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Written by Jenna Bensoussan   
Thursday, 06 August 2009 00:39

robinhood_s3BBC AMERCA's hit revival of Robin Hood returns for a bigger, bolder third season of action-adventure. Toby Stephens (Die Another Day, Jane Eyre) and David Harewood (The Vice, The Palace) join the cast of Jonas Armstrong (Teachers, The Ghost Squad), Richard Armitage (MI-5, North & South), and Keith Allen (Bodies, The Others) as Robin continues to outwit the dastardly Sheriff and his forces -- but Robin's not the same crusader he once was.

Since the death of Marian, Robin's in a downward spiral fuelled by anger and grief -- he can think of nothing but revenge. Meanwhile, a wave of corruption and evil has been sweeping the land. Luckily, a mysterious new ally in the form of a traveling monk, Tuck (Harewood), arrives just in time to get the hooded hero back on track. This season holds incredible twists and turns.

Robin Hood, season three, premieres Saturday, September 12, 9:00 p.m. ET/PT.

It kicks off when Robin and his gang of outlaws return from the Holy Land. But now that he's back, Robin wastes no time -- Marian's murderer, Guy of Gisborne (Armitage), is a marked man. Robin immediately breaks with his followers, and races to Locksley Manor to avenge her death. Once there, he confronts Gisborne but does Gisborne care if he lives or dies? After all, Marian was the only woman he loved and his only hope.

Armstrong talks about the darker, tougher Robin Hood, hell bent on avenging his wife's tragic end, "Robin's back from the Holy Land but without Marian, the beat of his life. He's questioning everything he ever lived for. Now it's pay back time, and he's become obsessed with killing Gisborne. It's great to bring Robin back a darker, more mature hero and fans will see that once he's come to terms with his personal loss, he's a stronger, more powerful force than ever before."

Meanwhile, the wickedness of the Sheriff (Allen) continues unabated -- he's sold the local men to fight a foreign war. When a feisty Locksley girl, Kate (Joanne Froggatt, Life On Mars), objects to her brother's forced conscription, she inadvertently gets caught up in the cause of Robin Hood and becomes an indispensable member of the gang.

The third season also brings an unexpected addition when Gisborne's little sister, Isabella (Lara Pulver), unexpectedly arrives to further complicate the lives of both Robin and Gisborne. And, as the threat of Prince John (Stephens) looms larger, Robin and Gisborne reach an uneasy truce. They soon realize they may have more in common than they thought.



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