Arthurian Mythia

A podcast about King Arthur and his Knights in Popular Media

Interview: John Matthews, King Arthur and Sarmatians 07/30/2022

Interview: John Matthews, King Arthur and Sarmatians A bonus episode from our interview with John Matthews talking about his time working on the 2004 film, King Arthur and links from Arthurian myth to the Sarmatian people. Links: - Amazon (US) - Amazon (UK) - John Matthews' website - Goodreads Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/23909010

Interview: The Great Book of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table 06/26/2022

Interview: The Great Book of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table In this episode we interview author, John Matthews and speak to him about his new book, The Great Book of King Arthur & His Knights of the Round Table, a book that compiles 32 Arthurian tales with illustrations by John Howe and foreword by Neil Gaiman. We talk to John about what got him into Arthurian myth, and find out how he put together the book. Links: - Amazon (US) - Amazon (UK) - John Matthews' website - Goodreads Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/23543015

BBC Merlin: A Remedy to Cure All Ills 05/30/2022

BBC Merlin: A Remedy to Cure All Ills Insects in the brain was never going to catch-on as a medical treatment was it? A new healer in Camelot seems to think it will though and soon Gaius finds himself sidelined. Links: - IMDb Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/23272616

BBC Merlin: Lancelot 05/15/2022

BBC Merlin: Lancelot It is Merlin May and Lancelot is coming to town! He saves Merlin, he saves Arthur, he flirts with Gwen and defeats the Griffin! What else would you expect from Lancelot? Links: - IMDb - IMDb Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/23117471

Kaamelott book 1 ep21-30 05/07/2022

Kaamelott book 1 ep21-30 Prepare yourselves for our poor French pronunciation because we're taking our third look at this wonderful comedy series. Taxes, interpreters and overly protective bodyguards are just some of the trials and tribulations that King Arthur has to deal with. Links: - IMDb - Kaamelott via YouTube Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/23037896

Top 5 Arthurian Movies & TV Shows 04/12/2022

Top 5 Arthurian Movies & TV Shows We discuss our top 5 personal favourite Arthurian films and TV shows. Does Dame Leslie and Sir Blackwood's lists match and which glaringly obvious things have we missed out? Find out! Or look below for spoilers because we linked IMDb a whole lot in the description! Music: Arthurian Mythia Theme by Arthurian Mythia Techno Remix by Links: Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/22774064

Arthur of the Britons: The Gift of Life 02/28/2022

Arthur of the Britons: The Gift of Life Kai finds himself with his toughest ever challenge, babysitting a pair of Saxon children on their way back home. It's our look at the second episode of Arthur of the Britons. Music: Arthurian Mythia Theme by Arthurian Mythia Techno Remix by Links: - IMDb - Heritage Daily Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/22288946

The Green Knight (2021) 01/29/2022

The Green Knight (2021) It's January. It's Gawain Month! So what better than to look at last year's film, The Green Knight complete with magic mushrooms, giants and a talking fox. Music: Arthurian Mythia Theme by Arthurian Mythia Techno Remix by Links: - IMDb - Wikipedia - A24 Films - Vanity Fair Our Links: Our novella, is out on . , , , , (Where we hang out it doesn't belong to us), Email: arthurian.mythia@gmail.com /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/21939398

The Sorcerer's Apprentice 12/23/2021

The Sorcerer's Apprentice After being stuck inside an urn for six months we are back and we find out what happens when Nicolas Cage has magical powers in the 2010 film, The Sorcerer's Apprentice. A movie with as much to do with the Mickey Mouse bit in Fantasia as it does with Arthurian myth. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/21587498

Tristan & Isolde (2006) 06/29/2021

Tristan & Isolde (2006) The 2006 adaptation of the tale of Isolde the Irish princess falling in love with Tristan a British noble amongst all the warfare and politics of a post-Roman Britain. When Isolde is married to Tristan's adoptive father, King Marke can they resist their love for the sake of peace? /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/19649861

BBC Merlin: The Poisoned Chalice 05/27/2021

BBC Merlin: The Poisoned Chalice In our final episode of Merlin May, Merlin is poisoned by Nimueh, can Arthur overcome CGI monsters and his father to get the antidote back in time? /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/19264532

BBC Merlin: The Mark of Nimueh 05/21/2021

BBC Merlin: The Mark of Nimueh In the second episode of Merlin May we look at the third episode of the first season, where a deadly plague is running through Camelot and Guinevere is accused of witchcraft! Gaius and Merlin must find what's causing the illness before Guin is executed. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/19189154

BBC Merlin: Valiant 05/13/2021

BBC Merlin: Valiant We return to the BBC series, Merlin where a knight who may not be so valiant is trying to win a tournament using magical shield snakes. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/19099763

Camelot The Legend 04/29/2021

Camelot The Legend In which Dame Leslie and Sir Blackwood embark into this very dated animated movie, where Morgan le Fey and Mordred plot to overthrow King Arthur. Not quite an animated classic but some interesting ideas nonetheless. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/18912821

Merlin (1998) 03/31/2021

Merlin (1998) Can Merlin foil the plans of Queen Mab and try to get a half-decent king in charge of Britain? Today we managed to battle past 90s TV CGI dragons to take a look at the 1998 mini-series; Merlin. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/18558662

Knights of the Round Table: Gawain 01/29/2021

Knights of the Round Table: Gawain The course of true love never does run smooth and for Aislyn in particular her course takes her over a waterfall. In the guise of the loathly lady, Ragnelle she saves the life King Arthur from Queen Morgause, and seeks out to embarrass her ex; Sir Gawain. So join us as we look at Knights of the Round Table Gawain by Gwen Rowley. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/17741612

Cursed 12/22/2020

Cursed Join us in a land that may possibly be Britain (we're not entirely sure) where the Fey are being hunted by the Red Paladins who seek to exterminate them. Their last hope rests on the Wolf Blood Witch, Nimue who has been thrust into the spotlight as she wields the sword of power. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/17293799

The Kid Who Would Be King 11/14/2020

The Kid Who Would Be King Come with us as we journey back through the mists of time to the land of 2019! Where a school boy called Alex pulled a sword from the stone and sets into motion a battle against Morgan le Fey! Get ready your bone, gristle and beetle blood for The Kid Who Would Be King! /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/16809599

Fate/Zero 10/03/2020

Fate/Zero In our 50th episode we take a journey to Fuyuki City to have a look at Fate/Zero and the Arthurian elements of the story. We have Saber who is the spirit of Artoria Pendragon battling Alexander the Great, Gilgamesh and others in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Who wins the war and how much Arthurian stuff is in it? /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/16257560

Prince Valiant (1997) 10/01/2020

Prince Valiant (1997) We journey back to Thule and this time its for the 1997 live action adaptation of Prince Valiant! Can Valiant stop the evil Morgan and Thagnar the viking from stealing Excalibur and taking over Britain? Probably yes, because he's the titular hero. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/16237559

The Forbidden Sister - Interview 09/05/2020

The Forbidden Sister - Interview In which Sir Blackwood and Dame Leslie are joined by author, Kieran Higgins, to talk about his second Arthurian book; The Forbidden Sister, the companion novel to The Forgotten Sister. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/15898907

Kaamelott ep.11-20 08/24/2020

Kaamelott ep.11-20 We make another foray into Kaamelott and pick up with King Arthur attempting to run his kingdom, have lunch with his in-laws, have a pleasant night with his mistress and meet the Lady of the Lake. Also Merlin proves to be as competent as our ability to speak French. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/15725324

Lancelot Guardian of Time 07/24/2020

Lancelot Guardian of Time Time Travel with us to the 90s to discover the made for TV Movie Lancelot Guardian of Time. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/15341720

Entaku no kishi monogatari: Moero Arthur (King Arthur Anime) ep3 05/13/2020

Entaku no kishi monogatari: Moero Arthur (King Arthur Anime) ep3 We journey back to the land of Wrogles where Arthur rides to meet with Leodegrance but along the way he is ambushed by Lavic's men. Can Arthur escape and who is the brave, brilliant mysterious knight who rides to his rescue-- it's Lancelot. Of course it's Lancelot. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/14403821

Arthur & Merlin 02/19/2020

Arthur & Merlin Combining Arthurian myth with aspects of Celtic mythology, the 2015 film, Arthur & Merlin gives a unique take and punches well above its budget. Listen to our thoughts on the movie and wonder why we didn't publish this podcast earlier... /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/13220138

Interview: Gawain Comic 01/30/2020

Interview: Gawain Comic We finish Gawain Month with an interview with Sigune, the creator of the Gawain Comic. We talk to her about her love of Arthurian myth, her favourite stories and what led her to making a comic all about Gawain. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/12955727

Gawain and the Green Knight 1991 01/15/2020

Gawain and the Green Knight 1991 For Gawain Month 2020 we go back to 1991 to look at (yet another version of) Gawain & the Green Knight. Will there be hunting? Decapitation? Heated sexual tension? And all on a TV budget? /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/12751646

Princess Gwenevere & the Jewel Riders 10/28/2019

Princess Gwenevere & the Jewel Riders We complete our entirely coincidental, unofficial Guinevere month on the spookiest day of the year! Unfortunately Princess Gwenevere & the Jewel Riders is about as far from spooky as you can get. Bright colours, a flying unicorn, Princess Gwenevere attempts to thwart the plans of the evil Lady Kale. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/11817317

Guinevere (1994) 10/12/2019

Guinevere (1994) A look at the 1994 made-for-TV movie, Guinevere. A movie which certainly runs true to its title. We see Guinevere and Lancelot and the two not having an affair, I was as shocked by this as you are! /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/11616749

Camelot (Starz) - Ep.1 Homecoming 09/05/2019

Camelot (Starz) - Ep.1 Homecoming With King Uther dead Merlin looks to present Uther's bastard, Arthur as the heir to kingdom. However an alliance between Arthur's half-sister Morgan and Uther's chief rival, King Lot seeks to place themselves on the throne. Heading back to the distant days of 2011 we review the first episode in Starz's short-lived Camelot series. /episode/index/show/arthurianmythia/id/11142464

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