Country of origin UK Running time 5 minutes per episode Original release 1972 Network BBC | No. of episodes 31 Original network BBC First episode date 1972 Number of episodes 31 | |
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Genre Children's television series Similar Moschops, Noah and Nelly in SkylArk, Hattytown Tales, The Adventures of Portlan, Murun Buchstansangur | ||
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The Adventures of Sir Prancelot was a children's animated television programme written and produced by John Ryan for the John Ryan Studios company. It followed the adventures of Sir Prancelot, an eccentric inventor-knight who heads for the Crusades in the Holy Land. It was first transmitted on BBC 1 on Thursday, 13 January 1972.
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Plot
To escape both his bank manager and his overbearing wife Lady Histeria, Prancelot decides to join the crusades. He is dismayed when he learns that Histeria intends to accompany him and eventually the entire household - including the children Sim and Sue, the miserly majordomo Girth, a cockney minstrel (who is also the show's narrator) and several serfs - set sail for adventure. They repeatedly fall foul of the dastardly Count Otto "The Blot" but always escape by some contrivance of Sir Prancelot himself. After many unlikely adventures they arrive in the Holy Land to discover they are 50 years too late. After a final showdown with Count Otto they return to England in a rocket ship also invented by Sir Prancelot.
Background
The Sir Prancelot animation came from the same stable as Captain Pugwash and was in a similar style.
Narration
All voices were performed by Peter Hawkins. The story featured the narration of The Minstrel character, whose Cockney accent was rather reminiscent of Michael Caine. The music was composed by Alan Parker.
Characters
Episodes
