King Arthur's Disasters

Name: King Arthur's Disasters
Genre: Animation
Released: 2005-04-11T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Morwenna Banks, Rik Mayall, Phil Cornwell, Matt Lucas

King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV, a now defunct programming block on ITV1. The series was Co-Created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows and depicts attempts by King Arthur, assisted by the wizard Merlin, to woo the beautiful self-obsessed Princess Guinevere. Due to the popularity of the show, it was picked up for a second series which began transmission on CITV from 6 November 2005. Both were Executive Produced by Genevieve Dexter

King Arthur's Disasters was the highest rated new CITV show during Spring 2005. It regularly achieved an audience share of over 20% of kids and it regularly won its time slot against CBBC. In 2006 the show was nominated for a children's BAFTA for Best Animation, however lost to The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers.

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Ended

Original Name

King Arthur's Disasters

First Air Date

April 11, 2005

Last Air Date

May 16, 2005

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Language

English

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CITV

S01E05

The Labyrinth Of Lost Souls

After escaping from Robin Hood and his merry gang, King Arthur visits Guinevere so he can take cover from Robin. However she tries to send him on another quest, this time she wants him to turn her slipper into gold. Arthur asks Merlin to give him some powers to turn the slipper into gold, however a problem arises when he scratches his rear-end and turns it into gold. So Merlin says it would be 'easier' to visit the Fountain Of Oro, a stream of gold, located in the Labyrinth Of Lost Souls. So our brave King sets on his journey with Merlin and Splag at his side, as they face many obsticles that get in their way inside the Labyrinth.

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