Season 1
Robin Hood is a British adventure series produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United States which is based around the stories of legendary English folk hero Robin Hood.
The series aired in the UK on BBC One from 7 October, 2006 to 27 June, 2009. There are 39 hour-long episodes in three seasons.
Robin Hood premiered in South Africa on SABC2 on Saturday 3 November 2007, at 15h00. It later aired on DStv's BBC Entertainment channel. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 1
Robin of Locksley heads home from the Crusades to find his people starving and brutalized under the tyrannical rule of the new Sheriff.
The Nottingham Robin once knew has changed forever, the good Sheriff Edward deposed, and he and his daughter Marian living out their days in exile.
Robin quickly discovers that the only way to reason with this Sheriff is with bow and arrow - even if it means sacrificing his title and his lands to Guy of Gisborne and consigning himself to life in the forest.
Along with trusty companion Much, trickster Allan A Dale and passionate Will Scarlett, Robin teams up with forest outlaws Little John and Roy, leading his gang to help Nottingham’s poor.
It is a daily battle to right the wrongs of the Sheriff’s unjust regime, but with it comes adventure, bravery and a huge sense of achievement.
With new enemies in love and war, Robin finds an ally in Marian, the sweetheart he left behind to fight in the Crusades.
For her father’s sake, Marian must toe the line at Nottingham castle, but cares for the people as passionately as Robin and disguised as the Nightwatchman, finds secret ways to help them.
The state of Nottingham is rotten indeed and the gang will learn many lessons on their journey; when Roy is kidnapped, threatened with the murder of his mother and finally tragically killed, the stakes are raised for the outlaws.
Marian suffers a blow when publicly opposing the Sheriff’s latest plan to post a garrison in the town of Clun: doing good deeds in Nottingham is a dangerous business indeed.
Robin and Marian’s paths will cross as they bring relief to Nottingham’s oppressed.
But as the series progresses and the gang fight on, how long can Marian keep Gisborne at bay, will the Sheriff succeed in cornering Robin Hood, and what will Robin make of the true nature of the alliance between Gisborne and the Sheriff?
Seasons
Season 1 (13 episodes)
Channel: SABC2 | Premiere: 3 Nov 2007 | Finale: 26 Jan 2008 | Saturdays, 15h00
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 26 Apr 2009 | Finale: 19 Jul 2009 | Sundays, 18h40
Season 2 (13 episodes)
Channel: SABC2 | Premiere: 7 Sep 2008 | Finale: 30 Nov 2008 | Sundays, 11h30
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 25 Jul 2010 | Finale: 17 Oct 2011 | Sundays, 18h40
Season 3 (13 episodes)
Channel: BBC Entertainment | Premiere: 24 Jul 2011 | Finale: 16 Oct 2011 | Sundays, 17h40