News article: Daily Mirror, 6 December 1972
Wednesday, 6 December 1972 12:01 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arthur_of_the_britonsThis review by Kenneth Hughes appeared under the title, "'HAIR' TO THE THRONE"
King Arthur as a tough freedom fighter without shining armour, a round table or Guinevere, comes riding in for a new series called ARTHUR OF THE BRITONS (ITV, 4.50 except HTV).
HTV have spent £500,000 on the twenty-four episodes, and screen it at 6.50. They believe it should be seen by an adult audience as well as by children. They have a point.
For this is a literate and lively account of the life and times of a king whose personality has been blurred at the legendary edges.
Arthur is played by 24-year-old Oliver Tobias, former star of the London production of “Hair”.
The style of the series is far removed from past notions of Camelot. Every sword and every broken shield clangs and smashes with the ring of authenticity.
King Arthur as a tough freedom fighter without shining armour, a round table or Guinevere, comes riding in for a new series called ARTHUR OF THE BRITONS (ITV, 4.50 except HTV).
HTV have spent £500,000 on the twenty-four episodes, and screen it at 6.50. They believe it should be seen by an adult audience as well as by children. They have a point.
For this is a literate and lively account of the life and times of a king whose personality has been blurred at the legendary edges.
Arthur is played by 24-year-old Oliver Tobias, former star of the London production of “Hair”.
The style of the series is far removed from past notions of Camelot. Every sword and every broken shield clangs and smashes with the ring of authenticity.