Richard the Lionheart (TV series)



Richard the Lionheart was a British ITV television series which ran during 1962 and 1963, and was aimed at a younger audience.

It began with the death of King Henry II, and put forward the traditional view of King Richard the Lionheart as a hero, and his brother Prince John (played by Trader Faulkner) as the villain.

Richard was played by Irish actor Dermot Walsh who said, "he was not always all one would like to see as a man. We have concentrated on his good side." Richard was perhaps a product of his time. A man brimful of contradictions. A brilliant general, but a poor ruler. A sensitive poet and singer.

The producers claimed that the series was based on fact as far as possible; though as little was known of Richard's personal life, "we have taken some liberties here and there," so said associate producer Brian Taylor in a TV Times article indicating the start of the series.

Other regular characters in the series included Sir Gilbert (Robin Hunter), Sir Geoffrey (Alan Haywood), Blondel (Iain Gregory), Leopold of Austria (Francis de Wolff) and Queen Berengaria (Sheila Whittingham).

According to BFI Screenonline "despite the treadmill efforts of the production... this routine swashbuckler, presenting an atmosphere of knightly conduct versus villainous skulduggery, was saved from total tedium by the presence of recurring players Trader Faulkner, a sneering Prince John, and Francis de Wolfe as the delightfully monstrous Leopold of Austria."

As of November 2014, the series has not been officially released onto DVD, though it's likely that the company Network DVD would distribute this show, as they have done so with many shows from ITV from this era.

Cast

 * Dermot Walsh as Richard The Lionheart
 * Robin Hunter as Sir Gilbert
 * Alan Haywood as Sir Geoffrey
 * Iain Gregory as Blondel
 * Trader Faulkner as Prince John
 * Sheila Whittingham as Queen Berengaria
 * Francis de Wolff as Leopold Of Austria
 * Max Faulkner as De Fleury
 * Michael Peake as Conrad of Montferrat
 * Ian Fleming as Lord Chancellor
 * Brian McDermott as Banister
 * Glyn Owen as Hugo
 * John Longden as Sir Thomas
 * Elwyn Brook-Jones as Count Rolf
 * David Davenport as 1st Courtier
 * Conrad Phillips as Guy of Lusignan
 * Anton Rodgers as Sir Kenneth
 * Marne Maitland as Saladin
 * Anne Lawson as Marta
 * Garard Green as Captain
 * Peter Reynolds as Sergeant Michael
 * Colin Tapley as Chamberlain
 * Julie Alexander as Lady Rosalie
 * Tom Bowman as Baron Fitz-Rheinfrid
 * Jennifer Daniel as Lady Edith
 * Howard Greene as Abdul
 * Prudence Hyman as Queen Eleanor
 * Steve Plytas as Ulric
 * Susan Shaw as Princess Alice
 * Robert Rietti as Father Ignatius
 * Jeremy Bisley as Second Prince
 * Brian Cobby as Captain
 * Lisa Daniely as Catherine
 * Hugo De Vernier as Duke of Aumerle
 * Peter Duguid as Old Arab
 * Roy Kinnear
 * Humphrey Lestocq as La Motte
 * John Scott Martin as King William
 * Alan Rolfe as William
 * John Serret as Duke of Berri
 * Richard Shaw as Abbas
 * Derrick Sherwin as Alan
 * Larry Taylor
 * John Bay as 2nd English soldier
 * John Bennett as Kermal
 * Martin Benson as Forked Beard
 * Christopher Carlos as Theodore
 * Eric Dodson as Nur
 * Tony Doonan as Sir Miles
 * John Gabriel as De Glanville
 * Tom Gill as Fitzcormac
 * Olaf Pooley as Pilgrim
 * Raymond Rollett as De Bohm
 * David Davies
 * Nigel Green as Hermit
 * Ralph Michael as Sheriff of Nottingham
 * Walter Randall as Second Sailor
 * Daphne Anderson as Lady Guinevere
 * Michael Ashlin as 2nd Courtier
 * Dawn Beret as Lady Blanche
 * Brandon Brady as Sergeant-at-Arms
 * Kevin Brennan as Bertram de la Marche
 * John Brooking as Steward
 * Edgar K. Bruce
 * Robert Bruce as Royal servant
 * Vivienne Burgess as Maid
 * John Cater
 * Paul Craig
 * Ian Curry as Sir Roland
 * Hugh David as 1st Knight
 * Roger Delgado
 * Patrick Durkin as Guard
 * Peter Elliott as Simeon
 * Denzil Ellis as Steward
 * William Forbes as Tom the tracker
 * Silvia Francis as Lady Stephanie
 * Willoughby Goddard as Arnold de Chatillon
 * Nicholas Grimshaw as Physician
 * Laurence Hardy as Salivar
 * Reginald Hearne as Steward
 * Stuart Hillier as Herald of Scotland
 * Robert Hollyman as Monk
 * Jill Hyem
 * Peter Illing as Stephen de Tours
 * John Kelland as Sir Percy
 * John Lewis
 * David Ludman as 2nd Guard
 * Oliver MacGreevy as 1st Guard
 * Andreas Malandrinos as Gatekeeper
 * Zena Marshall as Zara
 * Francis Matthews as Sir Humphrey
 * Jack May as 2nd Knight
 * Ferdy Mayne as Merlin
 * Michael McStay as Knight
 * Jack Melford
 * Riggs O'Hara as Ali
 * Katharine Page as Mother Maria
 * Bill Parsons as Priest
 * George Pastell as Gamal
 * Soraya Rafat as Villa
 * Hubert Rees as Chamberlain
 * Nadja Regin as Shirin
 * Maurice Reyna
 * Dominic Roche as King Henry II
 * David Rose
 * Alec Ross as 1st English soldier
 * Stuart Saunders as Landlord
 * Harold Siddons as Morgan
 * Frank Sieman
 * Vanessa Thornton as Lady-in-waiting
 * Peter Vaughan
 * Hedger Wallace as Noble
 * Beresford Williams as Archbishop
 * Alister Williamson as Red Hugh
 * Edgar Wreford
 * Norman Wynne as Harbour Master
 * Fred Abbott as Guard
 * Roger Bizley as First Thief
 * Jocelyn Britton
 * Mark Burns
 * Tom Busby as First Sailor
 * Richard Caldicot as Baron Fitzgeorge
 * Golda Casimir as Jewish Woman
 * Ernest Clark
 * Noel Coleman as Sir Roland
 * Leon Cortez
 * Petra Davies
 * Guy Deghy
 * Richard Dobson as Stable Boy
 * Howard Douglas
 * Clifford Earl as First Soldier
 * William Fox
 * Anna Gerber as Farah
 * John Gill
 * Nora Gordon as Innkeeper's Wife
 * Walter Gotell as Prince Otto
 * Neil Hallett as Lemuel
 * John Hatton as Second Arab
 * Joan Haythorne as Queen Eleanor
 * Eira Heath as Rose
 * John G. Heller as First Prince
 * Ronald Howard as Robin Hood
 * Richard Huggett
 * Jane Hylton as Megan
 * Jill Ireland as Marianne
 * Anthony Jacobs
 * Jennifer Jayne as Mary
 * Maurice Kaufmann
 * Sean Kelly
 * David King
 * Malcolm Knight
 * Ann Lancaster as Second Onlooker
 * Howard Lang as First Shepherd
 * Philip Latham as Brian McFergus
 * Sean Lynch as Gangleader Demere
 * Robert MacKenzie as Sailor Guard
 * John Mahoney as Tailor
 * Bernard Martin as Guard
 * Patrick McAlinney
 * Bernadette Milnes as Girl
 * Bartlett Mullins
 * Peter Myers as Sir Hugh
 * Bill Nagy as Meredith
 * Michael O'Brien as Sir Thomas
 * April Olrich
 * Rasidi Onikoyi as Nubian
 * Roy Patrick as Captain
 * Robert Perceval
 * Ellen Pollock as Lady Melinda
 * Robert Raglan as Father Benedict
 * Frederick Rawlings as Third Onlooker
 * Robert Robinson as First Arab
 * Margaretta Scott as Duchess
 * Barry Shawzin
 * Peter Sinclair
 * Jack Smethurst
 * John Southworth as Second Shepherd
 * Victor Spinetti
 * Charles Stanley as First Onlooker
 * Donald Tandy as Herald of France
 * Derek Tansley
 * June Thorburn as Diane
 * Ken Wayne
 * Michael Wells as Second Soldier
 * Jill Williams as Nora
 * Christopher Witty
 * Michael Wynne as Captain

Episodes

 * Ep.01 - Long Live The King
 * Ep.02 - The Lion and The Eagle
 * Ep.03 - The Robbers of Ashdown Forest
 * Ep.04 - The Wolf of Banbury
 * Ep.05 - School For A King
 * Ep.06 - Crown In Danger
 * Ep.07 - The Pirate King
 * Ep.08 - The Alchemist of Rouen
 * Ep.09 - The King's Champion
 * Ep.10 - King Arthur's Sword
 * Ep.11 - The Challenge
 * Ep.12 - The Bride
 * Ep.13 - The Great Enterprise
 * Ep.14 - The Norman King
 * Ep.15 - The Strange Monks of Latroun
 * Ep.16 - When Champions Meet
 * Ep.17 - The Warrior From Scotland
 * Ep.18 - The Conjurer
 * Ep.19 - The Lord of Kerak
 * Ep.20 - Queen in Danger
 * Ep.21 - The Saracen Physician
 * Ep.22 - A Marriage of Convenience
 * Ep.23 - Prince Otto
 * Ep.24 - The Vision Fades
 * Ep.25 - The Fugitive
 * Ep.26 - Knight Errant At Large
 * Ep.27 - Guardian of the Temple
 * Ep.28 - Capture
 * Ep.29 - A King's Ransom
 * Ep.30 - The Devil is Unloosed
 * Ep.31 - The Little People of Lyntor
 * Ep.32 - The Raiders
 * Ep.33 - An Eye for An Eye
 * Ep.34 - The Caveman
 * Ep.35 - A Year and A Day
 * Ep.36 - The Crown Jewels
 * Ep.37 - The Man Who Sold Pardons
 * Ep.38 - The Heir of England
 * Ep.39 - The People's King