The Legend of King Arthur is a British television fantasy serial, produced by the BBC in association with Time-Life Television and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and broadcast on BBC 1 in 1979.
Overview
The Legend of King Arthur is a British television fantasy serial, produced by the BBC in association with Time-Life Television and the Australian Broadcasting Commission, and broadcast on BBC 1 in 1979.
Plot
The story opens at King Uther's court, where he lusts after Igraine, wife of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall..
Cast
Andrew Burt as King Arthur
Felicity Dean as Guinevere
Maureen O'Brien as Morgan le Fay
David Robb as Lancelot
Geoffrey Bateman as Gawain
James Simmons as Galahad
Robert Eddison as Merlin
Patsy Kensit as the young Morgan
Steve Hodson as Mordred
Production
Earnestly historicist, the production design of the show was of the heroic age, ca. A.D. 500, like the HTV production Arthur of the Britons (1972–3). However, the tragic storyline of this BBC version kept closer faith with the chivalric romance of Le Morte d'Arthur.
