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Genre:Action & Adventure
Network:ITV1

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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the...
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Season 1

  • The Knight with the Red Plume
    6.6/1048 votes
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    The Knight with the Red Plume

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1956

    Sir Lancelot is challenged by the other knights before he can become a member of King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table. He has to prove his worth and is put through a series of rigorous tests.

    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: N/A

  • Ferocious Fathers
    6.3/1040 votes
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    Ferocious Fathers

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1956

    Sir Lancelot goes to the rescue of Urgan the Strong, whose castle is besieged by Sir Melius the Mighty and his two sons. Sir Lancelot drives off the invaders, and Urgan offers his daughter Igrane in marriage to the knight as a reward for his bravery.

    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Queen's Knight
    6.5/1034 votes
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    The Queen's Knight

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1956

    Queen Guinevere is kidnapped by King Arthur's cousin, Sir Mordred. He and his father, King Pell, demand King Arthur's kingdom in exchange for the queen's life.

    Director: Ralph Smart

    Writer: N/A

  • The Outcast
    6.5/1039 votes
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    The Outcast

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1956

    When Sir Lancelot requests that his squire be trained to become a knight of the Round Table, he meets with considerable opposition.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: N/A

  • Winged Victory
    6.6/1032 votes
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    Winged Victory

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1956

    King Arthur entrusts Sir Lancelot with a secret battle plan for Prince Boudwin. The Prince is besieged in his castle by King Mark and is badly in need of help. When Sir Lancelot and his squire Brian arrive to help they are captured and King Mark attempts to persuade them to reveal the secret information.

    Director: Arthur Crabtree

    Writer: N/A

  • Sir Bliant
    6.6/1032 votes
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    Sir Bliant

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1956

    Sir Bliant's three sons decide to break the truce King Arthur arranged between their father and Sir Rolf. They carry Sir Rolf's three daughters away as hostages and the distraught father comes to King Arthur for aid.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pirates
    7.0/1040 votes
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    The Pirates

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/27/1956

    King Arthur and his men set off to capture a band of pirates, believing they are hiding out in a coastal town. Actually, the pirates are just waiting for them to leave so they can raid the castle.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: N/A

  • The Magic Sword
    6.8/1033 votes
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    The Magic Sword

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1956

    A cowardly knight wants to rescue a lady who is imprisoned by her brother. He comes to King Arthur, for advice on how to become courageous. Merlin instills confidence in the young knight by lending him Sir Lancelot's weapon and telling him it is a magic sword.

    Director: Arthur Crabtree

    Writer: Leighton Reynolds

  • Lancelot's Banishment
    6.5/1030 votes
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    Lancelot's Banishment

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1956

    Lancelot is banished from Camelot because King Arthur thinks he made a false claim against King Marhaus. Outside Camelot, Lancelot encounters Marhaus and discovers and evil plot.

    Director: Anthony Squire

    Writer: Peggy Phillips

  • Roman Wall
    6.9/1029 votes
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    Roman Wall

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1956

    Sir Lancelot and his squire Brian go to the aid of King Boltan, who swears that ghosts have abducted his daughter.

    Director: Arthur Crabtree

    Writer: Harold Kent

  • Caledon
    6.8/1030 votes
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    Caledon

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1956

    While Sir Lancelot is on a mission for King Arthur, he is robbed and his horse is killed by a group of wild warriors.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: Leighton Reynolds

  • Theft of Excalibur
    7.0/1028 votes
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    Theft of Excalibur

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/1/1956

    On St. Stephen's Day, King Arthur and his knights traditionally change places for one day with the court squires. During the day, one of the ""squires-for-a-day"" steals the Sword of Excalibur.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: Peggy Phillips, H.H. Burns

  • The Black Castle
    6.8/1029 votes
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    The Black Castle

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1956

    A young knight's prospective father-in-law has been kidnapped and is being held prisoner. Sir Lancelot agrees to help the knight rescue the man.

    Director: Bernard Knowles, Anthony Squire

    Writer: Peggy Phillips

  • Shepherd's War
    7.0/1029 votes
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    Shepherd's War

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/15/1956

    A band of renegade knights is preying on the shepherds in the area. Sir Lancelot decides to champion the shepherds' cause, and masquerades as a shepherd to teach them how to fight the knights off.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: N/A

  • The Magic Book
    6.6/1029 votes
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    The Magic Book

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1957

    Sir Lancelot volunteers to defend an abbey and its occupants from invading Danes.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: Leslie Poynton

  • The Ruby of Radnor
    6.6/1028 votes
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    The Ruby of Radnor

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/12/1957

    As a punishment because he rebels at working with Merlin's pigeons, Squire Brian is sent on an errand to deliver a crate of pigeons to a neighboring castle. En route, he becomes involved with a gang of thieves who stole the precious Ruby of Radnor.

    Director: Lawrence Huntington

    Writer: H.H. Burns

  • The Lesser Breed
    7.0/1030 votes
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    The Lesser Breed

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/19/1957

    King Arthur learns that a nearby village is being terrorized by a horrible monster. Sir Lancelot is sent to investigate. He discovers that the monster is really a Viking boat, and that it's the Vikings who are doing the terrorizing.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: Peggy Phillips

  • Witches' Brew
    6.8/1031 votes
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    Witches' Brew

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/26/1957

    A woman claiming mystical powers has convinced King Bors of Sagitaw that she is working evil against him. Sir Lancelot enlists Merlin's aid against her powers.

    Director: Terry Bishop

    Writer: Peggy Phillips

  • Sir Crustabread
    7.1/1031 votes
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    Sir Crustabread

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/2/1957

    King Arthur gives Sir Lancelot a new name and sends him off to champion a lady who is being forced into marrying an unscrupulous man.

    Director: Bernard Knowles, Lawrence Huntington

    Writer: Leslie Poynton

  • Maid of Somerset
    6.7/1031 votes
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    Maid of Somerset

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1957

    A young girl asks Sir Lancelot's aid. An evil monarch, King Meliot, is selling the young men of the village of Cheddar into slavery.

    Director: Bernard Knowles, Peter Maxwell

    Writer: N/A

  • Knight Errant
    6.8/1030 votes
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    Knight Errant

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1957

    After their father dies, two sisters inherit his tiny impoverished kingdom. Their guardian is eager to set up a rich marriage for the older girl, but she is not willing.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: Peggy Phillips, Selwyn Jepson

  • Double Identity
    7.0/1030 votes
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    Double Identity

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1957

    Sir Richard of Taunton is attacked and beaten by three men and left for dead. His uncle plans to substitute his son, Richard's double, and gain control of the family estate. Lancelot is suspicious and starts investigating.

    Director: Lawrence Huntington

    Writer: Harold Kent

  • The Lady Lilith
    6.7/1030 votes
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    The Lady Lilith

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/1957

    The Lady Lilith has been running the castle of Goodhue since it was left to her by the late Sir William , when she was 14 years old. But now Sir Liones petitions for a ruling at the court of King Arthur, quoting the law that no property can be inherited by a woman - which sets King Arthur a difficult choice to make. He suggests that the best solution would be for Sir Liones to marry the Lady, but apparently that is not possible.

    Director: Lawrence Huntington

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bridge
    6.7/1029 votes
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    The Bridge

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/9/1957

    While preparing for knighthood, Squire Brian uncovers a plot by King Marhaus. The king plans to break a treaty and take over a village.

    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Peter Key

  • The Ugly Duckling
    6.6/1030 votes
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    The Ugly Duckling

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/16/1957

    While on a visit to castle Lamorack, Sir Lancelot and Merlin try to help their host when he receives a note threatening his daughter's life. Merlin learns that the note is false, and written by the girl herself in a bid for attention. Later the girl disappears. Another notes arrives and this time it's genuine.

    Director: George More O'Ferrall

    Writer: Leslie Poynton

  • Knights' Choice
    7.2/1030 votes
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    Knights' Choice

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/23/1957

    After the death of a knight of the Round Table, a young man enters a tournament that will decide who will fill the vacancy. But the other knights object to the young contestant because of his shabby appearance. Sir Lancelot intercedes for him.

    Director: Peter Maxwell

    Writer: Peggy Phillips

  • The Missing Princess
    6.9/1030 votes
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    The Missing Princess

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/30/1957

    When a king breaks a treaty between his country and a tribe of women, his sister is taken hostage. Sir Lancelot sets forth to rescue the princess.

    Director: Desmond Davis

    Writer: Leslie Poynton

  • The Mortaise Fair
    6.7/1028 votes
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    The Mortaise Fair

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/6/1957

    While visiting Mortaise Castle, Queen Guinevere is presented with a priceless jewel from the Rajah of Kaipur. Shortly afterward there is a fire, and during the excitement the jewel is stolen.

    Director: Lawrence Huntington

    Writer: Leslie Poynton

  • The Thieves
    7.3/1037 votes
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    The Thieves

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/13/1957

    King Arthur and Sir Lancelot disguise themselves as thieves in order to test the validity of a statement by Lancelot. The knight believes that the thieves of the kingdom are thieves only because they are starving.

    Director: Bernard Knowles

    Writer: H.H. Burns

  • The Prince of Limerick
    7.0/1027 votes
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    The Prince of Limerick

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/20/1957

    A prince in love with King Anguish's daughter Kathleen, is banished from the court because he possesses nothing but the ability to write rhymes. Sir Lancelot, hearing of the young couple's plight, travels to Anguish's court to help them.

    Director: Lawrence Huntington

    Writer: Leslie Poynton