Richard the Lionheart
Richard the Lionheart
TV ShowEnded

Richard the Lionheart

1962
1 season
39 episodes
Action & AdventureFamily

A kid-friendly take on the exploits of King Richard the Lion Heart, from his participation in the Crusades, to his capture in Austria, to his final return to England.

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Seasons

  • Long Live the King

    1.Long Live the King

    04-06-196230m

    Training soldiers off in the countryside, Prince Richard is unaware that his father the King is ill. A messenger is sent to tell him, but scheming Prince John has him killed and a...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Lion and the Eagle

    11-06-196230m

    Back in 1189 London, Richard and his men receive no welcome, only to find that Prince John has kidnapped their mother, Queen Eleanor, and is intent on installing himself as the new...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Robbers of Ashdown Forest

    18-06-196230m

    Having returned to London to prepare for his coronation, Richard discovers that Prince John has fled the country with the Queen as hostage.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Wolf of Banbury

    25-06-196230m

    In defiance of Richard's orders, Baron Giles gives protection to fugitives from justice. To add insult to injury, he abducts the Lady Rosalie, recently betrothed to Sir Geoffrey.

  • Ep 5

    5.School for a King

    02-07-196230m

    Anxious to learn the plight of his subjects firsthand. Richard sallies forth in disguise – and soon finds himself arrested for not paying his taxes.

  • Ep 6

    6.Crown in Danger

    09-07-196230m

    Having sent several of his friends in pursuit of three escaped prisoners, Richard is concerned when he hears that they have taken refuge in the castle of a knight who feeds his foe...

  • Ep 7

    7.The Pirate King

    16-07-196230m

    Believing himself to be Richard's equal, Forked Beard, a self-styled 'King', seeks a treaty between himself and the English king. Having rejected his proposal, Richard is taken pri...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Alchemist of Roven

    23-07-196230m

    Lady Rosalie's appeal to Richard to help her father, whom she believes she has fallen under the spell of Villanus, an alchemist, almost costs Richard his life.

  • Ep 9

    9.The King's Champion

    30-07-196230m

    Led by a bogus pretender to the English throne, a Black Knight issues a challenge that Richard, with too few knights at court, must accept – or forfeit his throne.

  • Ep 10

    10.King Arthur's Sword

    06-08-196230m

    Richard leads his men to capture thieves who've stolen Excalibur from Arthur's tomb at Glastonbury Abbey, but danger dogs block his path.

  • Ep 11

    11.The Challenge

    13-08-196230m

    Zara and her brother Umbaldo issue a challenge to Richard. He must choose a champion to defeat Umbaldo. Should Umbaldo win, Richard will pay service to Zara — should he be defeated...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Bride

    20-08-196230m

    Urged by his counsellors to take a bride, Richard sets out in disguise to visit the court of Prince Frederick, to take a cautious look at his daughter.

  • Ep 13

    13.The Strange Monks of Latroun

    27-08-196230m

    In Lebanon, Richard and his men find a dying boy near a supposedly friendly abbey with monks renowned for helping pilgrims and travelers. The monks have in fact been replaced by a...

  • Ep 14

    14.The Great Enterprise

    03-09-196230m

    Queen Berengaria, honeymooning with her new husband, is unaware that someone is plotting treachery at Richard's court — returning home, she faces a charge of treason.

  • Ep 15

    15.The Norman King

    10-09-196230m

    Unaware that King Tancred of Sicily and King Philip of France are plotting his death, Richard accepts their invitation to a banquet given in his honour.

  • Ep 16

    16.When Champions Meet

    21-09-196230m

    Pursuing his plot to have Richard killed, King Philip joins forces with Prince John. Together, they challenge Richard to face Saladin, in a 'friendly' tournament.

  • Ep 17

    17.The Warrior from Scotland

    28-09-196230m

    Determined to join Richard's Crusade, Kenneth, a young Scottish warrior, arrives at Richard's castle. While attempting to impress Richard. he loses the King banner - and sentenced...

  • Ep 18

    18.The Conjuror

    05-10-196230m

    Ali, a Saracen youth with a flair for conjuring – bit a fear of killing – is ordered to infiltrate Richard's camp and slay the monarch.

  • Ep 19

    19.The Lord of Kerak

    12-10-196230m

    Arnold, master of Kernak Castle, is a Crusader in name only. So when he hears that the King is travelling to query his absence from court, he plans to have Richard killed.

  • Ep 20

    20.The Saracen Physician

    19-10-196230m

    Gravely ill with fever, Richard is taken to the vamp of his allies where, unknown to his friends, the attendant physician is in the pay of Saladin, Richard's enemy.

  • Ep 21

    21.A Marriage of Convenience

    26-10-196230m

    On the pretence of Lady Edith's marriage to Sir Kenneth, Richard sends his confidant to Saladin to propose that the Moslem leader consolidate the peace between them marrying the gi...

  • Ep 22

    22.Queen in Danger

    02-11-196230m

    Fearing for her safety, Richard orders Queen Berengaria to return to England, so she takes her entourage yet tries to travel in disguise. She's captured not by Saladin or Muslim ra...

  • Ep 23

    23.Prince Otto

    15-03-196330m

    Prince Otto's castle is the only barrier in the Crusader's path. He insists on being paid before he'll allow anyone to pass – including the British sovereign.

  • Ep 24

    24.The Vision Fades

    29-03-196330m

    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...

  • Ep 25

    25.The Fugitive

    12-04-196330m

    The sole survivor of a shipwreck, Richard scrambles ashore to safety. Unfortunately, he's landed on the land of Duke Leopold – his sworn enemy.

  • Ep 26

    26.Knight Errant at Large

    26-04-196330m

    Following his knight's vows, Richard helps a young woman in distress — and quickly finds himself a prisoner of the tyrannical Lord Rudolph.

  • Ep 27

    27.Guardian of the Temple

    10-05-196330m

    With new friends Hugo and Marta, Richard stops at a market-town to purchase fresh mounts – and finds himself arrested as an enemy spy.

  • Ep 28

    28.Capture

    24-05-196330m

    Within sight of escape from Austria, Marta collapses from fatigue. Though he risks capture, Richard refuses to continue until she has recovered.

  • Ep 29

    29.A King's Ransom

    07-06-196330m

    Hearing that Leopold demands a price of 150,000 marks for Richard's release, Queen Berengaria commands Sir Gilbert and Sir Geoffrey to raise the money.

  • Ep 30

    30.The Devil Is Unloosed

    21-06-196330m

    Told by a fortune-teller that Richard is dead, Prince John makes plans to proclaim himself King. He has reckoned without Robin Hood and his Merry Men – Richard's loyal subjects.

  • Ep 31

    31.The Little People of Lyntor

    05-07-196330m

    The "Little People" are taxpayers of outlying counties. They've been dunned for four large payments and are nearly bankrupt. Richard finds they have been tricked into paying by fal...

  • Ep 32

    32.The Raiders

    19-07-196330m

    Out hunting, Richard and Gilbert finds the body of a murdered man — a discovery which leads them to a murderous knight responsible for several killings.

  • Ep 33

    33.An Eye for an Eye

    02-08-196330m

    Richard finds himself abducted by a knight with a grievance against the English Throne. Put on trial for treason, he is sentenced to be hanged.

  • Ep 34

    34.The Caveman

    16-08-196330m

    In a small backward town, Richard finds the locals living in fear of a hermit living in a nearby cave, who blackmails them with threats of invoking a supernatural power over their...

  • Ep 35

    35.A Year and a Day

    30-08-196330m

    After a desperate man steals Richard's horse, the squire of Fitzgeorge Castle takes him in. He can't see the man's son though they served gallantly in a crusade. The serving maid t...

  • Ep 36

    36.The Crown Jewels

    13-09-196330m

    Under Richard's tutelage is knight in training Miguel of Navarre, but nights find the lad deep in debt to disreputable owners of a local gambling den. They threaten him with comple...

  • Ep 37

    37.The Man Who Sold Pardons

    29-11-196330m

    Nicholas, a charlatan posing as a monk, goes from town to town selling indulgences, with forged documents of authority from Richard. His intention is to blackmail nobles who suppor...

  • Ep 38

    38.The Heir of England

    06-12-196330m

    Arthur, the young prince of England, is to visit his uncle Richard from his home in Brittany. But the knight that's to escort him is waylaid and a kidnapper takes his place. In pur...

  • Ep 39

    39.The People's King

    13-12-196330m

    As Richard's coronation draws near, great importance is placed on the clothes to be worn to the ceremony. One such costume is smuggled out so that a lord, who will lose his status...

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