Arthur of the Britons, HTV Series (1972-3) OLIVER TOBIAS

Gritty retelling of the 'real' King Arthur from the Company who brought us ROBIN OF SHERWOOD. The Romans have withdrawn from Britain. The island once again faces invaders. There are no knights in shining armour here, but a sweaty, leather & furs tale of Saxon vs Celt.
Starring... OLIVER TOBIAS, MICHAEL GOTHARD, BRIAN BLESSED, JACK WATSON ...
Now on DVD!!! AVAILABLE FROM NETWORK VIDEOS

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Entertainment

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• King
• Arthur
• HTV
• Oliver
• Tobias
• Michael
• Gothard
• Brian
• Blessed

[chockycake1]

OMG this brings back memories..as a teenager in the 70's had a huge crush on Oliver Tobias! Thank you... :-)

[sonofherne]

@chockycake1 Fans will be meeting with Oliver this August Bank Holiday at the location this show was filmed at. If you are free, come along. It's free! Email for details ...

[magslyfarnham1]

Michael had suffered from depression on and off for a while but it got worse towards the end of his life.........this coupled with a relationship break-up and dissolusionment about his career and acting led him to tragically take his own life......it was such a tragic loss and with treatment depression can be overcome......RIP Michael/Kai

[Prospro8]

Thanks ... that title music by the great Elmer Bernstein is one of my all-time favourites.

[ballynafeighbluedog]

arthur of the britons used to be on at 13.10 on a sunday afternoon on ulster television.1400 hrs brian moore with the big match london weekend tv.happy childhood entertainmaint

[chockycake1]

@sonofherne Thank you for this..unfortunately I won't be able to go :-( How exciting tho.....and it's free too.....lol I hope everyone has a great time.... :-)

[sonofherne]

@dmspar70 No one seems to have any details to this dilemma. Isn't it often from some untreated condition that one has not worked out their own mind. Perhaps it stemmed from problems in his childhood, depression from an unsuccessful career or love life that was not diagnosed in time? The motives are different from person to person, but usually end up being because of one of the above.

[dmspar70]

@xanglat Why did Michael Gothard have to take his own life? Such a shame for such a great actor.

[xanglat]

Les deux acteurs principaux sont excellents. Mais j'avoue un gros faible pour le regretté "MICHAEL GOTHARD" !

Cela dit, c'est une série magnifique... comme on n'en crée plus, hélas ! A quand une rediffusion... en français ? D'avance "merci".

[beguilingeyes]

Oliver Tobias...sigh...so beautiful.

[sonofherne]

Of course in the time of Arthur, if you accept he existed at all, the people of Britain were romano-british. Many think he was a romanised native, active in the West of England, but also the Scots have an Arthur figure too, so do the Bretons. Just like Robin Hood, many groups lay a claim to them & people have tried to pin these figures down to a real person, which is problematic.

You're probably talking about a "title" assumed by a ruling warrior class, not any one person.