejudice
in their
homeland.
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Adventures
of Robin
Hood,
Vol. 3
Episode
1 - The
Brothers:
With the
help of
Friar
Tuck a
young
serf is
allowed
to enter
the
monastery
at
Whiteby
but soon
flees
the
abbey
when he
learns
the
Sheriff
of
Nottingham
has
imprisoned
his
older
brother
on false
charges.
Tuck and
Robin
devise a
clever
plot to
reunite
the
brothers
as free
men.
Episode
2 - The
Intruders:
Robin
and
Little
John are
on a
manhunt,
searching
Sherwood
Forest
for two
mischievous
students
who have
been
staging
a series
of petty
robberies
and
pretending
all the
time
that
they are
a part
of Robin
Hood's
Merry
Men.
Once
caught,
Robin
proceeds
to teach
the
young
scholars
a lesson
of his
own.
Episode
3 - Food
for
Thought:
Villagers
from
Upper
Minton
come to
Robin
Hood's
camp
with
news of
another
costly
tax
levied
on them
by the
greedy
Count
Olivier.
The tax,
the
third in
a year,
is bound
to empty
their
larders.
If Robin
can't
help
them
there is
sure to
be a
devastating
famine
in the
village.
Episode
4 - The
Deserted
Castle:
Maid
Marian
leads
Robin
Hood to
an
ancient,
deserted
castle.
Here,
among
the
ruins,
Robin is
amazed
to see
the
Queen
Mother
who has
sought
him out
for a
dangerous
assignment,
one that
will be
most
beneficial
to
England
and the
beloved
King
Richard.
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Adventures
of Robin
Hood,
Vol. 4
Episode
1 - Fair
Play:
Disguised
as a
troupe
of
Bavarian
acrobats
three
members
of
Robin's
loyal
band
head for
the
annual
fair at
Nottingham.
Their
"undercover"
plan
works
well
until
the
unscrupulous
gypsy
fortune
teller,
Madam
Zsa Zsa,
reveals
their
secret,
resulting
in their
arrest
by the
Sheriff
of
Nottingham.
Episode
2 - The
Secret
Pool:
Robin
Hood and
Maid
Marian
go
fishing
in a
hidden
pool - a
tributary
loaded
with
large
fish
that
leads
directly
to Sir
Cedric's
private
lake.
After
observing
Cedric's
men
arresting
a poor
serf for
poaching,
Marian
visits
the
eccentric
lord to
beg for
the
man's
release
while
Robin
tries a
different
approach
- using
Cedric's
lifelong
love of
fishing
as
"bait."
Episode
3 - The
Black
Five:
For once
Robin
Hood and
his
arch-enemy,
the
Sheriff
of
Nottingham,
work
together
hoping
to
capture
the Duke
DeMoreville,
a
power-hungry
monster
that
villagers
call
"The
Hangman
Of
Leicester.".
Episode
4 - One
Man's
Meat:
Friar
Tuck and
Robin
can't
wait for
their
usually
sumptuous
dinner
at the
farmhouse
of
Master
Edmund
Woodstock.
This
time,
however,
the
feast
turns
into a
fiasco.
The
Master
insists
that
everyone,
including
his
undernourished
servants,
eat only
one dish
and a
dry
grain
mixture
he
proudly
calls
the
"New
Ambrosia."
It's up
to Robin
to
convince
the
eccentric
farmer
that the
mealy
stuff is
hardly a
meal at
all.
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Adventures
of Robin
Hood,
Vol. 5
Episode
1 - Will
Scarlet:
Moments
after an
overdressed
dandy in
a red
plumed
hat
appears
at the
Blue
Boar
Inn, he
insults
Little
John,
challenges
Robin
Hood to
a duel
and
crosses
swords
with the
Sheriff
of
Nottingham's
armed
guard.
The
poetic
stranger
quickly
wins
Robin
Hood's
respect
for his
swordsmanship
and
daring,
and is
invited
to join
Robin
and his
merry
men in
Sherwood
Forest.
Episode
2 - The
Rivals:
The
Sheriff
of
Nottingham
tries to
extort
money
from
local
merchants
by
having
his own
gang of
outlaws
stage
robberies
that
look
like the
work of
Robin
Hood and
his men.
Episode
3 - The
Miser:
Sir
William
threatens
his
tenant
farmers
with
additional
taxes
and
threatens
to throw
them off
his land
if they
don't
pay up.
When
Robin
Hood
hears
about
this he
devises
a plan
to
retrieve
the
villagers
money.
The
clever
plan
requires
that
Friar
Tuck
keep the
townsfolk
in
church
by
delivering
the most
longwinded
sermon
of his
career.
Episode
4 -
Tables
Turned:
Messengers
who stop
at the
local
inn
boast
about
the
"jewels"
they are
transporting.
Derwent,
one of
Robin
Hood's
most
loyal
men
successfully
steals
the
shipment
- only
to
discover
that
these
jewels
are
actually
two
children
from a
titled
family.
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