Hereward the Wake

📊 Series Specifications

Network BBC One
Episode Runtime ~25 min
Total Seasons 1
Total Episodes 16
Original Language EN
Creator Campbell Logan

Hereward the Wake (1965)

Created by Campbell Logan
⭐ 3.5 / 5 (1 votes) 🎬 1 Seasons 📼 16 Episodes 🏷️ Drama 📡 Ended
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Synopsis

Hereward, son of Duke Leofric and Lady Godiva, fought a long and ultimately hopeless guerilla war against the invading forces of William the Conqueror in the fens of Lincolnshire, betrayed not only by his allies but by his own weaknesses.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Forfeit for Eternity

How Hereward is outlawed and made to seek his fortune in the world.

E2 A Single Blow

Hereward fights the great white bear.

E3 The Brain Biter

How Hereward aids the Princess of Cornwall.

E4 A Champion's Reward

How Hereward wins the magic sword and goes from England.

E5 The Sorceress of St Omer

How a fair lady uses the mechanical art to win Hereward's love.

E6 The Court of Love

How Hereward is given the enchanted armour but does not fight.

E7 The Wind Blows

How Hereward is angered by the Duke of Normandy's plans.

E8 Death of a King

How Hereward is made sad by news from England.

E9 The War Arrow

How Hereward clears Bourne of Frenchmen.

E10 The Art of War

How Hereward is knighted in the English fashion.

E11 The Broken Promise

How Hereward threatens to hang Gilbert of Ghent.

E12 Live and Die

How Hereward finds he and his men are trapped.

E13 The Burning of the Golden Borough

How Hereward fulfils his words to the Prior of Peterborough.

E14 Face to Face

How Hereward plays the potter and cheats the King.

E15 The King's Vengeance

How Hereward and his men defend Ely.

E16 The Last of the English

How Hereward gets his soul's price.