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Hereward the Wake

Season 1 · 16 episodes · Sep 12, 1965

  1. Episode 1

    Forfeit for Eternity

    Sep 12, 1965

    How Hereward is outlawed and made to seek his fortune in the world.

  2. Episode 2

    A Single Blow

    Sep 19, 1965

    Hereward fights the great white bear.

  3. Episode 3

    The Brain Biter

    Sep 26, 1965

    How Hereward aids the Princess of Cornwall.

  4. Episode 4

    A Champion's Reward

    Oct 3, 1965

    How Hereward wins the magic sword and goes from England.

  5. Episode 5

    The Sorceress of St Omer

    Oct 10, 1965

    How a fair lady uses the mechanical art to win Hereward's love.

  6. Episode 6

    The Court of Love

    Oct 17, 1965

    How Hereward is given the enchanted armour but does not fight.

  7. Episode 7

    The Wind Blows

    Oct 24, 1965

    How Hereward is angered by the Duke of Normandy's plans.

  8. Episode 8

    Death of a King

    Oct 31, 1965

    How Hereward is made sad by news from England.

  9. Episode 9

    The War Arrow

    Nov 7, 1965

    How Hereward clears Bourne of Frenchmen.

  10. Episode 10

    The Art of War

    Nov 14, 1965

    How Hereward is knighted in the English fashion.

  11. Episode 11

    The Broken Promise

    Nov 21, 1965

    How Hereward threatens to hang Gilbert of Ghent.

  12. Episode 12

    Live and Die

    Nov 28, 1965

    How Hereward finds he and his men are trapped.

  13. Episode 13

    The Burning of the Golden Borough

    Dec 5, 1965

    How Hereward fulfils his words to the Prior of Peterborough.

  14. Episode 14

    Face to Face

    Dec 12, 1965

    How Hereward plays the potter and cheats the King.

  15. Episode 15

    The King's Vengeance

    Dec 19, 1965

    How Hereward and his men defend Ely.

  16. Episode 16

    The Last of the English

    Dec 26, 1965

    How Hereward gets his soul's price.