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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Nov 20, 2017 19:01:37 GMT
History UK have acquired the UK rights to Knightfall, the period drama about the Knights Templar which is being produced for the U.S. History network. The series is expected to premiere on this side of the pond in 2018.
Knightfall examines the Knights Templar, the secretive order who were at one time the best warriors in the world. The series tells the story of faith, loyalty and brotherhood that help sustain these warriors on the battlefield, and the dark events that would forever sear the infamous date of Friday the 13th into the world’s psyche.
The drama series stars Tom Cullen, Bobby Schofield, Sabrina Bartlett, Julian Ovenden, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Padraic Delaney, Simon Merrells and Olivia Ross.
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Post by profbooboo on Nov 20, 2017 21:34:19 GMT
Not my type of thing...but then I read Julian Ovenden and I'll see you there.😊
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 7:18:40 GMT
I have mixed feelings. On the one hand I'm a Templar fan so it's frustrating I won't be able to see this. On the other, because I'm a fan I know how much rubbish (fictional and 'factual') has been produced about them, so I approach all such works with trepidation...
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Post by geometryman on Nov 22, 2017 10:34:10 GMT
Looks interesting if I can get to see it.
It starts in the States on 6th. Dec. - in the trailers I notice Jim Carter (Downton Abbey's Carson) is playing the Pope:
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Post by profbooboo on Nov 22, 2017 13:52:20 GMT
It also has Tom Cullan and Julian Ovenden who played Gillingham and Blake in Downton aswell. It's like a mini reunion.
Ohh and Ed Stoppard's in it. I'm going to look out for this, the cast is right up my street, and the trailer looks really good.
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Post by pearl06 on Nov 22, 2017 14:14:44 GMT
I do hope I will be able to see this sometime. I am intrigued to see Julian Ovenden again. He isn't on our TVs anywhere near enough.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2017 20:22:49 GMT
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Post by geometryman on Jun 4, 2018 13:14:31 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2018 14:00:37 GMT
I have mixed feelings. On the one hand I'm a Templar fan so it's frustrating I won't be able to see this. On the other, because I'm a fan I know how much rubbish (fictional and 'factual') has been produced about them, so I approach all such works with trepidation... I, too have been interested in the Templars. Between 1221 and 1236 Walter Byset, Lord of Aboyne, founded the Preceptory or College of the Knights Templar, just across the river from the village where I grew up; the land had originally been given to the Templars by William I of Scotland, in 1187. The ruins of the Templar St Mary's Chapel are a scheduled monument. We grew up learning about them because one of our school houses was Templars, named for the Knights Templar. |
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Post by profbooboo on May 31, 2019 13:18:56 GMT
Series 2 starts on Tuesday 2nd July at 9pm on History.
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Post by geometryman on May 31, 2019 14:28:55 GMT
I watched series 1 and thought it was OK - will probably watch S2, eventually.
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Post by marion on Aug 17, 2019 11:19:24 GMT
Series 1 has its Freeview premiere on Blaze (channel 63) on Sunday 18 August at 10.00.
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Anymore to come?
