| Richard The Lion-Heart |
It started in the mid-fifties when Sir Lew Grade, without consulting his associates, committed nearly
all his capital to making Robin Hood with Richard Greene. The series was an instant success, so
more medieval adventures followed. There was Roger Moore as Ivanhoe - The Saint in armour.
William Russell - man of action - as Sir Lancelot. Conrad Phillips as William Tell, a Swiss Robin Hood
with an arblast. Later, were the sea adventures of Sir Francis Drake, with Terence Morgan carrying
out Queen Elizabeth's special missions.
Richard the Lionheart, jumped on the medieval bandwagon. It even had the rousing theme song
that you could sing along with, parts of which I can still remember to this day:
"Richard, the Lionheart, wrote a page in England's book of fame. History shall long recall his name."
What makes Richard different from most of the rest is that it is about a monarch who can mix with
other monarchs who bear more power than the characters in the other series. He has to deal with a
vicious but fair Sultan Saladdin; his captor Emperor Leopold; a scheming and dangerous Philip-
Augustus; and William the Lion, who will give Richard his way so long as he wins the fight that the
former just loves to watch.
And that is why these series were so successful. You might like to watch westerns or gangster
movies, modern war movies or sword and sandal epics; but you just can't beat a good medieval
scrap.
"Richard the Lionheart" (1962)
Episodes: All (39)
Season: 1
Year: 1962 | 1963
Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Long Live the King
Original Air Date—4 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 2: The Lion and the Eagle
Original Air Date—11 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 3: The Robbers of Ashdown Forest
Original Air Date—18 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 4: The Wolf of Banbury
Original Air Date—25 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 5: School for a King
Original Air Date—2 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 6: Crown in Danger
Original Air Date—9 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 7: The Pirate King
Original Air Date—16 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 8: The Alchemist of Rouen
Original Air Date—23 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 9: The King's Champion
Original Air Date—30 July 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 10: King Arthur's Sword
Original Air Date—6 August 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 11: The Challenge
Original Air Date—13 August 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 12: The Bride
Original Air Date—20 August 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 13: The Strange Monks of Latroun
Original Air Date—27 August 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 14: The Great Enterprise
Original Air Date—3 September 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 15: The Norman King
Original Air Date—10 September 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 16: When Champions Meet
Original Air Date—21 September 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 17: The Warrior from Scotland
Original Air Date—28 September 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 18: The Conjuror
Original Air Date—5 October 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 19: The Lord of Kerak
Original Air Date—12 October 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 20: The Saracen Physician
Original Air Date—19 October 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 21: A Marriage of Convenience
Original Air Date—26 October 1962
Season 1, Episode 22: Queen in Danger
Original Air Date—2 November 1962 Disc 6
Season 1, Episode 23: Prince Otto
Original Air Date—15 March 1963 Disc 6
Season 1, Episode 24: The Vision Fades
Original Air Date—29 March 1963 Disc 6
Season 1, Episode 25: The Fugitive
Original Air Date—12 April 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 26: Knight Errant at Large
Original Air Date—26 April 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 27: Guardian of the Temple
Original Air Date—10 May 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 28: Capture
Original Air Date—24 May 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 29: A King's Ransom
Original Air Date—7 June 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 30: The Devil Is Unloosed
Original Air Date—21 June 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 31: The Little People of Lyntor
Original Air Date—5 July 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 32: The Raiders
Original Air Date—19 July 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 34: The Caveman
Original Air Date—16 August 1963 Disc 9
Season 1, Episode 35: A Year and a Day
Original Air Date—30 August 1963 Disc 9
Season 1, Episode 36: The Crown Jewels
Original Air Date—13 September 1963 Disc 9
NOT PRESENTLY AVAILABLE
Season 1, Episode 37: The Man Who Sold Pardons
Original Air Date—29 November 1963 Disc 10
Season 1, Episode 38: The Heir of England
Original Air Date—6 December 1963 Disc 10
Season 1, Episode 39: The Peoples' King
Original Air Date—13 December 1963 Disc 10
all his capital to making Robin Hood with Richard Greene. The series was an instant success, so
more medieval adventures followed. There was Roger Moore as Ivanhoe - The Saint in armour.
William Russell - man of action - as Sir Lancelot. Conrad Phillips as William Tell, a Swiss Robin Hood
with an arblast. Later, were the sea adventures of Sir Francis Drake, with Terence Morgan carrying
out Queen Elizabeth's special missions.
Richard the Lionheart, jumped on the medieval bandwagon. It even had the rousing theme song
that you could sing along with, parts of which I can still remember to this day:
"Richard, the Lionheart, wrote a page in England's book of fame. History shall long recall his name."
What makes Richard different from most of the rest is that it is about a monarch who can mix with
other monarchs who bear more power than the characters in the other series. He has to deal with a
vicious but fair Sultan Saladdin; his captor Emperor Leopold; a scheming and dangerous Philip-
Augustus; and William the Lion, who will give Richard his way so long as he wins the fight that the
former just loves to watch.
And that is why these series were so successful. You might like to watch westerns or gangster
movies, modern war movies or sword and sandal epics; but you just can't beat a good medieval
scrap.
"Richard the Lionheart" (1962)
Episodes: All (39)
Season: 1
Year: 1962 | 1963
Season 1
Season 1, Episode 1: Long Live the King
Original Air Date—4 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 2: The Lion and the Eagle
Original Air Date—11 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 3: The Robbers of Ashdown Forest
Original Air Date—18 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 4: The Wolf of Banbury
Original Air Date—25 June 1962 Disc 1
Season 1, Episode 5: School for a King
Original Air Date—2 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 6: Crown in Danger
Original Air Date—9 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 7: The Pirate King
Original Air Date—16 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 8: The Alchemist of Rouen
Original Air Date—23 July 1962 Disc 2
Season 1, Episode 9: The King's Champion
Original Air Date—30 July 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 10: King Arthur's Sword
Original Air Date—6 August 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 11: The Challenge
Original Air Date—13 August 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 12: The Bride
Original Air Date—20 August 1962 Disc 3
Season 1, Episode 13: The Strange Monks of Latroun
Original Air Date—27 August 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 14: The Great Enterprise
Original Air Date—3 September 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 15: The Norman King
Original Air Date—10 September 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 16: When Champions Meet
Original Air Date—21 September 1962 Disc 4
Season 1, Episode 17: The Warrior from Scotland
Original Air Date—28 September 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 18: The Conjuror
Original Air Date—5 October 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 19: The Lord of Kerak
Original Air Date—12 October 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 20: The Saracen Physician
Original Air Date—19 October 1962 Disc 5
Season 1, Episode 21: A Marriage of Convenience
Original Air Date—26 October 1962
Season 1, Episode 22: Queen in Danger
Original Air Date—2 November 1962 Disc 6
Season 1, Episode 23: Prince Otto
Original Air Date—15 March 1963 Disc 6
Season 1, Episode 24: The Vision Fades
Original Air Date—29 March 1963 Disc 6
Season 1, Episode 25: The Fugitive
Original Air Date—12 April 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 26: Knight Errant at Large
Original Air Date—26 April 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 27: Guardian of the Temple
Original Air Date—10 May 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 28: Capture
Original Air Date—24 May 1963 Disc 7
Season 1, Episode 29: A King's Ransom
Original Air Date—7 June 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 30: The Devil Is Unloosed
Original Air Date—21 June 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 31: The Little People of Lyntor
Original Air Date—5 July 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 32: The Raiders
Original Air Date—19 July 1963 Disc 8
Season 1, Episode 34: The Caveman
Original Air Date—16 August 1963 Disc 9
Season 1, Episode 35: A Year and a Day
Original Air Date—30 August 1963 Disc 9
Season 1, Episode 36: The Crown Jewels
Original Air Date—13 September 1963 Disc 9
NOT PRESENTLY AVAILABLE
Season 1, Episode 37: The Man Who Sold Pardons
Original Air Date—29 November 1963 Disc 10
Season 1, Episode 38: The Heir of England
Original Air Date—6 December 1963 Disc 10
Season 1, Episode 39: The Peoples' King
Original Air Date—13 December 1963 Disc 10
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