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cast
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Ethelred |
Jack Douglas |
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Athelstan |
Kenneth
Connor |
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Else |
Joan
Sims |
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Isolde |
Diane Langton |
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King William |
David Lodge |
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Nellie |
Linda Hooks |
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King Harold |
Norman Chappell |
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Old Hag |
Patsy Smart |
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Egbert |
John Carlin |
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Herald |
Brian Osbourne |
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Messenger |
Paul Jesson |
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Black Cowl |
Jerold Wells |
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Pikeman 1 |
Billy Cornelius |
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Pikeman 2 |
Nosher Powell |
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Screenplay |
Lew Schwarz |
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Producer |
Gerald
Thomas |
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Director |
Alan
Tarrant |
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broadcast
Saturday February 1st 1975 at 6.20pm on ITV
plot
The year is 1066 and with the Battle of Hastings looming, Saxon King
Harold desperately needs some way to defeat the invading Norman French.
Thankfully a secret weapon has been developed by a monk called Athelstan.
Ethelred, one of the Kings knights, is despatched to accompany the monk
and his weapon back to the king. However there are Norman spies lurking at
every turn. The most cunning of whom is Else, who will stop at nothing in
order to retrieve the 'You Know What' for the Duke of Normandy. We also
find out exactly how Harold got the arrow in his eye.
review
Don't even waste your time on this one. We've probably spent more
effort writing this review than the scriptwriter put into the screenplay.
Even the performances of some of the leads are bad.
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