The episode:  'The Friar's Pilgrimage' is the 13th episode of the second series, and the 52nd episode overall, and was
first broadcast on 24 December 1956. Friar Tuck leaves Sherwood Forest on a pilgrimage to visit the tomb of a famous
martyr Thomas A'Beckett at the cathedral in Canterbury. Tuck is given the outlaws' last jar of honey for his journey, but
Robin Hood realises that the coming winter will be a difficult one without any honey. Robin decides that the outlaws will
keep their own bees, so he goes to Kent with Friar Tuck in order to learn the art of beekeeping away from the scrutiny
of the Sheriff. Robin and Tuck arrive at a small village, where the nephew of the blacksmith is the local beekeeper.  He
has been put in a pillory because he is engaged to a woman who has been accused of being a witch.  There is no real
evidence against the woman, and Robin comes to her rescue when the villagers want to drown her. However, he is soon
captured and taken to the big estate of Lady Margaret.  Tuck learns that a nobleman, Count Duprez has accused many
of her servants of being witches, and surmises that he wants Lady Margaret's land for himself, by denouncing her as a
witch as well. Robin and Tuck thwart Duprez's plans and saves both Lady Margaret's reputation and her estate. Patrick
Troughton has two brief roles in this episode, as the heavily-disguised constable in charge of the pillory and a separate
walk-on part early in the episode. It was the first of his eight appearances in the series.