This series strips away the elaborate medieval view of Camelot, and presents Arthur as the chief of a small Celt tribe in Dark-Ages Britain, a century or two after the withdrawal of Rome. Arthur struggles to weave the scattered tribes of Celts, Jutes, etc. into a union that can effectively oppose the Saxon invaders who are arriving in Britain in growing numbers. He is aided by his adoptive father, Llud, and his foster brother, Kai, who is himself a Saxon foundling.
Arthur of the Britons Season 1
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Arthur of the Britons
1972This series strips away the elaborate medieval view of Camelot, and presents Arthur as the chief of a small Celt tribe in Dark-Ages Britain, a century or two after the withdrawal of Rome. Arthur struggles to weave the scattered tribes of Celts, Jutes, etc. into a union that can effectively oppose the Saxon invaders who are arriving in Britain in growing numbers. He is aided by his adoptive father, Llud, and his foster brother, Kai, who is himself a Saxon foundling.
Arthur of the Britons Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Arthur and Mark join forces to mount a raid on a Saxon treasure hoard.
Saxon fighters kidnap two children and threaten to kill them unless Arthur surrenders himself in the children's place. But Arthur finds an ingenious solution to his dilemma.
Arthur fights to free some enslaved villagers - and one in particular.
Morcant suspects Arthur and Kai are after the hand of Goda, the daughter of King Athel - and Morcant wants her for himself. So he has Arthur and Kai arrested and claims they have acted as spies for the Saxons.
Rolf of the Picts has converted to Christianity, but he remains a threat to Arthur.
The youthful Corin, in the hope of proving himself as a warrior, launches a foolhardy attack on Arthur.
One of Mark's men is killed in a skirmish - Mark believes Llud is to blame for the death and insists on a trial by combat.
When Kai, Arthur's lieutenant, falls for a Saxon girl, he thinks carefully about the implications.
Arthur has a plan to use his Christian faith against Pictish invaders.
Arthur's cousins Gawain and Garet cause a lot of trouble for him.
Arthur finds two Saxon children, abandoned after an attack on a British village.
In a ploy aimed at bringing together an assortment of Romano-British chieftains, Arthur fakes his own death, with unexpected results.
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