Arthur of the Britons

Arthur of the Britons is a British television show about the historical King Arthur released between 1972 and 1973.

Set in the Dark Ages a century after the Roman withdrawal from Britain and during the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Arthur is not a glamorous king with an elaborate court; instead, he is (as presumed by some historians just a Celtic leader who installs and maintains a Celtic alliance against the Saxon invaders. He is instructed by his adoptive father Llud and assisted by Kai, a Saxon orphan reared as Arthur's brother. His greatest rival is his cousin, Mark of Cornwall. The Jute chief Yorath and his daughter Rowena are in the beginning allies against the Saxons but finally use their special position to mediate peace negotiations between the Celts and the Saxons. Cerdig, chieftain of the Saxons, is Arthur's principal counterpart who in the episode "The Treaty" even insults him as a man "with many brothers but no father" but learns to respect him in the end.

Cast

Oliver Tobias – Arthur, Chief of the Celts
Brian Blessed – Mark of Cornwall
Michael Gothard – Kai
Jack Watson – Llud the Silver-Handed
Rupert Davies – Cerdig, Chief of the Saxons
Georg Marischka – Yorath, Chief of the Jutes
Gila von Weitershausen – Rowena of the Jutes
Clive Revill – Rolf the Preacher
Peter Stephens – Amlodd

This is the complete set of all 24 shows. While not usually available in the USA, this set has been converted from UK (region 2) to Worldwide Region free and will play anywhere.






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