Everyone's favorite archer is back in another season of The Adventures of Robin Hood. Richard Greene once again takes up the bow and brings to life the stories of this classic literary character featured in this entertaini... more »ng program from the late 1950's. Robin Hood, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian and the rest of the Merry Men continue their efforts to thwart the forces of the Sheriff of Nottingham and bring hope to the citizens of Nottingham. Robin Hood and his fellow Sherwood Forest dwellers keep the faith their beloved King Richard will soon return and remove the evil Prince John from the throne to restore law and order to the land. Until that day comes, Robin and his men will continue to fight for that which is right and just.
(1955 - 1960) B&W 30 Minute episodesEpisodes: A Village WooingThe ScientistBlackmailA Year and a DayThe GoldmakerThe ImpostersRansomIsabellaThe HeroThe Haunted MillThe Black PatchOutlaw MoneyThe Friar's PilgrimageThe TrapHubertThe DreamThe BlackbirdThe Shell GameThe Final TaxAmbushThe Bandit of BrittanyThe Goldmaker's ReturnFlight from FranceThe Secret PoolFair PlayThe DowryThe York TreasureThe Borrowed BabyThe Black FiveFood for ThoughtToo Many EarlsThe Highland FlingThe Mystery of Ireland's EyeThe Little PeopleThe InfidelThe Frightened TailorThe Path of True LoveThe Road in the AirCarlotta« less
Feared by the bad, loved by the good... Robin Hood! Robin Ho
Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 09/16/2008
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The second season of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD consists of 39 episodes that aired on CBS-TV during the 1956-57 season, Mondays at 7:30 pm.
MILL CREEK box sets offer good-to-average-quality audio and video transfers of public domain material at a most reasonable price
NOTABLES in Robin Hood, Season #2: Director John Schlesinger appears in episodes #10 and #26 ("The Haunted Mill" and "The Dowry") Sixties folk-rocker Peter Asher (of Peter & Gordon) guests in episodes #20 and #21 ("The Ambush" and "The Bandit of Brittany")
REGULAR CAST-- Richard Greene - Robin Hood Bernadette O'Farrell - Maid Marian Fitzwater John Arnatt - Sheriff of Nottingham Gillian Sterret - Lady Genevieve Donald Pleasence - Prince John Alexander Gauge - Friar Tuck Alan Wheatley - Sheriff of Nottingham Archie Duncan - Little John Ian Hunter - Sir Richard
ACTORS WHO PORTRAYED SEVERAL CHARACTERS: Alfie Bass, Peter Bennett, Patricia Burke, Nigel Davenport, John Dearth, Paul Eddington, Willoughby Gray, Paul Hansard, Martin Lane, Simone Lovell, Edward Mulhare, Shaun O'Riordan, Tony Thawnton, Patrick Troughton, Victor Woolf, Terry Yorke
The complete first season of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD is also available from MILL CREEK.
Program list includes original airdates and guest stars.
A Village Wooing (10/1/56) - Betty Impey/Leslie Phillips The Scientist (10/8/56) - Miles Malleson/Andrew Crawford Blackmail (10/15/56) - Anthony Dawson A Year and a Day (10/22/56) - Amanda Coxell/Dervis Ward The Goldmaker (10/29/56) - Anthony Baird The Imposters (11/5/56) - Brenda de Banzie/Nigel Green/Jack Melford Ransom (11/12/56) - Paul Daneman/Robert Raglan/Philip Ashley Isabella (11/19/56) - Nina Walker/Helen Cherry/Howard Lang/Noël Hood The Hero (11/26/56) - Bill Owen/Ralph Michael/Susan Richmond/Mona Lillian The Haunted Mill (12/3/56) - John Schlesinger/Laurence Hardy The Black Patch (12/10/56) - Duncan Lamont/Colin Croft/Gwenda Williams Outlaw Money (12/17/56) - Sid James/Leonard Sachs/Richard Pascoe The Friar's Pilgrimage (12/24/56) - Greta Gynt/Maureen Davis/Peter Retey The Trap (12/31/56) - Alfred Burke/Helen Forrest/Andrew Downie Hubert (1/7/57) - Dorothy Bromiley/William Greene/William Mervyn The Dream (1/14/57) - Marie Burke The Blackbird (1/21/57) - William Horsbrugh/Fred Goddard/Bernard Goldman The Shell Game (1/28/57) - Sam Kydd/Irene Handl/Myrtle Reed/Sylvia Kay The Final Tax (2/4/57) - Dennis Edwards/Fred Goddard/Barry Fennell The Ambush (2/11/57) - Peter Asher/Dorothy Alison The Bandit of Brittany (2/18/57) - Peter Asher/Harold Kasket The Goldmaker's Return (2/25/57) - Bryan Coleman Flight from France (3/4/57) - Ingeborg Wells/Alec Mango/Roy Russell The Secret Pool (3/11/57) - George Benson/Basil Beale Fair Play (3/18/57) - Thomas Gallagher/Colin Broadley/Selma vaz Dias The Dowry (3/25/57) - John Schlesinger/Jeanette Hutchinson The York Treasure (4/1/57) - Helena de Crespo/Karel Stepanek The Borrowed Baby (4/8/57) - Guy Verney/Dorothy Gordon/Megan Williams The Black Five (4/15/57) - Peter Cargill/Manning Wilson/Peter Welch Food for Thought (4/22/57) - John Sharplin/Charles Lloyd Pack/Emrys Leyshon Too Many Earls (4/29/57) - Arthur Howard/Victor Platt/Peter Johnson Highland Fling (5/6/57) - Hugh McDermott/Hilary Paterson/Jock Mckay The Mystery of Ireland's Eye (5/13/57) - Eddie Byrne/Concepta Fennell The Little People (5/20/57) - Barry Keegan/Peggy Marshall/Carole Lorimar The Infidel (5/27/57) - Francis Matthews/Alex Scott/Rowland Bartrop The Frightened Tailor (6/3/57) - Hugh Burden/David Williams/Michael Peake The Path of True Love (6/10/57) - Lionel Jeffries/Max Faulkner/Hal Osmond The Road in the Air (6/17/57) - Laurence Hardy/Ronald Hines/Arthur Skinner Carlotta (6/24/57) - Jennifer Jayne/Terry Yorke"
Brings Back Wonderful Memories!
Oldies TV Fan | Detroit, MI, USA | 11/20/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I've always loved The Adventures of Robin Hood since I was a kid. It was just a good, clean, entertaining TV program for us youngsters. I've watched all the episodes of season one and season two and have been very entertained by them...great memories. Richard Greene is great as Robin Hood. Great supporting cast. Timeless series!"
Still the Best Robin Hood
Steve | Racine, Wisconsin | 11/15/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"To my mind these are the best of the Robin Hoods on film, and I think I have seen nearly all of them. The actors are first-rate, and the stories remarkably varied and inventive for half-hour episodes. Perhaps those who are so so delicate as to grade them down because of only middling picture and sound quality (these are, after all, black and white TV shows from the '50s) can't get caught up in them to the point where this doesn't matter. I can. Although I'm approaching sixty, watching these I'm once again a little boy in love with swashbuckling heroism--and Bernadette O'Farrell's incomparable Maid Marian."
MillCreek has done it again!
Robert E. Rodden II | Peoria, IL. United States | 10/25/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The Second Season of Robin Hood looks very good on dvd. I wish Millcreek had done such a steller job with the First Season. Season Two's source material must be in considerably better condition than Season One's. The quality is very nice; not as nice as MillCreeks release of Wanted:Dead or Alive (also available from Amazon), but certainly better than 99 percent of public domain releases out there. The episodes look clean and stable, with very little age damage (unlike many of the episodes in Season One). The sound is perfectly fine, with little or no background hiss from age. Highly recomended for fans of this early BBC TV series, and fans of Richard Greene."
More Good Old-Fashioned Adventure
S.E. Poza | Rimersburg, PA | 12/24/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This series pre-dated my birth by a fair number of years, but I've found it to be quite a gem for those who enjoy adventures series that are not obviously altered to appeal to modern audiences. Each episode has a self-contained story which can range from light-hearted to somewhat dark. Of course, this is a television show and it's not true to the reality of the times, though it is probably closer in some ways than lavish movie productions from the same time period (or these days). The actors are all a bit theatrical, but very good in their roles.
One interesting point about this series is that you can see that it clearly influenced other entertainment about the same period of time. Black Adder II, for instance, is clearly modeled upon the basic structure of this show. Some of the stories from Black Adder seem to be parodies of stories from this show.
If you like old adventure movies and don't care about having perfect video quality (though this is eminently watchable), this is great value and a whole lot of fun for a weekend in front of the television."