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Arthur of the Britons

TV series with 2 seasons that aired from Dec 1972 to Nov 1973

Arthur of the Britons was a series which attempted to throw light on the Dark Ages in Britain - an age in which Romanized Britons might have been led against invading Angles and Saxons by a Celtic warlord we now call King Arthur. Oliver Tobias gives us a virile and thoughtful Arthur, beset by problems at home and abroad. Kai, his right hand man and a Saxon, was played by the late Michael Gothard. The series was a new retelling supported by a strong crew and cast working on a limited budget, but in impressive locations. The series was last repeated in the UK in 1983. A video tape of the production is still available, a ninety-minute compilation first issued in 1975, under the title 'King Arthur: Young Warlord'.

Cast

Oliver Tobias as Arthur, Chief of the Celts

Michael Gothard as Kai the Saxon

Jack Watson as Llud the Silver Hand

Brian Blessed as Mark of Cornwall

Rupert Davies as Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons

George Marishka as Yorath, Chief of the Jutes

Gila von Weitershausen as Rowena of the Jutes

	Season 1
1	Arthur is Dead	6 Dec 72
2	The Gift of Life	13 Dec 72
3	The Challenge	20 Dec 72
4	The Penitent Invader	27 Dec 72
5	People of the Plough	3 Jan 73
6	The Duel	10 Jan 73
7	The Pupil	17 Jan 73
8	Rolf the Preacher	24 Jan 73
9	Enemies and Lovers	31 Jan 73
10	The Slave	7 Feb 73
11	The Wood People	14 Feb 73
12	The Prize	21 Feb 73
	Season 2
1	The Swordsman	12 Sep 73
2	Rowena	19 Sep 73
3	The Prisoner	26 Sep 73
4	Some Saxon Women	3 Oct 73
5	Go Warily	10 Oct 73
6	The Marriage Feast	17 Oct 73
7	In Common Cause	24 Oct 73
8	Six Measures of Silver	31 Oct 73
9	Daughter of the King	7 Nov 73
10	The Games	14 Nov 73
11	The Treaty	21 Nov 73
12	The Girl from Rome	28 Nov 73

a compilation video is available:
King Arthur, the Young Warlord