Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land
| Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight in the Land | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Children's television series Comedy Family |
| Created by | Angelo Abela |
| Based on | The books by Martyn Beardsley |
| Developed by | Angelo Abela |
| Written by | Lenny Barker John Brennan Nathan Cockerill Ian Emes Lucy Goodman Steve Jeanes Rupert Jones Paul McKenzie Jim Shields Alex Williams |
| Directed by | Angelo Abela Ian Emes Rupert Jones Jim Shields Nick Wood |
| Creative director(s) | Angelo Abela Ian Emes Rupert Jones Jim Shields Nick Wood |
| Presented by | Alibi Pictures |
| Starring | Jason Thorpe Kim Wall Vincent Franklin Gillian Wright Tamsin Egerton Will Theakston Asier Newman Ian Lindsay Damien Goodwin Don Klass Dickon Tolson Joseph Mawle Richard James |
| Theme music composer | Angelo Abela |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Linda James Roger Holmes |
| Producer(s) | Lucy Goodman Anne Boyd |
| Location(s) | Camelot |
| Cinematography | Alan Wright |
| Editor(s) | Dominic Strevens Matthew Tabern Liz Webber |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Alibi Pictures |
| Distributor | Chatsworth International Distributors |
| Release | |
| Original network | CITV |
| Picture format | Live action |
| First shown in | United Kingdom |
| Original release | 2002 – 2003 |
Sir Gadabout: The Worst Knight In The Land is a British children's comedy television programme, broadcast on CITV. It originally aired between 11 February 2002 and 9 May 2003.
Sir Gadabout was an adaptation of series of books by Martyn Beardsley. The show was produced by Lucy Goodman who co-wrote on some episodes. Lead Director was Ian Emes who also co-wrote and Lead Writer was Alex Williams. The show won a BAFTA at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2003 in the category "Best Writer", with the award going to head writer Alex Williams.
It was nominated for "Best Drama" at the BAFTA Children's Awards in 2002. and won "Best Children's Programme" at the INDIE Awards 2003.
In Camelot Sir Gadabout is a nightmare of the Round Table as his devotion to the task of protecting King Arthur is undermined by constant blundering. He is often teased by the other knights, particularly the handsome but irritating Sir Lancelot, who Gadabout and his friends frequently try to get the better of.
At the head of the Round Table is the legendary King Arthur who tolerates Gadabout's blundering as he sympathises with him - he too being a terrible blunderer. His teenage daughter, Princess Elenora, is by far more intelligent and capable than her father. She often aids Gadabout and his squire Will (later Juan) in their adventures.
The kingdom is terrorised by the terrible twosome Sir Rancid and his "Nanny" - a comical version of Sir Mordred and his aunt Morgan le Fay - who are set on destroying Camelot and the Round Table. Their attempts to destroy Camelot are always stopped by the intervention of Gadabout, Will, and the mysterious "Sir Knight". The only one who knows the identity of "Sir Knight" is Merlin, who watches over Camelot in his crystal ball.
At the beginning of every episode, Arthur addresses each of his knights by name individually:
In 2007, the show was repeated for the first time on the CITV channel since 2003. It was repeated for a one-off repeat one day in the Easter holidays (as an 'Easter Surprise!'). Then in the summer holidays from late July to the end of August. Over a year later in December 2008, it was repeated again throughout the Christmas holidays till January 2009.
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