#the adventures of sir lancelot

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Arthur of the Britons (1972-1973) | Under Camelot's Banner by Sarah Zettel | Excalibur (1981) | The Great Captains by Henry Treece | The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle | Sword of Lancelot (1963) | Exiled From Camelot by Cherith Baldry | The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) | Two Bits of Embroidery by Phyllis Ann Karr | The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-1957) | The Sword and The Circle by Rosemary Sutcliff

[unwillingadventurer]

[sir-borre]

🎶In days of old, when knights were bold

This story’s told of Lancelot.🎶

[fuckyeaharthuriana]

My favorite arthurian tv shows and minisiers (part 1/2)

(My favorite movies here)

More details under cut. Some of these I love, some are so bad so good, some are beautifully epic, some are just funny.

The Adventures of Sir Galahad: Short one season tv show (15 episodes) about Galahad having to recover Excalibur after it was stolen. Also the one and only show where Galahad and Mordred interact.

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot: 30 episodes of self contained light and sometimes comedic adventures focusing on Lancelot living at Camelot. Still very much enjoyable today! Other characters who appear are Merlin, Arthur and Guinevere.

Arthur of the Britons: The first attempt to make a tv show focusing on Celts and a Celtic Arthur. Episodes are self contained. Kind of strange sometimes, and the only arthurian characters are Arthur, Kay and Ector.

The Legend of King Arthur: An 8 episodes BBC show which adapts Malory. This is the best arthurian tv show ever created! It also has an amazing Morgan and a stellar Mordred. Actually made me cry!

Entaku no Kishi Monogatari Moero Asa: Toei original anime (no manga) of 30 episodes that follow Arthur's journey to reclaim Camelot after it was conquered by a villain.

The Boy Merlin: Very short 6 episodes series about Merlin as a kid discovering his powers. It was very light and with an historical aesthetic.

Merlin: Two episodes miniseries, extremely popular! It follows Merlin from his childhood to the death of Arthur. While it is not my favorite, it has some great scenes in the second part where Guinevere, Mordred and Lancelot are introduced.

The Mists of Avalon: Miniseries adaptation of a novel I really dislike - but I love this miniseries. It might actually be one of my favorite arthurian series. It focuses on Morgana and her relationship with Arthur and Guinevere. It also has an amazing Mordred and Morgause, one of the rare times where we see Morgause.

[sconesfortea]

I was trying to find a William Russell post to share for @vintagesffantasyactors poll but couldn't find quite what I wanted.

While I don't think he has an actual chance against Anthony Head, he at least deserves a decent thirst post (for my mother's sake if no one else's), so enjoy these vintage goodies:

Plus he's Alfie Enoch's dad!

[chevaliermalfets]

someone tell me that arthur's "well, well, he fights with both hands" isn't an "ohoho he's bi" moment

[kwebtv]

William Russell Enoch (November 19, 1924 – June 3, 2024) Film, stage and television actor who performed as both Russell Enoch and William Russell. His career on stage and screen spanned over seven decades and he first achieved prominence in the title role of the television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956–1957). In 1963, he was in the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton from the show's first episode until 1965.

On television, he appeared as Ted Sullivan in Coronation Street in 1992. In his later years, he continued his association with Doctor Who and returned as Ian for a 2022 cameo in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character left, which won him a Guinness World Record for the longest gap between TV appearances.

Russell's big break was the title role in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot on ITV in 1956, which for sale to the American NBC network became the first UK television series to be shot in colour. He acted in many plays and TV series including Disraeli, Testament of Youth and Coronation Street (as Ted Sullivan, the short-lived second husband of Rita Sullivan). He had a small part in an episode of The Black Adder, as a late replacement for Wilfrid Brambell, who became impatient with delays to his scene and left the set before shooting it. He was the Duke of Gloucester in the Robin of Sherwood episode, "The Pretender", and Lanscombe in a 2005 Agatha Christie's Poirot episode, "After the Funeral". (Wikipedia)

IMDb Listing

[forthegothicheroine]

The old 50s tv show The Adventures of Sir Lancelot was a lot of fun, and it was very interesting how they dealt with censorship. Lancelot and Guinevere weren’t having an affair (as far as we saw) but they still had a courtly knight-and-lady setup. Mordred was Arthur’s cousin, not his son (this one has historical precedent; Monmouth and Tennyson had him as just a nephew.) I don’t know if there were censorship rules about magic or if they just didn’t want to be labeled a fantasy show, but Merlin was a Da Vinci type who put on a bit of a Great and Powerful Oz act but was truly a brilliant scientist.

My favorite, though was Tristan and Isolde. King Mark was a villain in one episode, and at the end, Isolde asked if Arthur and his knights could take her away to Camelot so she wouldn’t have to live with the guy. “Certainly!” said Arthur. “Tristan, would you escort Queen Isolde?” And then a knight steps up to take her hand, and they give each other a look like Hello there, things are about to happen as soon as the cameras stop rolling!

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Illustrations by RS Embleton for the novelization of Knight's Choice, from the second The Adventures of Sir Lancelot book.

Part 1/2

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It took 12 and a half hours (!) but here it is. Hopefully the pic isn't too bad.

Ignore how sad and bruised he looks lol

[queer-ragnelle]

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-1957) | Excalibur (1981)

[unwillingadventurer]

[sornafern]

[fuckyeaharthuriana]

List of arthurian tv series + videos

The list with information, tags, my small comments (stars 1 to 5) and a bit more is here. But I wanted to put the chronological text list on a post that can be reblogged as well.

List of movies is here. // List of musicals is here

Number of series: 49 Lost or partially lost series: 5

Animated series = in blue

Webseries = green

Not fully arthurian but just have some arthurian elements (this is my personal opinion) = orange

Movies that have the strikethrough are ones I could never find and might be lost

1949 The Adventures of Sir Galahad IMDB The dvd is pretty easy to find. 15 serials in total (queer-ragnelle list)

1956 The Adventures of Sir Lancelot IMDB Pretty easy to find in dvd, two seasons. (season 1, thearchive) (both seasons in queer-ragnelle list)

1966 Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table IMDB Imdb says 51 episodes, but there seems to be extra ones around. Partially lost. (youtube: about 25 episodes, some incomplete, plus VHS episodes that seem extra)

1972 Arthur of the Britons IMDB The dvd is also available. This was also made into a movie called King Arthur, The Young Warlord. (queer-ragnelle list)

1979 The Legend of King Arthur IMDB My favorite show. Dvd is also easy to find. 8 episodes. (queer-ragnelle list)

1979 The Boy Merlin IMDB (youtube) 6 episodes miniseries.

1979 King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table ANILIST 30 episodes, in Japanese and English it seems lost, only Italian dvd and episodes are left (Italian, toonitalia links, this is season 1, called "1* Stagion")

1980 King Arthur: Prince on the White Horse ANILIST The sequel of the 1979 anime, 22 episodes. Seems only to exist in Italian (Italian, toonitalia links, this is season 2, called "2* Stagione")

1980 Merlin IMDB 13 episode of a German tv show. Dvds are easy to find, only in German.

1981 Mr. Merlin IMDB 22 episodes, mostly lost. There is a dvd but it seems only in French. I need to check if I saved the whole series somewhere. (ep1-9, youtube ep10, ep11, ep12, ep13, ep14, ep15, ep16, ep17, ep18, ep19, ep20, ep21, ep22)

1985 Alias the Jester IMDB 13 episodes, partially lost as the dvd seems hard to get and episode 4 and 1 are missing. (youtube, every episode but 1st and 4th)

1989 Space Knights IMDB Imdb only lists two episodes, but this series had 22. This is mainly lost, I cannot even find the full list. (episode 1 "The Golden Knight" only in New Zealand; youtube eps "Double Trouble" and "Counfunded Computers"; ep "The Mists of Time"; "Electro Excalibur")

1991 Merlin of the Crystal Cave IMDB BBC 6 episodes series. (youtube)

1991 The Legend of Prince Valiant IMDB Adaptation of Hal Foster's comics, two seasons (65 episodes) (queer-ragnelle list)

1992 King Arthur and the Knight of Justice IMDB 26 episodes (queer-ragnelle list)

1995 Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Rider IMDB 26 episodes divided in 2 seasons. (both seasons on youtube)

1996 Blazing Dragons IMDB 26 episodes divided in 2 seasons. (all episodes on youtube)

1998 Il cuore e la spada IMDB Italian miniseries, can only be found in Italian and Russian. Dvd is impossible to find, but I might have the Italian series. (youtube episode 1, episode 2, episode 3 in Russian)

1998 Merlin IMDB Two episodes miniseries. (episode 1 youtube, episode 2 youtube)

2001 The Mists of Avalon IMDB Two episodes miniseries, easy to find on dvd.

2002 Guinevere Jones IMDB 26 episodes divided in two seasons. Season 2 is half lost for now. (season 1 eng in queer-ragnelle list; partial season 2 in French)

2002 Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land IMDB 20 episodes divided in 2 seasons. Some episodes seem impossible to find. (tumblr doesn't allow me to link to it, but if you search the title on youtube you will find 5 episodes)

2005 Stargate SG-1 seasons 9-10 IMDB The whole series has 10 seasons, the last 2 have arthurian elements and new characters so can be watched as standalone. Easy to find in dvd.

2005 Kaamelott IMDB 6 seasons, in French. Dvds are easy to find. Click here for more info on subtitles (some dvd also have subtitles).

2005 King Arthur's Disasters IMDB 26 episodes divided in 2 seasons. Some episodes can be found in dvd. (youtube season 1; dailymotion season 2, tumblr doesn't allow me to link the episodes, just search for "King Arthur's disasters s2")

2006 Fate/Stay Night ANILIST Easy to find on anime websites. 24 episodes.

2006 Merlin's apprentice IMDB Two episodes, sequel of Merlin 1998. (queer-ragnelle list)

2008 Merlin BBC IMDB 5 seasons. On dvd everywhere. (queer-ragnelle list)

2011 Once upon a time (especially season 5) IMDB Easy to find on dvd.

2011 Fate/Zero ANILIST Easy to find on anime websites. Two seasons.

2010 House of Anubis IMDB 88 episodes, probably can be found on dvd.

2011 Camelot IMDB Starz series, cancelled after one season. (queer-ragnelle list)

2012 Merlin miniseries IMDB Two episodes miniseries, can be easily found on dvd in French or in Spanish or German. I do own the Spanish version somewhere. ("L’enchanteur désenchanté", youtube, French and "Le secret de Brocéliande", not found)

2013 Mordred (youtube) Webseries, complete. In French.

2014 Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works ANILIST Fate anime, easy to find on general anime websites.

2014 The Librarians IMDB 4 seasons, can be found on dvd as well.

2014 Nanatsu no Taizai ANILIST 4 seasons anime. Very easy to find on any anime website.

2016 Rex (youtube) Webseries, vlog style, unsure if finished or abandoned.

2016 Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia IMDB 3 seasons, the 3rd is the most arthurian one. Can be found on net/flix. (s3 queer-ragnelle list)

2017 Fate/stay night [Heaven's Feel] ANILIST Trilogy of three movies. Very easy to find on any anime website.

2017 Legend (youtube) Webseries, complete.

2017 Fate/Apocrypha ANLIST Very easy to find on any anime website.

2017 Runaways IMDB 3 seasons, Marvel show, can be found on disn/ey+

2018 The Campaign for Camelot (youtube) Webseries, complete.

2018 Arthur et les enfantes de la Table Ronde IMDB 2 seasons, 98 episodes in total. Dvd exists but not in English. (season 1, Italian) (season 1+2 in German up till episode 95; ep96, ep97, ep98) (Eng subtitles ongoing)

2019 Fate/Grand Order Babylonia ANILIST Very easy to find on any anime website.

2020 Cursed IMDB 1 season, the show was cancelled. Can be watched on net/flix.

2023 The Winter King IMDB 1 season, the show was cancelled. (queer-ragnelle list)

2023 Four Knights of the Apocalypse IMDB Sequel of Nanatsu no Taizai, second season will come out in 2025. Very easy to find on any anime website.

[authorofemotion]

some people watch baking shows and critique people’s baking based solely on how the winners do it, i watch shows about arthurian legends and critique people’s sword form based solely on how the protagonists do it

[chevaliermalfets]