Robin Hood

7.30pm Sunday, 27 April 2008

Robin and the outlaws, the Sheriff, Gisborne and Marian are now in the Holy Land.
Robin warns the King of the impending threat to his life, but the Sheriff's cunning has prevailed and, instead of a heroes' welcome, Robin and the outlaws are treated as traitors.
Marian makes a final attempt to redeem Gisborne - if he kills the Sheriff, he will have everything he wants, including her. Will fear of the Sheriff or the smell of power win the struggle for Gisborne's soul?
The battle for England is on. Will Robin be released in time to save the King's life? Will Marian escape from the clutches of the Sheriff? High stakes and ultimate tragedy ensue...

7.30pm Sunday, 20 April 2008

Robin and the outlaws arrive at a barn for Robin's birthday party, only to find that they are surrounded by the Sheriff's mercenaries and will not be let out alive.
The outlaws share their secrets with one another whilst the traitor, Allan A Dale, realises that the Sheriff and Gisborne are heading to the Holy Land to kill the King.
Meanwhile, fearless Marian takes it upon herself to stop the Sheriff in his tracks, while Allan must choose his allegiance.
Will Robin realise that the mercenaries are merely there to distract him from the Sheriff's new dastardly plan, and will Allan come to his senses?

7.30pm Sunday, 13 April 2008

The Sheriff has turned Locksley into a garrison town, throwing its people out to make room for an army of vicious mercenaries.
As Robin and the outlaws formulate a response plan to stop them, they are intercepted by three burly King's Guards, led by the fearsome Legrand (Stephen Beckett) who brings a vital message from King Richard.
The King has sent coded information concealing plans to move his thesaurus patriae (treasure of the nation). Robin decides that he must help the King, even if it means forsaking Locksley.
However, Marian believes Locksley must be protected and soon the Nightwatchman is in action, wreaking vengeance on the mercenaries. But Gisborne and Allan are ready for trouble, and Marian finds herself cornered and then finally unmasked by Gisborne. Her secret is out, and Gisborne swears she will die as punishment for her treachery.

Sunday, 06 April 2008
07:30pm

When the Prince's envoy (Lee Ross) arrives to check that all is well in Nottingham, the Sheriff (Keith Allen) is nowhere to be found.
A stable girl saw the Sheriff leave on horseback the night before, but no one has heard from him since. Gisborne knows that an army is on its way to loot Nottingham if the Sheriff is not found by sunset.
Back in the forest, Little John's (Gordon Kennedy) charitable nature is putting everyone in danger as he insists on helping the poor rather than teaming up with Gisborne. The scheming Sheriff seizes his opportunity, joining a group of vagrants and infiltrating Robin's (Jonas Armstrong) camp disguised as a blind beggar in order to regain the Great Pact of Nottingham.

7.30pm Sunday, 30 March 2008

Strange things are happening in Locksley Manor - is there too much honey in Robin Hood's camp? Whatever happened to fighting for justice and rebelling against the wicked Sheriff?
Deep in the heart of England tonight a wounded emissary from King Richard arrives with a message for Robin (Jonas Armstrong). But Gisborne (Richard Armitage) intercedes and turns the messenger away before Robin can get to him. It seems the only one who knows anything about the messenger is the Manor's Fool (Matthew Horne), but can the Sheriff of Nottingham (Keith Allen) get anything but a joke out of the cheeky trickster?
Determined to find a rational explanation to all the chaos, the Sheriff sends his men to hunt down the wounded messenger. The man dies, but not before communicating the King's request that Robin join him in the Holy Land and uttering the mysterious word "Lardner".

Robin Hood's gang of outlaws unknowingly take in a mysterious stranger who's been sent by the Sheriff to kill Robin.

Tonight's action-packed Robin Hood gets off to a fast-paced start with breathtaking fight scenes and scintillating swordplay.

The outlaws are defending Clun villagers from pillage and assault by the Sheriff's men and their adversaries are winning.

The arrival of a courageous ex-Crusader named Carter (Joseph Kennedy) brings relief to the merry men of Sherwood Forest.

The mysterious Carter is wounded while aiding Robin (Jonas Armstrong) in an impressive demonstration of skill against the Sheriff's (Keith Allen) knights.

However, the outlaws remain unaware that Carter has made a deal with the Sheriff of Nottingham, promising to bring him the Great Pact of Nottingham and Robin's dead body in return for five hundred pounds!

There's lots of roistering fun and fighting deep in the heart of England in tonight's Robin Hood but things get serious when Robin has to say farewell to a trusted friend.

Robin (Jonas Armstrong) is desperate to get hold of the Great Pact of Nottingham, as proof of the Sheriff's (Keith Allen) treason.

Robin strikes a deal with a lovelorn Knight - John of York (John Hopkins) - that should enable Robin to find the document.

But Robin hadn't bargained on the traitorous Allan A Dale (Joe Armstrong - son of New Tricks' Alun Armstrong).

Dale gives away the outlaws plans to Sir Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage) and before long, the beautiful Marian (Lucy Griffiths) is in mortal danger. Meanwhile, Marian's father Edward (Michael Elwyn), rotting in gaol, resolves to escape the dungeon and steal the Pact himself.

Rats or riches - it's a tough choice deep in the heart of England.

Dine with the rats in the dungeon or reap the rewards of siding with the Sheriff.

The black knights are congregating at Nottingham Castle to sign a secret pact supporting the menacing Sheriff (Keith Allen).

But Robin Hood and his merry band are confident they can defeat the Sheriff's plans to dethrone the King.

Robin (Jonas Armstrong) and his outlaws ingeniously disguise themselves as minstrels to infiltrate the feast before the knights declare their allegiance.

With the outlaws cunningly disguised as entertainers, Robin is able to confront one black knight in particular - the Sheriff of Winchester (Denis Lawson) - and persuade him to turn against his comrades.

But the very sinister, charming and ruthless Winchester is playing a very cagey game amongst the rats and the riches.

Winchester also wants the beautiful Marian (Lucy Griffiths).

In the legendary Sherwood Forest there's a spy in the outlaws’ camp and the swashbuckling Robin Hood is determined to expose the traitor.

Robin (Jonas Armstrong) is horrified to realise that his plan to capture the amusingly vile Sheriff of Nottingham's (Keith Allen) ally, Henry of Lewes (Matt Devere), has failed because of the traitor in his gang.

There's some relief for Robin when Henry arrives at Nottingham Castle unconscious and the vital information Henry has about the King's landing sites remains a mystery.

Robin infiltrates the castle to silence Henry once and for all, but the Sheriff recruits the aid of a harridan wise-woman, Matilda (Josie Lawrence), to help nurse Henry to health.

But when the Sheriff uncovers Matilda's link to the outlaws, her life is in peril.

The Sheriff denounces Matilda as a witch and orders her be dunked in the local pond - a death sentence for sure.

The new Robin rules the Hood in this great, rip-roaring entertainment for all the family.

The drama centres around the charismatic Robin Hood (Jonas Armstrong), who leads his gang of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Using outrageous scams, disguises, tricks, ingenuity, breathtaking archery and swordplay, the merry band attempt to outwit the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Keith Allen) and his sadistic lieutenant, Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage).

In this series, Robin is aided in his quest by his feisty love interest Marian (Lucy Griffins), and his loyal troupe of outlaws, Much (Sam Troughton), Little John (Gordon Kennedy), Allan A Dale (Joe Armstrong), Will Scarlett (Harry Lloyd) and Djaq (Anjali Jay).

In tonight's episode, the Sheriff blames an outbreak of illness on the pestilence. Will Scarlett's father Dan suspects that is not the case - and pays the ultimate price for speaking out.

Robin Hood has its tongue firmly in its cheek with tonight's family friendly, light-hearted romp deep in the heart of England.

Keith Allen nicely plays the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham as if he was in Carry On Up Sherwood Forest, while Marian (Lucy Griffins), with all the style of a medieval version of The Devil Wears Prada, catches the eye in her Vivienne Westwood-style costumes, and the hapless Sir Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage) plays the ultimate pantomime villain!

Gisborne is the butt of mayhem again in tonight's episode, when a group of children are taken prisoner after stumbling across his secret weapons-testing site.

One child manages to escape and warn Robin (Jonas Armstrong) that Gisborne has developed indestructible 'body armour'.

07:30PM
ROBIN HOOD: SISTER HOOD
New Series Sunday, 03 February 2008

A second series of the family-friendly Robin Hood - chock full of breathtaking action, camp humour and raw energy - returns to ABC TV on Sunday, February 3rd at 7.30pm.

Once again filmed in the wild forests of Hungary, the 13-part series features an outstanding, magnetic cast.

The drama centres around the charismatic Robin Hood (Jonas Armstrong), who leads his gang of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Using outrageous scams, disguises, tricks, ingenuity, breathtaking archery and swordplay, the merry band attempt to outwit the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Keith Allen) and his sadistic lieutenant, Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage).

07:30PM
ROBIN HOOD: BOOBY AND THE BEAST
Sunday, 10 February 2008

The rollicking, family friendly Robin Hood continues on its merry way in the second episode of the new series tonight on ABC TV.

The fabulous adaptation of an old classic has been a rip-roaring success, striking a chord with family audiences.

Shot in eye-catching locations near Budapest in Hungary, the drama centres on the charismatic Robin Hood (Jonas Armstrong), who leads his gang of outlaws in Sherwood Forest. Robin, along with his merry band, attempts to outwit the evil Sheriff of Nottingham (Keith Allen) and his sadistic lieutenant, Guy of Gisborne (Richard Armitage).

Aiding Robin's quest is his feisty love interest Marian (Lucy Griffins), and his loyal troupe of outlaws, Much (Sam Troughton), Little John (Gordon Kennedy), Allan A Dale (Joe Armstrong), Will Scarlett (Harry Lloyd) and Djaq (Anjali Jay).