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Richard the Lionheart

Season 1 Episode 24: The Vision Fades

Mar 29, 1963NR30m7.8

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...

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 Long Live the King

1. Long Live the King

Aired: Jun 4, 1962

Training soldiers off in the countryside, Prince Richard is unaware that his ...

Episode 4 The Wolf of Banbury

4. The Wolf of Banbury

Aired: Jun 25, 1962

In defiance of Richard's orders, Baron Giles gives protection to fugitives fr...

Episode 5 School for a King

5. School for a King

Aired: Jul 2, 1962

Anxious to learn the plight of his subjects at first hand. Richard sallies fo...

Episode 6 Crown in Danger

6. Crown in Danger

Aired: Jul 9, 1962

Having sent several of his friends in pursuit of three escaped prisoners, Ric...

Episode 7 The Pirate King

7. The Pirate King

Aired: Jul 16, 1962

Believing himself to be Richard's equal, Forked Beard, a self-styled 'King', ...

Episode 9 The King's Champion

9. The King's Champion

Aired: Jul 30, 1962

Led by a bogus pretender to the English throne, a Black Knight issues a chall...

Episode 10 King Arthur's Sword

10. King Arthur's Sword

Aired: Aug 6, 1962

Richard leads his men to capture the thieves who have stolen King Arthur's sw...

Episode 11 The Challenge

11. The Challenge

Aired: Aug 13, 1962

Zara and her brother Umbaldo issue a challenge to Richard. He must choose a c...

Episode 12 The Bride

12. The Bride

Aired: Aug 20, 1962

Urged by his counsellors to take a bride, Richard sets out in disguise to vis...

Episode 14 The Great Enterprise

14. The Great Enterprise

Aired: Sep 3, 1962

Queen Berengaria, honeymooning with her new husband, is unaware that someone ...

Episode 15 The Norman King

15. The Norman King

Aired: Sep 10, 1962

Unaware that King Tancred of Sicily and King Philip of France are plotting hi...

Episode 16 When Champions Meet

16. When Champions Meet

Aired: Sep 21, 1962

Pursuing his plot to have Richard killed, King Philip joins forces with Richa...

Episode 18 The Conjurer

18. The Conjurer

Aired: Oct 5, 1962

Ali, a Saracen youth with a flair for conjuring - bit a fear of killing - is ...

Episode 19 The Lord of Kerak

19. The Lord of Kerak

Aired: Oct 12, 1962

Arnold, master of Kernak Castle, is a Crusader in name only. So when he hears...

Episode 22 Queen in Danger

22. Queen in Danger

Aired: Nov 1, 1962

Fearing for her safety, Richard orders Queen Berengaria to return to England,...

Episode 24 The Vision Fades

24. The Vision Fades

Aired: Mar 28, 1963

Within sight of Jerusalem and victory, Richard readies for a final battle wit...

Episode 25 The Fugitive

25. The Fugitive

Aired: Apr 11, 1963

The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Richard scrambles ashore to safety. Unfortu...

Episode 28 Capture

28. Capture

Aired: May 24, 1963

Within sight of escape from Austria, Marta collapses from fatigue, Though he ...

Episode 29 A King's Ransom

29. A King's Ransom

Aired: Jun 7, 1963

Hearing that Leopold demands a price of 150,000 marks for Richard's release, ...

Episode 32 The Raiders

32. The Raiders

Aired: Jul 19, 1963

Out hunting, Richard and Gilbert finds the body of a murdered man - a discove...

Episode 33 An Eye for an Eye

33. An Eye for an Eye

Aired: Aug 2, 1963

Richard finds himself abducted by a knight with a grievance against the Engli...

Episode 34 The Caveman

34. The Caveman

Aired: Aug 16, 1963

In a small backward town, Richard finds the local peasants living in fear of ...

Episode 35 A Year and a Day

35. A Year and a Day

Aired: Aug 30, 1963

After a desperate man steals Richard's horse, the squire of Fitzgeorge castle...

Episode 36 The Crown Jewels

36. The Crown Jewels

Aired: Sep 13, 1963

A young knight in training is Miguel from Navarre. His days are spent under R...

Episode 38 The Heir of England

38. The Heir of England

Aired: Dec 5, 1963

Arthur, the young prince of England, is to visit his uncle, King Richard, fro...

Episode 39 The People's King

39. The People's King

Aired: Dec 12, 1963

As Richard's coronation in Westminster Abbey draws near, great importance is ...

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