Ivanhoe (1958)
Ivanhoe is a British television series first shown on ITV in 1958-59. The show features Roger Moore in his first starring role, as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, in a series of adventures aimed at a children's audience. The characters were drawn loosely from Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel.
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Episode 1 - Freeing the Serfs
Release Date: 1958-01-05Returning from the Crusades, Ivanhoe finds England under the cruel tyranny of Prince John and begins the fight to remove him from power.
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Episode 2 - Slave Traders
Release Date: 1958-01-12Young people are disappearing, and people believe it's the Devil's work; but Ivanhoe believes something not so supernatural is behind it all.
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Episode 3 - Wedding Cake
Release Date: 1958-01-19Lady Elaine is pushed into becoming engaged to a nobleman's crude son, in order to save her uncle.
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Episode 4 - Black Boar
Release Date: 1958-01-26Ivanhoe gets in serious trouble killing a royal boar to save a life.
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Episode 5 - Whipping Boy
Release Date: 1958-02-02Ivanhoe tries freeing a boy from an abusive baron.
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Episode 6 - The Witness
Release Date: 1958-02-09Ivanhoe unwillingly attends a banquet for Prince John.
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Episode 7 - German Knight
Release Date: 1958-02-16Ivanhoe tries to help a runaway indentured servant avoid capture when he returns home to visit his ailing mother.
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Episode 8 - Face to Face
Release Date: 1958-02-23A captured church robber tries claiming he is Ivanhoe.
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Episode 9 - Rinaldo
Release Date: 1958-03-02A nobleman that is an opponent of Prince John's high taxes finds himself framed for murder.
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Episode 10 - Lyman the Pieman
Release Date: 1958-03-09Lyman witnesses a murder and is about to testify, when an crooked lord has him abducted.
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Episode 11 - The Escape
Release Date: 1958-03-16Prince John plots to kill all the loyalists to Richard to consolidate his grip on the throne.
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Episode 12 - Ragen's Forge
Release Date: 1958-03-23A nobleman promises a girl he will spare her fiancee and father from execution -- if she marries him.
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Episode 13 - The Ransom
Release Date: 1958-03-29A nobleman is kidnapped, and his son attempts a rescue himself, without listening to Ivanhoe's advice.
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Episode 14 - The Prisoner in the Tower
Release Date: 1958-04-05The victim of an ambush believes that the mastermind behind it is his future father-in-law.
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Episode 15 - Murder at the Inn
Release Date: 1958-04-12Ivanhoe lends a hand to villagers being terrorized by a brutal lord.
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Episode 16 - Brothers in Arms
Release Date: 1958-06-14Five monks collecting taxes for Prince John disappear, and Ivanhoe goes to find them.
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Episode 17 - The Weavers
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Episode 18 - Counterfeit
Release Date: 1958-07-06A chest of gold for King Richard has been changed out with counterfeit pieces, and Ivanhoe tries finding the thief.
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Episode 19 - Widow of Woodcote
Release Date: 1958-07-20Ivanhoe is the target of thieves after winning prizes in a tournament.
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Episode 20 - The Kidnapping
Release Date: 1958-07-27Ivanhoe tries sneaking King Richard's heir out of the country.
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Episode 21 - Treasures from Cathay
Release Date: 1958-08-10People are running from Wentworth castle, believing the world is coming to its end.
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Episode 22 - By Hook or By Crook
Release Date: 1958-08-17Ivanhoe tries to keep a ruthless land baron from destroying a village in order to build himself a private hunting preserve.
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Episode 23 - The Double-Edged Sword
Release Date: 1958-08-24Ivanhoe intervenes when a group believes they know the whereabouts of King Arthur's sword, Excalibur, and tear the countryside apart looking for it.
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Episode 24 - Counterfeit Coins
Release Date: 1958-08-31Ivanhoe goes to retrieve a treasure map that has fallen in the wrong hands.
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Episode 25 - The Masked Bandits
Release Date: 1958-09-07Ivanhoe goes after bandits that have stolen from serfs.
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Episode 26 - Freelance
Release Date: 1958-09-21A soldier for Prince John becomes a conscientious objector and resigns, only to be threatened with death for his stance.
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Episode 27 - The Masons
Release Date: 1958-09-28Prince John tries preventing King Richard's return by blockading the coast.
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Episode 28 - Arms and the Woman
Release Date: 1958-10-05A nobleman leaves his castle vulnerable after heading out to rescue his son.
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Episode 29 - The Cattle Killers
Release Date: 1958-10-19A man falsely accused of cattle killing faces death, and his wife asks for Ivanhoe's help.
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Episode 30 - The Gentle Jester
Release Date: 1958-10-26Sir Maverick is looking for a new jester, unaware that among the applicants are assassins.
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Episode 31 - 3 Days to Worcester
Release Date: 1958-11-09Ivanhoe is sidetracked by a spy while trying to save a loyalist to King Richard from execution.
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Episode 32 - The Night Raiders
Release Date: 1958-11-16Ivanhoe tries rescuing a farmer's daughter who's been abducted by raiders terrorizing their village in the valley of Kent.
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Episode 33 - The Raven
Release Date: 1958-11-23A cruel land baron believes a raven's appearance spells doom for him.
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Episode 34 - The Monk
Release Date: 1958-11-30A monk and his apprentice help Ivanhoe free a village.
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Episode 35 - The Swindler
Release Date: 1958-12-07A peddler is caught trying to exchange counterfeit gold.
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Episode 36 - The Princess
Release Date: 1958-12-14Prince John tries forcing a nobleman's loyalty by imprisoning his daughter, and Ivanhoe goes to rescue her.
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Episode 37 - The Fledgling
Release Date: 1958-12-21Ivanhoe discovers a young man has disguised himself in a tournament, hoping to win and prove he is worthy of knighthood.
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Episode 38 - The Circus
Release Date: 1958-12-28A group of travelling minstrels is attacked by Sir Mark, and Ivanhoe seeks revenge.
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Episode 39 - The Devil's Dungeon
Release Date: 1959-01-04A baron that's turned traitor arranges for an escort of ransom money for King Richard to be ambushed.