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Television set in the Middle Ages
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The list Television set in the Middle Ages includes
Vikings, World Without End, Merlin, The White Queen and The Pillars of the Earth.
The list consists of 54 members
and 17 sublists.
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Vikings
Canadian-Irish historical drama television series
Overview: Vikings is a historical fantasy drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel of Canada. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013, in Canada. The series ...
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War, RomanceDirector: Ciaran Donnelly, Ken GirottiCast: Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Ludwig, Georgia Hirst, Alex Høgh Andersen, Jordan Patrick SmithProducer: Michael Hirst, Sheila HockinWriter: Michael Hirst, Justin PollardThe world of the Vikings is brought to life through the journey of Ragnar Lothbrok, the first Viking to emerge from Norse legend and onto the pages of ...
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World Without End
Historical television ministries
Overview: World Without End is an eight-episode 2012 television miniseries based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Ken Follett. It is a sequel to the 2010 miniseries The Pillars of the Earth, also based on a ...
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, History, Romance, ThrillerCast: Ben Chaplin, Charlotte Riley, Nora von Waldstätten, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Rupert Evans, Tom Weston-JonesThe English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the ... 0
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Merlin
2008 British fantasy-adventure television programme
Overview: Merlin (also known as The Adventures of Merlin) is a British fantasy-adventure drama television programme, loosely based on the Arthurian legends regarding the close relations of Merlin and King Arthur ...
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Family, AdventureDirector: Jeremy Webb, Alice TroughtonProducer: Johnny Capps, Julian MurphyWriter: Johnny Capps, Julian JonesThe adventures of the legendary sorcerer as a young man. 0
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The White Queen
British historical drama television series
Overview: The White Queen is a British historical drama television drama serial developed for BBC One. It is based on Philippa Gregory's historical novel series The Cousins' War (The White Queen, The Red Queen ...
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, WarDirector: Colin Teague, James KentProducer: Colin Callender, David ClaikensWriter: Malcolm Campbell, Emma FrostThree different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th Century England. 0
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The Pillars of the Earth
2010 television miniseries directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Overview: The Pillars of the Earth is an eight-part 2010 TV miniseries, adapted from Ken Follett's 1989 novel of the same name. It debuted in the U.S. on Starz and in Canada on The Movie Network/Movie Central on ...
Release date: 23 July 2010Genre: Drama, History, Romance, ThrillerDirector: Sergio Mimica-GezzanProducer: Jonas Bauer, Rola BauerWriter: Ken Follett, John PielmeierSet against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart. 0
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Robin Hood
British TV series or programme
Overview: Robin Hood is a British television programme, produced by independent production company Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One, with co-funding from the BBC America cable television channel in the United ...
Genre: Drama, Romance, Adventure, ActionDirector: Matthew Evans, Graeme HarperProducer: Foz Allan, Greg BrenmanWriter: Foz Allan, Dominic MinghellaAfter 5 years of fighting in the crusades, Robin returns to England and leads a band of outlaws to outwit the Sheriff of Nottingham. 0
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The Last Kingdom
British television series
Overview: The Last Kingdom is a British historical fiction television series based on Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Stories series of novels. The first series of eight episodes premiered on 10 October 2015 on BBC ...
Genre: Action, History, RomanceDirector: Jon East, Edward BazalgetteCast: Alexander Dreymon, Eliza Butterworth, Arnas Fedaravicius, Mark Rowley, Emily Cox, James NorthcoteProducer: Howard Ellis, Adam GoodmanWriter: Lydia Adetunji, Stephen ButchardThe year is 872, and many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Danes... 0
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The New Adventures of Robin Hood
American-French television series
Overview: The New Adventures of Robin Hood is an American-French television series that premiered on January 13, 1997 on TNT. The show was based on the legend of Robin Hood, the English folk hero, and was filmed ...Release date: 13 January 1997Genre: Adventure, ActionDirector: Joe Coppoletta, Andy ArmstrongProducer: Scott Carrey, Rick NathansonWriter: Steve Barnett, Sandra WeintraubThe legendary outlaw and his Merry Men battle evil around Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. 0
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
British television series
Overview: The Adventures of Robin Hood is a British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes broadcast weekly between 1955 and 1959 on ITV. It starred Richard Greene as the outlaw Robin ...
Release date: 26 September 1955Genre: Family, Adventure, ActionDirector: Terry Bishop, Bernard KnowlesProducer: Sidney Cole, Hannah WeinsteinWriter: Ring Lardner Jr., Ian McLellan HunterA long-running series of adventures featuring Robin of Loxley - Robin Hood - and his group of Sherwood-Forest-based freedom fighters... 0
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The Smurfs
Animated TV series based on the comics by Peyo
Overview: The Smurfs (syndicated as Smurfs' Adventures) is an American-Belgian animated fantasy-comedy children's television series that aired on NBC from 12 September 1981 to 2 December 1989. Produced by Hanna ...
Release date: 12 September 1981Genre: Fantasy, Family, Animation, ComedyDirector: Ray Patterson, Carl UrbanoProducer: Joseph Barbera, William HannaWriter: Peyo, Yvan DelporteThe Smurfs are little blue creatures that live in mushroom houses in a forest inhabited mainly by their own kind. The smurfs average daily routine is ... 0
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Mystery!: Cadfael
British television historical mystery series
Overview: Cadfael is a British mystery television series, broadcast on ITV between 1994 and 1998, based on The Cadfael Chronicles novels written by Ellis Peters. Produced by ITV Central, it starred Derek Jacobi ...Genre: Drama, Mystery, CrimeDirector: Graham Theakston, Ken GrieveCast: Derek Jacobi, Michael Culver, Julian Firth, Terrence Hardiman, Mark Charnock, Albie WoodingtonProducer: Stephen Smallwood, Neville C. ThompsonWriter: Edith Pargeter, Russell LewisA Crusader-turned-Monk uses his botanical knowledge to solve mysteries in the old Norman England town of Shrewsbury. 0
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Dave the Barbarian
Television series
Overview: Dave the Barbarian is an American animated television series created by Doug Langdale for Disney Channel. The show centers on a barbarian named Dave and his friends and family, who go on surreal Medie ...Release date: 23 January 2004Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Family, AnimationCast: Danny Cooksey, Jeff Bennett, Estelle Harris, Erica Luttrell, Tress MacNeille, Kevin Michael RichardsonWriter: John Behnke, Rob HumphreyFollow the adventures of Dave, one incredibly unusual barbarian, who's more interested in raising his family and cooking yummy gourmet meals than ... 0
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Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands
British TV series or programme
Overview: Beowulf is a British epic fantasy drama television series broadcast by ITV. It was created by James Dormer, Tim Haines and Katie Newman. Dormer wrote the series based on the poem Beowulf and executive ...
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, FantasyDirector: Jon East, Julian HolmesProducer: Will Nicholson, Stephen SmallwoodWriter: James Dormer, Guy BurtBeowulf returns to his homeland of Herot in the Shieldlands to pay his respects to deceased king Hrothgar (William Hurt)... 0
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Knightfall
American TV series
Overview: Knightfall is a historical fiction drama television series created by Don Handfield and Richard Rayner for the History channel. Filmed in the Czech Republic and Croatia, it premiered on December 6, 2017 ...
Director: Douglas Mackinnon, David PetrarcaProducer: Marketa Duchkova, Douglas MackinnonWriter: Don Handfield, Richard RaynerA look at the final days of Knights Templar during the 14th century. 0
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Galavant
American television series
Overview: Galavant is an American musical fantasy comedy television series, created and written by Dan Fogelman, with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater. Fogelman, Menken and Slater also serve as ...
Genre: Comedy, MusicalDirector: John Fortenberry, Chris KochProducer: Dan Fogelman, Chris KochWriter: Dan Fogelman, Jeremy HallThe adventures of Galavant, a dashing hero who is determined to reclaim his reputation and his "Happily Ever After" by going after the evil King ... 0
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Labyrinth
Based on Kate Mosse writings
Overview: Labyrinth is a historical television miniseries based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Kate Mosse. The setting jumps between modern and medieval France and follows two women (played by Vanessa Kirby ...Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, DramaDirector: Christopher SmithProducer: Jonas Bauer, Rola BauerWriter: Adrian Hodges, Kate Mosse 0
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When Things Were Rotten
American television series - 1975
Overview: When Things Were Rotten is an American sitcom television series created in 1975 by Mel Brooks and aired for half a season by ABC.
Release date: 10 September 1975Genre: Comedy, AdventureDirector: Peter H. Hunt, Coby RuskinProducer: Stanley Jacob, Norman SteinbergWriter: John Boni, Mel BrooksComedy about Robin Hood, who was a complete idiot, and his band o incompetents in Sherwood Forest. Prince John... 0
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Jane and the Dragon
Television series
Overview: Jane and the Dragon is a Canadian-New Zealander CGI children's animated television series based on the books of the same name by Martin Baynton. The show is directed by Mike Fallows and motion capture ...Release date: 15 October 2005Genre: Fantasy, Family, AnimationDirector: Mike FallowsProducer: Jan Haynes, Pamela LehnWriter: Martin Baynton, Steven Sullivan 0
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Covington Cross
1992 television series
Overview: Covington Cross is a television series that was broadcast on ABC in the United States from August 25 to October 31, 1992. The series was created by Gil Grant, who was also executive producer. The pilot ...Release date: 25 August 1992Genre: History, AdventureDirector: James Keach, Les LandauProducer: Gil Grant, Aida YoungWriter: Gil Grant, Dennis E. Leoni 0
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Miracle Workers
American television series
Overview: Miracle Workers is an American anthology comedy television series created by Simon Rich for TBS. It is based in part on Rich's writings, with the first season being based on his 2012 novel What in God's ...
Director: Dan Schimpf, Steve BuscemiProducer: Dan Mirk, Simon RichWriter: Simon Rich, Henry Michaels 0
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