The New Adventures of Robin Hood (1997)
The New Adventures of Robin Hood
1997 / TV-PGThe New Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1997-1998 live action TV series on Turner Network Television. It was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania and produced and distributed by Dune Productions, M6, and Warner Bros. International. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. The premiere episode aired immediately after an episode of WCW Monday Nitro. A unique promotional effort took place between the two, with the Nitro main event -- Hulk Hogan vs The Giant—not beginning until two minutes before the show ended and then continuing and being broadcast in lieu of standard commercial breaks.
Seasons & Episode
Sheriff Bickerton invites Robin and Marion to tour his high-security Penishaw prison. Robin declines, but Marion decides to go. But the prison has been taken over by the inmates, and Marion and Bickerton are captured by them. Robin learns what has happened and comes to help.
Robin and his band help a rebellion led by Olivia, a past love of his. Major Tumble and his followers bombard the castle of Olivia and her husband Nicholas. Tumble manages to kill Nicholas. Robin leads the fight back and defeats the attack. Some time later, Tumble leads another attack and captures Olivia.
Merlin, the mentor of King Arthur while he was still a youth, summons Rowena and Robin from the future, so that Robin can help train him in combat. Morganna, Merlin's archenemy, wants to kill Arthur, so that the Black Knight can win Excalibur and become king. Robin helps Arthur fulfill his destiny.
The Sheriff of Nottingham captures Marion, Little John & Friar Tuck, and imprisons them in his castle. He gets a Transylvanian scientist to brainwash one of them into wanting to kill Robin. Robin frees his friends, but in doing so unwittingly falls into the Sheriff's multi-layered trap.
The New Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1997-1998 live action TV series on Turner Network Television. It was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania and produced and distributed by Dune Productions, M6, and Warner Bros. International. The tone of the series resembled its contemporaries Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. The premiere episode aired immediately after an episode of WCW Monday Nitro. A unique promotional effort took place between the two, with the Nitro main event -- Hulk Hogan vs The Giant—not beginning until two minutes before the show ended and then continuing and being broadcast in lieu of standard commercial breaks.