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Knights of God was a British science fiction children's television serial, produced by TVS and first broadcast on ITV in 1987. It was written by Richard Cooper, a writer who had previously worked in both children's and adult television drama. Set in the year 2020, it showed a Britain ruled by the Knights of God, a fascist and anti-Christian religious order that came to power during a brutal civil war twenty years previously. It starred George Winter as Gervase Owen Edwards, the Welsh son of a resistance leader, and John Woodvine as the Prior Mordrin, leader of the eponymous cult. Patrick Troughton played Arthur, the apparent leader of the English resistance, and Julian Fellowes played Mordrin's ambitious and ruthless second-in-command, Brother Hugo.
Original Release
09/06/1987
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Winter | Gervase Edwards |
John Woodvine | Prior Mordrin |
Julian Fellowes | Brother Hugo |
Patrick Troughton | Arthur |
Claire Parker | Julia Clarke |
Gareth Thomas | Owen Edwards |
Shirley Stelfox | Beth Edwards |
Nigel Stock | Brother Simon |
Barrie Cookson | Brig. Clarke |
Christopher Bowen | Helicopter Pilot |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Episode #1.1 | Sunday, 06 September 1987 |
2 | Episode #1.2 | Sunday, 13 September 1987 |
3 | Episode #1.3 | Sunday, 20 September 1987 |
4 | Episode #1.4 | Sunday, 27 September 1987 |
5 | Episode #1.5 | Sunday, 11 October 1987 |
6 | Episode #1.6 | Sunday, 18 October 1987 |
7 | Episode #1.7 | Sunday, 25 October 1987 |
8 | Episode #1.8 | Sunday, 01 November 1987 |
9 | Episode #1.9 | Sunday, 08 November 1987 |
10 | Episode #1.10 | Sunday, 15 November 1987 |
11 | Episode #1.11 | Sunday, 22 November 1987 |
12 | Episode #1.12 | Sunday, 29 November 1987 |
13 | Episode #1.13 | Sunday, 06 December 1987 |
Directors
Andrew Morgan, Michael Kerrigan
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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George Winter | Gervase Edwards |
John Woodvine | Prior Mordrin |
Julian Fellowes | Brother Hugo |
Patrick Troughton | Arthur |
Claire Parker | Julia Clarke |
Gareth Thomas | Owen Edwards |
Shirley Stelfox | Beth Edwards |
Nigel Stock | Brother Simon |
Barrie Cookson | Brig. Clarke |
Christopher Bowen | Helicopter Pilot |
Don Henderson | Colley |
Peter Childs | Brother Tyrell |
Owen Teale | Dai |
Tenniel Evans | Dafydd |
John Vine | Brother Williams |
Anne Stallybrass | Nell |
Spencer Leigh | Brother Wilson |
Roy Boyd | Fenn |
Michael Lees | Governor |
Lynn Webb-Turner | Wardress |