Poet Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the great national hero he is usually considered to be. He's a fickle and transitory character who was appropriated by the Normans to justify their conquest, he was cuckolded when French writers began adapting the story and it took Thomas Malory's masterpiece of English literature, Le Mort d'Arthur, to restore dignity and reclaim him as the national hero we know today.
Genre: Documentary
Stars: Keira Knightley, Antoine Fuqua, Jerry Bruckheimer, Clive Owen, Hugh Dancy, Ioan Gruffudd
Crew: Dane McMaster (Editor), David Willing (Producer), Simon Banner (Producer)
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Language: English
Studio: BBC Four, Picture Production Company
Runtime: 24 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 24, 2004
IMDb: 2.3
