The Talisman

Name: The Talisman
Released: 1980-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Peter Burroughs, Donald Burton, Stephan Chase

TV Show · Adventure · Romance

Walter Scott's exciting tale of chivalry, daring-do and intrigue set in the Holy Land at the time of the Crusades. A brave Scottish knight foils Richard the Lionheart's assassins, winning the gratitude of the king and the hand of the lady he loves.

1980 · 25m

Starring Peter Burroughs, Donald Burton, Stephan Chase

Director Richard Bramall

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

The treachery of friends; the nobility of enemies; the steadfast devotion of an impossible love; this romance of the days of chivalry has all the power that only Scott could bring to his favorite subject, the Crusaders.

25m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

King Richard lies mortally ill in the Christian camp. Sir Kenneth, carrying terms for an honorable peace with the Saracens, has fallen in with one of their knights, Ilderim.

27m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Richard is near to death. While waiting at Engaddi for Ilderim, who has gone to fetch a Saracen physician he claims can cure the king, Kenneth is reunited with the Lady Edith.

26m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

While waiting for the Talisman's elixir to cure King Richard, El Hakim reveals to Kenneth that the other princes have offered Saladin a Christian bride of royal blood. Could it be Edith?

24m
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

Set to guard Richard's standard, Kenneth, the victim of a hoax, deserts his post and the standard is stolen. Condemned to death, he is saved by the intervention of El Hakim and taken as a slave to the Saracen camp.

25m
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

Kenneth has been taken to Saladin as a bond slave. Edith is determined to find a way to save him.

26m