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.
Robin is cornered, too - the Sheriff has already killed Legrand's contact, and the man Robin and company meet is really the Sheriff's spy, feeding back all information about the treasure hunt.
Guest starring Lynda Bellingham as Eleanor of Aquitaine.