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About
the Show
Filmed in Budapest, Robin Hood is a
unique blend of exhilarating action adventure, wit and romance.
Robin
Hood's striking new look (no tights), coupled with the sharp scripts,
updates the popular legend for a sophisticatedcontemporary audience.
Full of action, humour and romance,
Robin Hood outwits and delights us as he fights the authority of the
evil Sheriffof Nottingham with outrageous scams and incredible
swordplay.
The series also stars Keith Allen
(Bodies)
as the Sheriff of Nottingham; Lucy Griffiths as the strikingly
beautiful Marian; and Richard Armitage (North & South) as Sir
Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff's sadistic lieutenant.
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Robin
Hood Series 2 - Episode 1 aired 6th October 2007
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| The legend of Robin Hood |
Robin is famous for his gallantry, robbing the rich to feed the poor
and fighting against injustice and tyranny. Anyone who knows of Robin
will also be familar with the stories of his outlaw band. The names of
Little John, Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, Allan a Dale, Will Scarlett, Much
the miller and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham are as much a part of the
legend as Robin himself.
The stories of Robin portray him as a fearless outlaw leading his band
of merry men [and women] against the tyranny of Prince John, the
Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisborne. A brilliant archer, Robin
lived a life of adventure - poaching the Kings deer from the outlaws
retreat in Sherwood Forest.
Stories about the adventures of Robin have been told and re-told for
over six hundred years. In Robins time few people could read or write
and consequently little was written down about the exploits of our
hero. Instead people learnt about Robin and his band through the ballad
and song of wandering minstrels who weaved a patchwork of fact and
fiction into the contemporary culture of the time.
Episode 1 - Sister Hood - Saturday 6th October 2007 UK Air Date
Jonas Armstrong is back as Britain's best-loved outlaw, as Dominic
Minghella's Robin Hood returns for a new series.
Robin and the gang have been busy constructing their ingenious new
camp, but, when Knighton Hall is razed and Marian and Edward are taken
to the castle under house arrest, it's clear that the rules have
changed.
As the state of Nottingham gets worse, Allan A Dale becomes agitated.
He wants more and a distracted Robin cannot reassure him –
he's
too busy preparing to rescue two girls and their pretty mother, Rose,
as well as formulating a plan to help Marian – so Allan goes
AWOL, determined to make his own way in the world.
A series of events then changes everything – Allan's
trickster
japes land him in the castle dungeons, Rose is revealed as the
Sheriff's sister and the lure of the two girls is exposed as a
brilliant trap laid by the Sheriff.
The walls are closing in around the gang as the Sheriff has formulated
a devastating new campaign – Shah Mat – conspiring
with
Prince John to overthrow King Richard. Only with the help of Marian and
the outlaws can Robin defeat the Black Knights.
But, even when Robin and the outlaws escape with their lives, they are
no longer safe – Allan has changed allegiance and agrees to
spy
for Gisborne. From now on, the heroes must rethink their strategy to
take the Sheriff on at his own game.
Episode 2 - Booby and the Beast - Saturday 14th October 2007 UK Air Date
In his first mission since discovering the devastating truth about
operation Shah Mat, Robin launches an abortive raid on Nottingham
Castle's new Strong Room, as Dominic Minghella's drama continues.
The Sheriff has stored all his Shah Mat funding in the medieval Fort
Knox, but, before the Black Knights arrive to divide up the silver,
he's preparing a final big deposit.
Having underestimated the Strong Room's array of deadly traps, Robin
rethinks his strategy – resolving to track down the original
Strong Room designers who have been mutilated, by order of the Sheriff,
to prevent them leaking the secrets behind their brilliant designs.
With the help of now-blind designer Steven, Robin and his men build up
a picture of the Strong Room mechanics and practice how to beat it.
Meanwhile, in the Castle, Gisborne has ordered Marian to pander to
every whim of the high-roller Prince Frederick of Hanheim, who has
arrived to play in the casino. In fact, the Sheriff has no intention of
losing to this Bavarian Count, and, when outraged Frederick learns the
Sheriff's plan to fleece him using crooked dice in the casino, Marian
gains a vital ally. For Frederick is not the booby the Sheriff
initially thought, and, together with Robin and the gang, they
formulate a plan to rob the Strong Room.
All Frederick must do is lose, but he ends up winning. Things aren't
looking so good for Robin in the Strong Room, either. Traitor Allan has
leaked information about Robin's attempt on the Strong Room and
Gisborne has ordered modifications.
Episode 3 - Childhood - Saturday 20th October 2007 UK Air Date
When a group of boys accidentally stumbles on Gisborne's
weapons-testing site, all but one is taken prisoner as Dominic
Minghella's drama continues. The resourceful escapee, Daniel, is able
to elude Gisborne's men and runs to Robin to raise the alarm. Robin is
horrified to discover that Gisborne has developed an indestructible new
suit of armour, made of special Damascus steel – an army
wearing
this armour would easily defeat King Richard and must be stopped!
Gisborne has taken the boys back to Locksley Manor where the Sheriff
orders that they be hanged. Luckily, Robin and his gang arrive in the
nick of time. What's more, Robin cleverly steals the impressive black
diamond, used to create the Damascus steel. But disaster strikes and
Daniel is captured during the scramble.
The Sheriff immediately demands an exchange – Robin can have
Daniel back if he hands over the black diamond. Robin's priority is
rescuing Daniel and he and the gang decide that they will agree to the
exchange and, once made, they will then torch Locksley and melt the
black diamond once and for all.
Marian learns of Daniel's capture and puts a plan into action. Feigning
interest in seeing Gisborne, she requests a night pass from the
Sheriff. She doctors the document so that the signature can be mistaken
as a release for Daniel. Marian runs her plan past Robin as she needs
one of the outlaws to pose as a guard and take Daniel. To everyone's
surprise, Allan volunteers, but he only sees it as a brilliant
opportunity to leak Robin's plan to Gisborne.
Once Gisborne is forewarned of Robin's plan, he arms himself to the
hilt, donning his indestructible suit of armour. Now a rescue attempt
is virtually impossible and Robin must think fast if he's to save a
boy's life and stop a vital part of the Sheriff's war machine.
Episode 4 - Angel of Death - Saturday 27th October 2007 UK Air Date
It's a poisonous time for Will Scarlett (Harry Lloyd) as he vows to
avenge his father's death.
The Sheriff and his sinister scientist, Joseph, are testing a chemical
weapon on a street in Nottingham Town and blaming the ill effects on
the Pestilence; but Dan Scarlett, who's in town to visit his son, Will,
knows it's not the pestilence at all, as Dominic Minghella's drama
continues.
Dan wants Will to become his apprentice and run the family's carpentry
business, but Will is frustrated that his father is blind to the good
work he does as an outlaw. Father and son bicker about what's best for
Will – but tragically fail to resolve their dispute before
the
Sheriff murders Dan for speaking out against the suspected poisoning.
Now Robin realises that the Sheriff is up to something and resolves to
track down the source of the poison before more innocent people die.
Bravely plunging into the heart of "pestilence" territory, the outlaws
work tirelessly to soothe the sick – little realising that
the
strange helper from Leicester is none other than Joseph!
Worse still, Robin believes Will has returned to Scarborough when, in
fact, he's headed straight for the Castle to punish the Sheriff for his
act. With lives at stake, Robin must track down the source of the
poison in time. But what will he do when he realises that Will is
intent on avenging his father's death at any cost..?
Guest Star - Ralf Little as Joseph
Episode 5 - Ducking and Diving - Saturday 5th November UK Air Date
Marian (Lucy Griffiths) is put in danger in the castle by a spy in the
outlaw's camp. A horrified Robin realises that his plan to capture the
Sheriff's spy, Henry of Lewes, has failed because he has a traitor in
his gang. Fearing for Marian's safety in the castle, Robin sets about
rooting out the turncoat. His only clue is supplied by Marian: the
spy's meeting place is located at the Trip To Jerusalem Inn, where the
traitor outlaw sells his secrets to Gisborne.
With two missions to complete Robin is relieved when Henry of Lewes
arrives at the castle unconscious, his vital information about the
King's landing sites remaining a mystery. Robin infiltrates the castle
to silence Henry, but help arrives in the shape of harridan wise-woman
Matilda, tasked by the Sheriff to nurse Henry to health. Asking Robin
to look after her heavily pregnant daughter, Matilda promises that
she'll silence Henry using special herbs, but doesn't bargain upon the
Sheriff making the connection with Robin Hood and putting her life in
mortal peril...
Robin returns to the forest with Matilda's daughter, to a confused and
hurt gang: they resent being suspected of treachery and it takes all of
Robin's leadership skills to rally his outlaws into helping Rosa.
But then Marian arrives, reporting that Matilda is about to be tried
for witchcraft. The race is on to rescue her before she drowns. Can
Robin trust his gang to save the lives at stake as well as silencing
Henry? As Robin well knows, there is a spy in his gang who needs
catching before this day is out.
Guest Star - Josie Lawrence as Matilda
Episode 6 - Robin Hood for England - Saturday 10th November 2007 UK Air
Date
The Sheriff's Black Knights gather at the castle to attend a feast and
declare their allegiance to Prince John by signing the Great Pact of
Nottingham. With the outlaws disguised as entertainers, Robin
infiltrates the castle to join forces with the only man who can stop
them: former Sheriff Edward's old ally and Black Knight, the Sheriff of
Winchester. Winchester's territory is key to the Sheriff's Shah Mat
plan that will apprehend a homecoming King Richard at the southern
ports.
Once Robin is satisfied he has convinced Winchester to stand up to the
Sheriff, he sends the outlaws on a diversionary mission and writes a
farewell letter to Marian. Preparing to make his greatest sacrifice
alone for King Richard and England, Robin hopes to finish Shah Mat once
and for all by killing all the Black Knights.
As Robin enters the feast disguised as a Black Knight, he's in for a
terrible shock: Winchester is revealed to be corrupt and has
double-crossed Robin, lining him up for the Sheriff to kill. With
Marian added as a sweetener to his deal, Winchester has set Robin up.
Surrounded by a roomful of enemies, Robin faces certain death alone.
Only with the help of his outlaw gang can he hope to fight for his life.
Guest Star - Dennis Lawson as Sheriff of Winchester
Episode 7 - Show Me The Money - Saturday 17th November 2007 UK Air Date
Has Allan A Dale (JoeArmstrong) really turned traitor?
Robin is determined to get hold of the Great Pact of Nottingham,
written proof of the Sheriff's treason as Dominic Minghella's drama
continues. So when lovelorn Knight John of York and his chest of silver
pass by Robin and the gang, and the Knight begs the outlaws to take
pity on him and save his girl, Robin formulates a plan.
The Knight is sent off not only with his money, but the gang's too. For
Robin intends to rob everything back once it reaches the castle by
using York's silver to locate where the Sheriff's treasure –
including the Pact – is hidden.
As the outlaws gather at the castle shadowing York's chest, fate is
about to deal a devastating blow in the form of Gisborne's new
right-hand man, Allan A Dale. While Marian tends to Edward in the
dungeons she overhears Allan earning his keep by giving all of the
outlaws' secret entrances away. Once Robin realises that Marian's under
threat too, he decides that England can wait: Marian needs saving!
Edward, meanwhile, is spurred to action: if the Pact offers irrefutable
evidence of Prince John's treason, then he resolves to do all he can to
retrieve it. Escaping his dungeon, he locates the Pact of Nottingham in
the Sheriff's secret safe.
But, as Marian prevents Robin from silencing Allan, Edward is
discovered escaping Nottingham and concealing the pact – with
tragic and life-changing consequences for Marian.
Episode 8 - Get Carter - Saturday 24th November 2007 UK Air Date
Marian flees to the forest to join the outlaws full-time
Marian wakes up in Sherwood Forest on the first day of the rest of her
life as an outlaw with Robin and his gang, as Dominic Minghella's drama
continues. Surprising everyone with a new energy and recklessness,
however, she jeopardises the gang's mission to bring aid to Clun
Village after it's ransacked by the Sheriff's men.
The outlaws think their luck is in when Clun's new avenging hero,
Carter – a fearless ex-Crusade fighter – arrives in
the
nick of time to help them all out. Unfortunately, Carter just happens
to be the Sheriff's hired assassin, and the ransacking of Clun village
has been staged to allow Carter access to Robin. A man with a mortal
hatred for all things Robin Hood, Carter is tasked to infiltrate the
camp and retrieve the Pact of Nottingham.
Carter's act is flawless, and he earns the gratitude of the outlaws
– they even take him back to camp to help him with his
injuries.
However, everyone seems to be too busy squabbling about the new
dynamics in the gang to notice they have an assassin in their midst.
Marian, meanwhile, must contend with worried Gisborne's attentions as
he sends Allan out to track her down. Annoyed with Robin, Marian and
Allan work together to trick Gisborne into thinking she's become a nun.
Just when the gang's guards are completely down, Carter strikes a
deadly blow against each outlaw. But he's concealing a secret of his
own – vengeful love for a dead brother – for which
he
mistakenly blames Robin. As Robin gets to the root of Carter's hatred,
so he begins to understand the real Carter and sets about
rehabilitating him, and the greatest turnaround of this day will be the
trick that Carter – now Robin's man through and through
–
plays on the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Guest Star - Joseph Kennedy as Carter
Episode 9 - Lardners Ring - 1st December 2007 UK Air Date
Robin (Jonas Armstrong) is needed by the King in the Holy Land
A mortally wounded, one-legged messenger from King Richard flees
Locksley Manor pursued by Gisborne's men and ends up in the arms of
Robin, in tonight's instalment of Dominic Minghella's drama. In his
dying breath, he tells Robin that the King needs him to return to fight
in the Holy Land, and utters the word "Lardner".
The Sheriff is furious that the messenger got away, especially now that
he and Gisborne are also on the hunt for Lardner, having received a
prediction from a fortune-telling Fool that the "ring of Lardner"
spells trouble.
When Will and Djaq discover that Locksley Village is being scoured for
Lardner's ring, Djaq tells Robin what Lardner really is – a
Saracen carrier pigeon. Consequently, Robin's reply to King Richard
will only take days to reach him.
When Robin and Marian ride off to the last place they saw the King's
messenger, the gang set about composing the note to the King. But, just
as Robin and Marian reach Lardner the pigeon, the Sheriff and Gisborne
arrive. Surrounded, and trapped in a tree, Robin and Marian realise
that unless they resort to desperate measures and the help of Fool they
will face certain death.
Guest Star - Mathew Horne as the Fool
Episode 10 - Walkabout - Saturday 8th December 2007 UK Air Date
Tormented by Robin Hood, The Sheriff sleepwalks straight into Sherwood
Forest, as Dominic Minghella's drama continues. Unfortunately, he goes
missing on the very day that Prince John's messenger, Jasper, arrives
to check all is well in Nottingham.
By the time Gisborne raises the alarm, Prince John's private army is
already on its way, ready to raze Nottingham at sunset. Drastic action
is called for, so, while keeping up appearances with Jasper, Gisborne
and Marian secretly task Robin with tracking down the Sheriff in the
forest.
The Sheriff, meanwhile, is getting to grips with nature and embarks on
a journey of rediscovery. When he comes across some scheming beggars
intent on fleecing Robin, he realises he can get his hands on the Pact
at last. Little John is fooled by the Sheriff's brilliant, blind,
poor-man act and brings the enemy right into the heart of the camp.
As sunset and oblivion draw closer, and Prince John's army looms on the
horizon, Gisborne risks his life standing by Marian as they fight
together to save the people of Nottingham. Only Robin can save them now.
Guest Star - Charlie Brooks as Cerys
Episode 11 - Treasure of the Nation - Saturday 15th December UK Air Date
The Sheriff has turned Locksley into a garrison town, throwing its
people out to make room for an army of vicious mercenaries, as Dominic
Minghella's drama continues. 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 who brings a vital message
from King Richard.
The King has sent coded information concealing plans to move his
"thesaurus patriae", or treasure of the nation. Torn, Robin decides
that he must help the King, even if it means forsaking Locksley. 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's 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.
As the Sheriff and Robin discover, everyone's in for a surprise when
King Richard's treasure turns out to be neither gold nor jewellery.
Guest Star - Lynda Bellingham as Eleanor of Aquitaine
Episode 12 - A Good Day to Die - Saturday 29th December 2007 UK Air
Date
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 won't
be let out alive, in the penultimate episode of Dominic Minghella's
Drama.
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. 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?
Guest Star - Paul Usher as Ellingham.
Episode 13 - We Are Robin Hood - Saturday 29th December 2007 UK Air Date
Robin and the Outlaws, The Sheriff, Gisborne and Marian are now in the
Holy Land, in the Dramatic conclusion of Dominic Minghella's Drama.
Robin warns the King of the impending threat to his life, but The
Sheriff's cunning has prevailed; 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 battle 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...
*And we all know what happened after that!*
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