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Unvarnished History opens exciting visions of Arthur
This is a compilation of several episodes of "Arthur of the Britons", a children's series broadcast weekly in Britain in the 1970's. I taped it on late night TV and viewed it with great skepticism. "This is the story of the true Arthur." Yeah, right - let's just see about that. But the more I researched, the more accuracy I found in its historicity, depiction of life at that time, and the delicious possibilities for what the real Arthur might have been like.

This Arthur has a slightly wicked sense of humor but always a true vision governing all his actions that draw the viewer in and make one push past all those two dimensional dusty notions of the legendary Arthur to unearth the sometimes raw but wonderfully understated charismatic leader. I especially loved this version's telling of the sword in the stone. You get to see what might have been the basis for the legendary tales of Arthur and Camelot. That reality is not as glamorous, but to me it was loads more exciting.

This was a real man whose vision and determination lit a fire in the human psyche that has yet to be extinguished. He used strategy, psychology, and traditional warfare techniques to achieve what no leader had been able to do up to that point - unite disparate tribes to fight against a common invading enemy.

The costumes, sets, et. al. won the series awards for historical accuracy. The series itself won the British equivalent of an Emmy for Best Children's Series. This video is a marvel!!! Brian Blessed as Mark of Cornwall will have you laughing out loud! The entire cast is marvelous. I have purchased two versions of the video to keep in my collection.