1962

S1.E1 ∙ Long Live the King

Sun, Jun 03, 1962

Training soldiers off in the countryside, Prince Richard is unaware that his father the King is ill. A messenger is sent to tell him, but scheming Prince John has him killed and a false message sent that causes Richard to go off to make a treaty with the unpredictable Lady Catherine. In the mean time, the King dies and John insists that in Richard's absence, he should become the new King.

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S1.E2 ∙ The Lion and the Eagle

Sun, Jun 10, 1962

Back in London in 1189, Richard and his men receive no welcome, only to find his brother Prince John has kidnapped their mother, Queen Eleanor and is intent on installing himself as the new King. Searching for the Queen, the Lionhearts find a trail of her jewelry in the forest.

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S1.E3 ∙ The Robbers of Ashdown Forest

Sun, Jun 17, 1962

Having returned to London to prepare for his coronation, Richard discovers that his brother Prince John has fled the country - taking with him Queen Eleanor, as hostage.

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S1.E4 ∙ The Wolf of Banbury

Sun, Jun 24, 1962

In defiance of Richard's orders, Baron Giles gives protection to fugitives from justice. To add insult to injury, he abducts the Lady Rosalie, recently betrothed to Sir Geoffrey.

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S1.E5 ∙ School for a King

Sun, Jul 01, 1962

Anxious to learn the plight of his subjects at first hand. Richard sallies forth in disguise - and soon finds himself arrested for not paying his taxes.

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S1.E6 ∙ Crown in Danger

Sun, Jul 08, 1962

Having sent several of his friends in pursuit of three escaped prisoners, Richard is concerned when he hears that they have taken refuge in the castle of a knight who feeds his foes to his wild animals.

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S1.E7 ∙ The Pirate King

Sun, Jul 15, 1962

Believing himself to be Richard's equal, Forked Beard, a self-styled 'King', seeks a treaty between himself and the English king. Having rejected his proposal, Richard is taken prisoner.

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S1.E8 ∙ The Alchemist of Rouen

Sun, Jul 22, 1962

Lady Rosalie's appeal to Richard to help her father, whom she believes she has fallen under the spell of Villanus, an alchemist, almost costs Richard his life.

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S1.E9 ∙ The King's Champion

Sun, Jul 29, 1962

Led by a bogus pretender to the English throne, a Black Knight issues a challenge that Richard, with too few knights at court, must accept - or forfeit his throne.

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S1.E10 ∙ King Arthur's Sword

Sun, Aug 05, 1962

Richard leads his men to capture the thieves who have stolen King Arthur's sword Excalibur, from Arthur's tomb at Glastonbury Abbey, But danger dogs blocks his path.

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S1.E11 ∙ The Challenge

Sun, Aug 12, 1962

Zara and her brother Umbaldo issue a challenge to Richard. He must choose a champion to defeat Umbaldo. Should Umbaldo win, Richard will pay service to Zara - should he be defeated, Zara will become Richard's bride.

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S1.E12 ∙ The Bride

Sun, Aug 19, 1962

Urged by his counsellors to take a bride, Richard sets out in disguise to visit the court of Prince Frederick, to take a cautious look at his daughter.

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S1.E13 ∙ The Strange Monks of Latroun

Sun, Aug 26, 1962

In Lebanon, Richard and his men find a dying boy near a supposedly friendly abbey with monks renowned for helping pilgrims and travelers. The monks have in fact been replaced by a band of murderous thieves who have assumed the robes of the friars. Richard infiltrates by posing as a fellow cutthroat.

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S1.E14 ∙ The Great Enterprise

Sun, Sep 02, 1962

Queen Berengaria, honeymooning with her new husband, is unaware that someone is plotting treachery at Richard's court - returning home, she faces a charge of treason.

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S1.E15 ∙ The Norman King

Sun, Sep 09, 1962

Unaware that King Tancred of Sicily and King Philip of France are plotting his death, Richard accepts their invitation to a banquet given in his honour.

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S1.E16 ∙ When Champions Meet

Thu, Sep 20, 1962

Pursuing his plot to have Richard killed, King Philip joins forces with Richard's brother, Prince John. Together they challenge Richard to face Saladin, in a 'friendly' tournament.

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S1.E17 ∙ The Warrior from Scotland

Thu, Sep 27, 1962

Determined to join Richard's Crusade, Kenneth, a young Scottish warrior, arrives at Richard's castle. While attempting to impress Richard. he loses the King banner - and sentenced to death.

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S1.E18 ∙ The Conjurer

Thu, Oct 04, 1962

Ali, a Saracen youth with a flair for conjuring - bit a fear of killing - is ordered to infiltrate Richard's camp and slay the monarch.

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S1.E19 ∙ The Lord of Kerak

Thu, Oct 11, 1962

Arnold, master of Kernak Castle, is a Crusader in name only. So when he hears that the King is travelling to query his absence from court, he plans to have Richard killed.

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S1.E20 ∙ The Saracen Physician

Thu, Oct 18, 1962

Gravely ill with fever, Richard is taken to the vamp of his allies where, unknown to his friends, the attendant physician is in the pay of Saladin - Richard's enemy.

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S1.E21 ∙ A Marriage of Convenience

Thu, Oct 25, 1962

On the pretence of Lady Edith's marriage to Sir Kenneth, Richard sends his confidant to Saladin to propose that the Moslem leader consolidate the peace between them marrying the girl.

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S1.E22 ∙ Queen in Danger

Thu, Nov 01, 1962

Fearing for her safety, Richard orders Queen Berengaria to return to England, so she takes her entourage yet tries to travel in disguise. She's captured not by Saladin or Muslim raiders, but by unscrupulous rival crusader Conrad of Montferrat.

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S1.E23 ∙ The Castle of Prince Otto

Thu, Mar 14, 1963

Prince Otto's castle is the only barrier in the Crusader's path. He insists on being paid before he'll allow anyone to pass - including the British sovereign.

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S1.E24 ∙ The Vision Fades

Thu, Mar 28, 1963

Within sight of Jerusalem and victory, Richard readies for a final battle with the Muslim forces, but he realises his erstwhile allies are undependable. The Austrian King is losing interest because he won't get enough glory, and the French King and his troops outright leave the crusade, just as word is received the enemy forces are about to abandon the city.

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S1.E25 ∙ The Fugitive

Thu, Apr 11, 1963

The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Richard scrambles ashore to safety. Unfortunately he's landed on the land of Duke Leopold - his sworn enemy.

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S1.E26 ∙ Knight Errant at Large

Thu, Apr 25, 1963

Following his knight's vows, Richard helps a young woman in distress - and quickly finds himself a prisoner of the tyrannical Lord Rudolph.

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S1.E27 ∙ Guardian of the Temple

Thu, May 09, 1963

With his new friends, Hugo and Marta, Richard stops at a market-town to purchase fresh mounts - and finds arrested as an enemy spy.

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S1.E28 ∙ Capture

Thu, May 23, 1963

Within sight of escape from Austria, Marta collapses from fatigue, Though he risks capture, Richard refuses to continue until she has recovered.

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S1.E29 ∙ A King's Ransom

Thu, Jun 06, 1963

Hearing that Leopold demands a price of 150,000 marks for Richard's release, Queen Berengaria commands Sir Gilbert and Sir Geoffrey to raise the money.

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S1.E30 ∙ The Devil Is Unloosed

Thu, Jun 20, 1963

Told by a fortune-teller that Richard is dead. Prince John makes plans to proclaim himself King. He has reckoned without Robin Hood and his Merry Men - Richard's loyal subjects.

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S1.E31 ∙ The Little People of Lyntor

Thu, Jul 04, 1963

The "Little People" of the subtitle are the tax payers of outlying counties. They've been dunned for four large payments and are nearly bankrupt. Richard finds they have been tricked into paying by false documents backed by Prince John's soldiers.

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S1.E32 ∙ The Raiders

Thu, Jul 18, 1963

Out hunting, Richard and Gilbert finds the body of a murdered man - a discovery which leads them to a castle of a murderous knight, responsible for several killings.

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S1.E33 ∙ An Eye for an Eye

Thu, Aug 01, 1963

Richard finds himself abducted by a knight with a grievance against the English Throne. Put on trail for treason. Richard is sentenced to be hanged.

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S1.E34 ∙ The Caveman

Thu, Aug 15, 1963

In a small backward town, Richard finds the local peasants living in fear of a hermit living in a nearby cave, who blackmails them with threats of invoking a supernatural power over their water supply. After seeing the beautiful Lady Diane, the hermit insists she be forced to marry him, or the land will go dry. The King investigates the cave to find the source of the supposed wizardry.

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S1.E35 ∙ A Year and a Day

Thu, Aug 29, 1963

After a desperate man steals Richard's horse, the squire of Fitzgeorge castle takes him in. He can't see the man's son though he served gallantly in a crusade with him. The serving maid tells of a plot, where it was actually a serf that fought alongside the King, and the real scion of Fitzgeorge hid back in England.

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S1.E36 ∙ The Crown Jewels

Thu, Sep 12, 1963

A young knight in training is Miguel from Navarre. His days are spent under Richard's tutelage, but nights find him deeply in debt to disreputable owners of a gambling den in town. They threaten him with complete disgrace by exposure, unless he conspires with them in a plot to steal the crown jewels.

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S1.E37 ∙ The Man Who Sold Pardons

Thu, Nov 28, 1963

A charlatan posing as a monk named Nicholas goes from town to town selling indulgences, and bearing a forged document of authority from King Richard, intends blackmailing nobles who supported Prince John's attempted coup. Richard seeks whoever is behind the phony friar, and pursues him to a country inn.

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S1.E38 ∙ The Heir of England

Thu, Dec 05, 1963

Arthur, the young prince of England, is to visit his uncle, King Richard, from his home in Brittany. But the knight that's to escort him is waylaid and a kidnapper takes his place. To find the outlaws, Richard goes under cover as a lowly sailor to find out where their hideout is.

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S1.E39 ∙ The People's King

Thu, Dec 12, 1963

As Richard's coronation in Westminster Abbey draws near, great importance is placed on the clothes to be worn by important guests to the ceremony. One such costume is smuggled out so that one of the lords, who will lose his status if Richard comes to full power, can disguise himself and get close enough to kill him so exiled Prince John will come to the throne.

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