List of The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series) episodes
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This is a list of episodes for the 1950s television series The Adventures of Robin Hood, rarely shown as The Adventures in Sherwood Forest; this show ran for 143 episodes across four series.
"The Beginning" (14th Oct 1991) containing "The Coming of Robin Hood", "The Moneylender", "Dead or Alive", "Friar Tuck", "Maid Marian", "A Guest For The Gallows". 152 mins.
"The Challenge" (10th Feb 1992) containing "The Knight Who Came to Dinner", "Queen Eleanor", "Checkmate", "The Ordeal", "The Inquisitor", "The Challenge". 152 mins (ITC 8101).
"The Thieves Den" (22 June 1992) containing "Pepper", "A Tuck in Time", "The Charter", "The Salt King". 100 mins (ITC 8102)
Network Video (UK) released videotape PAL versions beginning in 2003.
Marathon Music and Video (US) released 21 VHS tapes of the series in 2000 (two episodes per tape in a random order).
has been released by several companies, as under British law, TV episodes are only eligible for a total of 50 years of copyright.
In Universal Region ALL NTSC
format, Mill Creek Entertainment
have released all four seasons on DVD between 18 March 2008 and 25 August 2009, and eventually released a complete series set on 25 August 2009 – 143 episodes on 11 discs. It should be noted that the films have been sourced from poor quality American prints, though some are from better quality European sources and some episodes feature the "Adventures in Sherwood Forest" opening titles and a few are CBS syndicated prints. Ina addition, three episodes: "Farewell To Tuck", "The Charm Pedlar", "The Parting Guest" have no on screen titles at all.
In Region 0 in NTSC format Alpha Video
in the US have released twenty-two DVDs of various episodes from the series, each disc containing four episodes (88 episodes in total).
In Region 0, series 1 & 4 and in Region 2, series 2 & 3 in PAL
format, Network DVD
has released the complete series in the UK in four boxed sets, licensed from official copyright holder Granada
Ventures. The first three series have 39 episodes each and are on five-disc sets, while the last series has 26 episodes and is on three discs, the films have been taken from original Archive prints and are of variable quality. Three episodes feature French opening and end title sequences and no on-screen titles: "Farewell To Tuck", "The Charm Pedlar", "The Parting Guest". One episode, "The Minstrel", has French opening titles but original English end titles and retains the episode title.
In NTSC format, the first series has been released by Edi video (2005), TMG (Timeless Media Group) as a three DVD boxed set (2005) and by Pop Flix as a 4 disc collection (2010). Other US companies such as Genius Entertainment, Critics Choice, Nostalgia Ventures, East West Entertainment, Digiview Productions, PC Treasures Inc, Echo Bridge Entertainment, and PR studios have released limited runs on DVD.
In Region 2 in PAL format, KNM Home Entertainment has released, in Germany, three DVD sets containing the 26 episodes (a mix of series 1 and 2 episodes) that were dubbed into German and transmitted by ARD between 1971 and 1974.
A Complete series 18 Disc box set will be released by Network DVD in December 2011. in Region 2.
This episode list shows the order and dates in which episodes were shown in the London region. Episodes were first shown on different dates and sometimes out of sequence in other regions, the US and in other countries. IMDB gives broadcast dates and order shown in the US.
Note: CBS, having moved the game show Name That Tune
from Tuesday nights to Monday nights at 7.30pm for the 1958 fall season, screened the fourth series in the US on Saturday mornings at 11.30am, after a batch of re-runs which started on October 4, 1958, the final episodes were transmitted between January 10, 1959 and September 26, 1959.
VHS releases
ITC Home Video (UK) released three double tape editions of the series."The Beginning" (14th Oct 1991) containing "The Coming of Robin Hood", "The Moneylender", "Dead or Alive", "Friar Tuck", "Maid Marian", "A Guest For The Gallows". 152 mins.
"The Challenge" (10th Feb 1992) containing "The Knight Who Came to Dinner", "Queen Eleanor", "Checkmate", "The Ordeal", "The Inquisitor", "The Challenge". 152 mins (ITC 8101).
"The Thieves Den" (22 June 1992) containing "Pepper", "A Tuck in Time", "The Charter", "The Salt King". 100 mins (ITC 8102)
Network Video (UK) released videotape PAL versions beginning in 2003.
Marathon Music and Video (US) released 21 VHS tapes of the series in 2000 (two episodes per tape in a random order).
DVD releases
The Adventures of Robin HoodThe Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
The Adventures of Robin Hood is a popular British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes. It starred Richard Greene as the outlaw Robin Hood and Alan Wheatley as his nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The show aired weekly between 1955 and 1959 on ITV in London in the...
has been released by several companies, as under British law, TV episodes are only eligible for a total of 50 years of copyright.
In Universal Region ALL NTSC
NTSC
NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as...
format, Mill Creek Entertainment
Mill Creek Entertainment
Mill Creek Entertainment is a home entertainment company that manufactures movie and television DVD compilation box sets at "value" prices. Nashville's Amity Entertainment is an affiliate to Mill Creek...
have released all four seasons on DVD between 18 March 2008 and 25 August 2009, and eventually released a complete series set on 25 August 2009 – 143 episodes on 11 discs. It should be noted that the films have been sourced from poor quality American prints, though some are from better quality European sources and some episodes feature the "Adventures in Sherwood Forest" opening titles and a few are CBS syndicated prints. Ina addition, three episodes: "Farewell To Tuck", "The Charm Pedlar", "The Parting Guest" have no on screen titles at all.
In Region 0 in NTSC format Alpha Video
Alpha Video
Alpha Video is an entertainment company, based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of public domain movies and TV shows on DVD...
in the US have released twenty-two DVDs of various episodes from the series, each disc containing four episodes (88 episodes in total).
In Region 0, series 1 & 4 and in Region 2, series 2 & 3 in PAL
PAL
PAL, short for Phase Alternating Line, is an analogue television colour encoding system used in broadcast television systems in many countries. Other common analogue television systems are NTSC and SECAM. This page primarily discusses the PAL colour encoding system...
format, Network DVD
Network DVD
Network DVD is a DVD publishing company that specialises in classic British television. In particular, it has the rights to a number of well-known ITV programmes...
has released the complete series in the UK in four boxed sets, licensed from official copyright holder Granada
Granada Ltd.
Granada plc is a former British conglomerate which was best known as the former parent of the Manchester-based Granada Television....
Ventures. The first three series have 39 episodes each and are on five-disc sets, while the last series has 26 episodes and is on three discs, the films have been taken from original Archive prints and are of variable quality. Three episodes feature French opening and end title sequences and no on-screen titles: "Farewell To Tuck", "The Charm Pedlar", "The Parting Guest". One episode, "The Minstrel", has French opening titles but original English end titles and retains the episode title.
In NTSC format, the first series has been released by Edi video (2005), TMG (Timeless Media Group) as a three DVD boxed set (2005) and by Pop Flix as a 4 disc collection (2010). Other US companies such as Genius Entertainment, Critics Choice, Nostalgia Ventures, East West Entertainment, Digiview Productions, PC Treasures Inc, Echo Bridge Entertainment, and PR studios have released limited runs on DVD.
In Region 2 in PAL format, KNM Home Entertainment has released, in Germany, three DVD sets containing the 26 episodes (a mix of series 1 and 2 episodes) that were dubbed into German and transmitted by ARD between 1971 and 1974.
A Complete series 18 Disc box set will be released by Network DVD in December 2011. in Region 2.
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Universal Region ALL DVD region code DVD region codes are a digital-rights management technique designed to allow film distributors to control aspects of a release, including content, release date, and price, according to the region... NTSC NTSC NTSC, named for the National Television System Committee, is the analog television system that is used in most of North America, most of South America , Burma, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, the Philippines, and some Pacific island nations and territories .Most countries using the NTSC standard, as... |
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30 June 2003 3 March 2008 [Network DVD (UK)] |
Complete Series [Mill Creek Entertainment (US)] |
18 March 2008 [Mill Creek (US)] |
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| 2 | 39 | 1956–1957 1957 in television The year 1957 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1957.-Events:*January 6 – Elvis Presley makes final appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.... |
30 June 2003 26 April 2004 1 December 2008 [Network DVD (UK)] |
14 October 2008 [Mill Creek (US)] |
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| 3 | 39 | 1957–1958 1958 in television The year 1958 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1958.-Events:*January 14 – TWW, the first ITV franchise for South Wales and West of England, went on the air.... |
18 October 2004 1 November 2008 [Network DVD (UK)] |
31 March 2009 [Mill Creek (US)] |
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| 4 | 26 | 1958–1959 1959 in television The year 1959 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1959:For the American TV schedule, see: 1959-60 American network television schedule.-Events:... |
24 January 2005 [Network DVD (UK)] |
25 August 2009 [Mill Creek (US)] |
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Episode list
- Ep = Episode number within the series
- № = Overall episode number
This episode list shows the order and dates in which episodes were shown in the London region. Episodes were first shown on different dates and sometimes out of sequence in other regions, the US and in other countries. IMDB gives broadcast dates and order shown in the US.
Series 1 (1955-1956)
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Series 2 (1956-1957)
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Series 3 (1957-1958)
| Ep | № | Title | Director | Screenplay | Original airdate , |
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Series 4 (1958-1959)
| Ep | № | Title | Director | Screenplay | Original airdate |
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Note: CBS, having moved the game show Name That Tune
Name That Tune
Name That Tune is a television game show that put two contestants against each other to test their knowledge of songs. Premiering in the United States on NBC Radio in 1952, the show was created and produced by Harry Salter and his wife Roberta....
from Tuesday nights to Monday nights at 7.30pm for the 1958 fall season, screened the fourth series in the US on Saturday mornings at 11.30am, after a batch of re-runs which started on October 4, 1958, the final episodes were transmitted between January 10, 1959 and September 26, 1959.
External links
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- The Adventures of Robin Hood: A Robin Hood Spotlight
- Download episodes of The Adventures of Robin Hood at the Internet ArchiveInternet ArchiveThe Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It offers permanent storage and access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, music, moving images, and nearly 3 million public domain books. The Internet Archive...
- Fishko Files, WNYC, June 25, 2010.