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The Adventures of Robin Hood: Season 3

40 episodes Premiered Sep 30, 1957 Updated Sep 28, 2026
Previously on The Adventures of Robin Hood

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Adventures of Robin Hood Season 2.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
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S3·E1 Mytharc

The Salt King

Sep 30, 1957 · 25 min

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

S3·E2 Core

A Tuck in Time

Oct 7, 1957 · 25 min

Edgar, Friar Tuck's twin brother, has returned from the East with a lethal weapon, the 'Devil Crackers', and is prepared to sell it to Prince John. But Marian, Robin and Friar Tuck

S3·E3 Core

Pepper

Oct 14, 1957 · 25 min

Princess Irene of Byzantium, who has been held hostage by Prince John, is being returned home to Byzantium via Sherwood with Byzantine Ambassador Androclyse. She has fallen in love

S3·E4 Core

The Charter

Oct 21, 1957 · 25 min

Lord Grenwald, dying, passes the location of a charter that will limit Prince John's power if he becomes King, on to his manservant Hulme . Marian informs Robin who must infiltrate

S3·E5 Core

Change of Heart

Oct 28, 1957 · 25 min

Friar Tuck, now living in Tintern Abbey, sends for Robin's help against Lord Humphrey of Chepstow, who is planning to expel the Celts, led by Brack, from the Forest of Dean, where

S3·E6 Core

Brother Battle

Nov 4, 1957 · 25 min

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

S3·E7 Core

My Brother's Keeper

Nov 11, 1957 · 25 min

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 wit

S3·E8 Core

An Apple for the Archer

Nov 18, 1957 · 25 min

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

S3·E9 Core

The Angry Village

Nov 25, 1957 · 25 min

During a drought, a group of villagers led by Jason are hiding grain in a cave; despite posting a lookout, soldiers from the castle appear without warning and confiscate it. Robin

S3·E10 Core

The Mark

Dec 2, 1957 · 25 min

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 buildin

S3·E11 Mytharc

The Bride of Robin Hood

Dec 9, 1957 · 25 min

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,

S3·E12 Core

To Be a Student

Dec 16, 1957 · 25 min

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

S3·E13 Core

The Christmas Goose

Dec 23, 1957 · 25 min

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 – f

S3·E14 Core

The Challenge of the Black Knight

Dec 30, 1957 · 25 min

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,

S3·E15 Core

The Rivals

Jan 6, 1958 · 25 min

The Sheriff wants to charge a protection tax from travellers through Sherwood forest. Knowing this will be unpopular, he comes up with a rival outlaw gang, to rob and attack travel

S3·E16 Core

The Profiteer

Jan 13, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E17 Core

Knight Errant

Jan 20, 1958 · 25 min

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 practic

S3·E18 Core

The Healing Hand

Jan 27, 1958 · 25 min

Oswald of the Healing Hand, a quack pedlar of phoney medicine, deceives Little John, when he suffers from indigestion. But the outlaw comes to grief when he defends the quack again

S3·E19 Core

One Man's Meat

Feb 3, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E20 Core

Too Many Robins

Feb 10, 1958 · 25 min

Alma of the Golden Hind Inn is star struck for Robin Hood, so Tom the Thatcher tries to impress her by pretending to be her hero. The Sheriff's lieutenant is also interested in the

S3·E21 Core

The Crusaders

Feb 17, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E22 Core

Castle in the Air

Feb 24, 1958 · 25 min

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 fo

S3·E23 Core

The Double

Mar 3, 1958 · 25 min

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 Prin

S3·E24 Core

Roman Gold

Mar 10, 1958 · 25 min

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 su

S3·E25 Core

The Ghost That Failed

Mar 17, 1958 · 25 min

Farmers led by Ralph are frightened off from digging storm ditches on Simon Dexter's land by ghosts. Robin sends Friar Tuck and Little John to exorcise the ghosts. Little John is s

S3·E26 Core

At the Sign of the Blue Boar

Mar 24, 1958 · 25 min

When a Tailor, Master William Blount covets the ownership of the Blue Boar Inn, the Sheriff places a 'head tax' on the owner Ulrich, forcing him to sell the Inn to Blount. In excha

S3·E27 Core

Quickness of the Hand

Mar 31, 1958 · 25 min

The Sheriff issues a notice of a reward of 750 crowns for the capture of Robin Hood alive. Three bored knights: Sir John, Sir Ralph and Sir Lawrence take up the offer and end up in

S3·E28 Core

Elixir of Youth

Apr 7, 1958 · 25 min

Sir Boland, in desperate need of money, promises the hand of his niece and ward, Lady Melissa, to Sir Louis de Panay, an elderly Norman, in spite of her being in love with Sir Bola

S3·E29 Core

The Genius

Apr 14, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E30 Core

The Youthful Menace

Apr 21, 1958 · 25 min

Marian's cousin, the disinherited 16-year-old Edwin, arrived in Nottingham from France, but she is disappointed that he is scornful of her claims about Robin Hood's allegiance to K

S3·E31 Core

The Minstrel

Apr 28, 1958 · 25 min

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 She

S3·E32 Core

The Doctor

May 5, 1958 · 25 min

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. B

S3·E33 Core

The Lottery

May 12, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E34 Core

The Fire

May 19, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E35 Core

Lincoln Green

May 26, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E36 Core

Women's War

Jun 2, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E37 Core

Little Mother

Jun 9, 1958 · 25 min

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 Maria

S3·E38 Core

Marian's Prize

Jun 16, 1958 · 25 min

Marian enters an archery contest in place of Robin. Prince John, visiting Northeave village, ups the prize money to 20 crowns, hoping to draw in Robin Hood. Marian (disguised as "M

S3·E39 Core

Farewell to Tuck

Jun 30, 1958 · 25 min

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

S3·E41 Mytharc

Farewell To Tuck

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

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