The Properties
A Comprehensive* Index of Films, Shows and Franchises whence our Noble and Worthy contenders hail.
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The 13th Warrior (1999) [Film]
Genre: Action, Drama
Starring: Antonio Banderas, Diane Venora, Omar Sharif
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A Knight’s Tale (2001) [Film]
Genre: Comedy, Action, Romance
Starring: Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Rufus Sewell, Alan Tudyk, Laura Fraser, Paul Bettany, James Purefoy
The Accursed Kings (1972-1973) [TV Series]
Genre: Political Drama
Starring: Jean Piat
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patrick Knowles
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-1959) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Richard Greene, Alan Wheatley
Aladdin (2019) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Starring: Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Will Smith, Marwan Kenzari
Army of Darkness (1992) [Film]
Genre: Action, Comedy, Dark Fantasy, Horror
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Embeth Davidtz, Marcus Gilbert
Arn: The Knight Templar (2007) [Film Series]
Genre: Action, Drama
Starring: Joakim Nätterqvist, Stellan Skarsgård, Sofia Helin, Milind Soman
Arthur of the Britons (1972-1973) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Drama
Starring: Oliver Tobias, Michael Gothard, Brian Blessed
Assassin’s Creed (2016) [Film]
Genre: Action
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson
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Baahubali (2015-2017) [Film Franchise]
Genre: Action
Starring: Prabhas, Anushka Shetty
Becket (1964) [Film]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole
Beowulf & Grendel (2005) [Film]
Genre: Action, Drama
Starring: Gerard Butler, Ingvar Sigurðson, Stellan Skarsgård, Tony Curran, Rory McCann, Sarah Polley
The Black Adder (1982) [Season 1 of Blackadder TV Series]
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Tim McInnerny, Brian Blessed, Robert East
Borgia (2011-2014) [TV Series]
Genre: Political, Drama
Starring: John Doman, Mark Ryder, Isolda Dychauk, Diarmuid Noyes
The Borgias (2011-2013) [TV Series]
Genre: Political, Drama
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Francois Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, David Oakes, Lotte Verbeek, Joanne Whalley, Sean Harris, Julian Bleach
Braveheart (1995) [Film]
Genre: Action
Starring: Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGooan
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Cadfael (1994-1998) [TV Series]
Genre: Mystery
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Sean Pertwee
Camelot (1967) [Film]
Genre: Musical, Drama
Starring: Richard Harris, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero
The Canterbury Tales (1972) [Film]
Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama
Starring: Pier Paolo Pasolini, Josephine Chaplin
Carlos, rey Emperador (2015-2016) [TV Series]
Genre: Political, Drama
Starring: Álvaro Cervantes, Bianca Suárez
The Chronicles of Narnia (2005-2010) [Film Franchise]
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Starring: William Mosely, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Ben Barnes, Will Poulter, Liam Neeson, Tilda Swinton, James McAvoy, Peter Dinklage, Eddie Izzard, Warwick Davis, Ken Stott, Cornell John
The Court Jester (1955) [Film]
Genre: Musical, Comedy, Romance
Starring: Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury
Covington Cross (1992) [TV Series]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Nigel Terry, Cheri Lunghi, Jonathan Firth
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Doctor Who: “Battlefield” (1989) [TV Serial]
Genre: Science Fiction, Action, Fantasy
Starring: Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred, Jean Marsh, Christopher Bowen, Marcus Gilbert
Doctor Who: “The Robot of Sherwood (2014) [TV Episode]
Genre: Science Fiction, Action
Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Louise Coleman, Tom Riley, Ben Miller
Double World (2020) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Starring: Henry Lau, Peter Ho
Dracula Untold (2014) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Starring: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Charles Dance
Dragonheart (1996) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Action
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant
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Edward II (1991) [Film]
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Steven Waddington, Andrew Tiernan, Tilda Swinton, Nigel Terry, Jerome Flynn
Ella Enchanted (2004) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Comedy
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Vivica A. Foxx, Joanna Lumley
Eragon (2006) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Starring: Ed Speelers, Jeremy Irons, Garrett Hedlund
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) [Film]
Genre: Romance, Drama
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Dougray Scott
Excalibur (1981) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Action
Starring: Nigel Terry, Cheri Lunghi, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay, Nicol Williamson, Gabriel Byrne
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First Knight (1995) [Film]
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Richard Gere, Julia Ormond, Sean Connery
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Galavant (2015-2016) [TV Show]
Genre: Musical, Fantasy, Comedy
Starring: Joshua Sasse, Timothy Omundson, Vinnie Jones, Karen David, Luke Youngblood
Game of Thrones (2011-2019) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Political, Drama, Action
Starring: Sean Bean, Lena Headey, Kit Harrington, Emilia Clarke, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Jerome Flynn, Aiden Gillen, Rory McCann, Ian McElhinney, Iwan Rheon,
The Great Wall (2016) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Starring: Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau
The Green Knight (2021) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Starring: Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris, Ralph Ineson
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Hamlet (1948) [Film]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Normal Wooland, Jean Simmons
Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) [TV Movie]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw, Jo Maxwell-Muller, Donald Sutherland
Henry V (1944) [Film]
Genre: Drama, Political, Action, Romance
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Renee Asherson, Esmond Knight
Henry V (1989) [Film]
Genre: Drama, Political, Action
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm
Henry VIII (2003) [TV Serial]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Ray Winstone, Helena Bonham Carter, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, Assumpta Serna, David Suchet, Emilia Fox, Sean Bean
Highlander (1986) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Starring: Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, Clancy Brown
The Hollow Crown (2012-2016) [TV Series]
Genre: Drama, Political
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear, Jeremy Irons, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, David Dawson, Tom Sturridge, Sophie Okonedo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sam Troughton, Keely Hawes, Judi Dench, Phoebe Fox
House of the Dragon (2022-) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Political, Drama, Action
Starring: Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Millie Alcock, Olivia Cooke, Paddy Considine, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint, Wean Mitchell, Graham McTavish, Fabian Frankel
The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) [Film Franchise
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Aiden Turner, Dean O'Gorman, James Nesbitt, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly L Luke Evans, Hugo Weaving, Christopher Lee, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis
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I Am Dragon {On — Drakón} (2015) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Starring: Maria Poezzhaeva, Matvey Lykov
If I Were King (1938) [Film]
Genre: Adventure
Starring: Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Frances Dee
Into the Woods (2014) [Film]
Genre: Musical, Fantasy
Starring: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp
Ivanhoe (1982) [TV Movie]
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance
Starring: Anthony Andrews, Olivia Hussey, Nam Neill, Lysette Anthony, Julian Glover, John Rhys Davies, Stuart Wilson
Ivanhoe (1997) [Mini Series]
Genre: Drama, Adventure, Romance
Starring: Steven Waddington, Victoria Smurfit, Ciaran Hinds, Susan Lynch, James Cosmo, Christopher Lee
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JourneyQuest (2010) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Comedy
Starring: Christian Doyle, Emilie Rommel Shimkus, Jesse Lee Keeter
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Kaamelott (2004-2009) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Comedy
Starring: Alexandre Astier, Thomas Cousseau, Alexis Hénon, Anne Girouard, Christian Bujeau
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) [Film]
Genre: Action
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Eric Bana, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Freddie Fox, Millie Brady
Kingdom of Heaven (2005) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Liam Neeson
Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Grażyna Staniszewska, Urszula Modrzyńska, Mieczysław Kalenik, Stanisław Jasiukiewicz
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Labyrinth (1986) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy
Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly
Lancelot du Lac (1974) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Starring: Luc Simon, Laura Duke Condominas, Humbert Balsan, Vladimir Antolek-Oresek, Patrick Bernhard
Ladyhawke (1985) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Broderick
The Last Duel (2021) [Film]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver
The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Political, Drama
Starring: Alexander Dreymon, David Dawson, Millie Brady, Ian Hart Mark Rowley, Arnas Fedaravicius, Ewan Mitchell
Legend (1985) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Starring: Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry
The Legend of the Seeker (2008-2010) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Starring: Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence, Tabrett Bethell
The Lion in Winter (1968) [Film]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Athony Hopkins, John Castle, Nigel Terry, Timothy Dalton
The Little Hours (2017) [Film]
Genre: Dark Comedy
Starring: Dave Franco, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Kate Micucci
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) [Film Franchise]
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys Davies, Sean Bean, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Bernard Hill, Karl Urban, Miranda Otto, Brad Dourif, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis, Craig Parker
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Marco Polo (2014) [TV Series]
Genre: Adventure, Political
Starring: Lorenzo Richelmy, Benedict Wong, Joan Chen, Rick Yune, Remy Hii, Mahesh Jadu, Claudia Kim
The Masque of the Red Death (1964) [Film]
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Vincent Price, Jane Asher, Hazel Court, John Westbrook
Marketa Lazarová (1967) [Film]
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Starring: Magda Vášáryová, Josef Kemr, František Velecký
Medici (2016-2019) [TV Series]
Genre: Drama, Political
Starring: Richard Madden, Annabel Scholey, Danial Sharman, Bradley James, Sarah Parish, Matteo Martari, Sean Bean, Jack Roth
Merlin (1998) [Miniseries]
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Helena Bonham Carter, Martin Short, Jason Done, Rutger Hauer
BBC’s Merlin (2008-2012) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
Starring: Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Angel Coulby, Katie McGrath, Anthony Head, Eoin Macken, Tom Hopper, Santiago Cabrera, Rupert Young, Adetomiwa Edun
Miracle Workers: The Dark Ages (2020) [TV Series]
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Karan Soni, Geraldine Viswanathan, Steve Buscemi
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) [Film]
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michel Palin,
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Nirvana in Fire {Lángyá Bǎng} (2015) [TV Series]
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Starring: Hu Ge, Liu Tao, Wang Kai
The Northman (2022) [Film]
Genre: Action
Starring: Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gustav Lindh, Ethan Hawke, Björk. Willem Dafoe
Northmen: A Viking Saga (2014) [Film]
Genre: Action
Starring: Tom Hopper, Charlie Murphey, Ed Skrein
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Outlaw King (2018) [Film]
Genre: Action, Drama
Starring: Chris Pine, Florence Pugh, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Stephen Dillane, Tony Curran
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Padmavaat (2018) [Film]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor, Ranveer Singh
The Physician {Der Medicus} (2013)
Genre: Drama
Starring: Tom Payne, Ben Kingsley, Stellan Skarsgård, Olivier Martinez, Emma Rigby
Pilgramige (2017) [Film]
Genre: Action
Starring: John Bernthal, Tom Holland, Richard Armitage
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957) [Film]
Genre:
Starring: Van Johnson, Claude Rains
The Pillars of the Earth (2010) [Miniseries]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Ian McShane, Donald Sutherland, Hayley Atwell, Eddie Redmayne, David Oakes
The Prince and the Pauper (1937) [Film]
Genre: Adventure
Starring: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains
BBC’s Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) [TV Serial]
Genre: Fantasy
Starring: Samuel West, Richard Dempsie, Sophie Cook, Jonathan R. Scott, Sophie Wilcox, Jean-Marc Perret, Warwick Davis
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina
The Princess Bride (1987) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Adventure
Starring: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Andre the Giant, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Peter Falk
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Ran (1985) [Film]
Genre: Drama, Action
Starring: Nakadai Tatsuya, Terao Akira, Nezu Jinpachi, Ryu Daisuke, Harada Mieko
Rashomon (1950) [Film]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Mifune Toshiro, Mori Masayuki, Kyo Machiko, Shimura Takashi, Chiaki Minoru
Ressurection: Ertğrul {Diriliş: Ertuğrul} (2014-2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Political, Drama
Starring: Engin Altan Düzyatan, Kaan Taşaner, Esra Bilgiç, Cengiz Coşkun
The Rings of Power (2022-) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Drama
Starring: Morfydd Clarke, Robert Aramayo, Lloyd Owen, Maxim Baldry, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Nazanin Boniadi
Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020-2024) [TV Series]
Genre: Docu-drama
Starring: Cem Yiğit Üzümoğlu, Daniel Nuță, Tuba Büyüküstün
Robin and Marian (1976) [Film]
Genre: Action, Romance, Drama
Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Nicol Williamson, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris
Robin Hood (1922) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Enid Bennett, Wallace Beery, Sam de Grasse
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) [Film]
Genre: Comedy
Starring: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees, Amy Yasbeck, Eric Allan Kramer, Dave Chapelle, Matthew Porretta, Isaac Hayes, Patrick Stewart, Dom Deluise
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Starring: Kevin Costner, Alan Rickman, Morgan Freeman, Christian Slater, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Wincott
BBC’s Robin Hood (2006-2009) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring: Jonas Armstrong, Lucy Griffiths, Richard Armitage, Sam Troughton, Joe Armstrong, Harry Lloyd, Anjali Jay, Gordon Kennedy, Keith Allen
Robin Hood (2010) [Film]
Genre: Action
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchette, Matthew McFayden, Oscar Isaac
Robin of Sherwood (1984) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Starring: Michael Praed, Jason Connery, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, Robert Addie, Ray Winstone,
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1990) [Film]
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Starring: Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Iain Glen, Richard Dreyfuss
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The Seventh Seal {Det sjunde inseglet}(1957)
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Max von Sydow, Bengt Ekerot, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand
Shannara Chronicles (2016) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Starring: Austin Butler, Poppy Drayton, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett
The Shamer's Daughter {Skammerens Datter} (2015) [Film]
Genre: Drama
Starring: Jakob Oftebro, Rebecca Emlile Sattrup
The Story of Minglan (2018) [TV Series]
Genre: Drama, Romance
Starring: Zhang Liying, Feng Shaofeng, Zhu Yilong, Cao Cuifen,
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Richard Todd, Joan Rice, Peter Finch
The Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Sarah Branch
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Thierry la Fronde (1963-1966) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Jean Claude Drouot, Celine Leger
Tristan and Isolde (2006) [Film]
Genre: Romance, Drama, Action
Starring: James Franco, Sophia Myles, Rufus Sewell
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Valhalla Rising (2009) [Film]
Genre: Surreal, Horror, Adventure
Starring: Mads Mikkelsen
Vikings (2013) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Political
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Kathryn Winnick, George Blagden, Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgård, Linus Roache, Alexander Ludwig, Alex Høgh Andersen, Jordan Patrick Smith
Vikings: Valhalla (2022) [TV Series]
Genre: Action, Adventure, Political
Starring: Sam Corlett, Frida Gustavsson, Leo Suter, Bradley James
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Warcraft (2016) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Travis Fimmel, Dominic Cooper, Toby Kebbell,
The White Queen (2013) [Miniseries]
Genre: Drama, Romance, Political
Starring: Rebecca Ferguson, Max Irons, David Oakes, Aneurin Barnard, Amanda Hale, James Frain, Faye Marsay, Elinor Tomlinson, Janet McTeer
The Wheel of Time (2022) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Action
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Marcus Rutherford, Donal Finn, Hammed Animashaun, Sophie Okonedo,
When the Raven Flies {Hrafninn flýgur} (1984) [Film]
Genre: Action, Adventure
Starring: Jakob Þór Einarsson, Edda Björgvinsdóttir, Helgi Skúlason, Egill Ólafsson, Flosi Ólafsson, Gotti Sigurdarson
Willow (1988) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Starring: Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh
Willow (2022) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure
Starring: Warwick Davis, Ellie Bamber, Ruby Cruz, Erin Kellyman, Tony Revolori, Amar Chadha-Patel
The Witcher {Wiedźmin} (2002) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Michał Żebrowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Maciej, Kozłowski, Grażyna Wolszczak
The Witcher (2019-) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Starring: Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Joey Batey
Wolf Hall (2015-2024) [TV Series]
Genre: Political, Drama
Starring: Mark Rylance, Damien Lewis, Claire Foy, Charity Wakefield, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Mark Gatiss, Jonathan Pryce, Mathieu Amalric, Anton Lesser
Word of Honor {Shānhé lìng} (2021) [TV Series]
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Starring: Zhang Zhehan, Gong Jun
World Without End (2012) [Miniseries]
Genre: Drama, Political
Starring: Charlotte Riley, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Rupert Evans, Tom Weston-Jones, Tom Cullen, Tatiana Maslany, Blake Ritson, Miranda Richardson, Indira Varma
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Yeelen (1987) [Film]
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Adventure
Starring: Issiaka Kane, Aoua Sangare, Niamanto Sanogo
*This is a lengthy list, if I've missed any, just notify me and I will add it.
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Conviction - Part 6 - Judgement Day (6/6)
Leon and Millie arrive at a disturbance at a playground on the West Gate Estate to find Ara Byatt desperately searching for her niece Jala. Jala had to watch her father die when they were being trafficked by the Devlin's and he and another man were crushed by the poorly loaded contents falling on them. Today is the first day in court.
Callum finds Smithy sat in the darkness of the locker room. Smithy's staring at his warrant card, enduring flashbacks of assaulting Jason Devlin. Callum reassures him not to worry about the witness, everyone knows he's been bought. He's interrupted by Leon reporting over the radio that Jala has gone missing. Smithy and Callum rush to the estate. Leon reports the only other person he saw after their arrival was a road sweeper. Callum tells him to find him and if he can't to get in touch with his boss and track him down that way.
At the court, Neil and Jack learn that Devlin's barrister is very expensive - Daddy must be worried! Smithy has not been called by the prosecution but the barrister wants him on standby just in case he's needed to give evidence. He's going to focus on Hassiq informing about the people trafficking as he classes the assault to be a distraction. Hassiq insists he wants Devlin to look him in the eyes and see that he's not scared of them. He finally feels like a man who is worthy of Ara - if she wants him - now he's speaking out.
Smithy stays with Ara and tries to calm her down and get her to talk through what has happened. Tony and Callum start going door to door. She asks Smithy to speak to his superiors and get them to tell Hassiq that Jala has been taken as she thinks it's either the Devlin's or the community that have taken her to stop him giving evidence - the Devlin's to collapse the trial or the community to stop daylight being shone on so many illegal immigrants living on the estate.
The prosecution barrister opens his case explaining that Devlin is the head of an organised crime group who are involved in human trafficking and the evidence was kept by his bookkeeper who is one of the people he trafficked into the country. The evidence will be deciphered in detail by said bookkeeper - Hassiq. Jack refuses to let Hassiq know about Jala, calling it management not manipulation. Instead he sends every available officer to track her down.
Millie gives evidence and explains Smithy rescued Jala and then returned for her father when she told them he was there. Smithy did his best to save him but it was too late. Jala had to witness the entire thing. The prosecution barrister asks Millie if Smithy was very upset by finding the two men trapped. Millie explains that he was doing his job and the barrister asks again, pointing out that it's distressing to hear Millie was distressed at the time and then asks again if Smithy was. Nah love, he was tap dancing. Bit of a generous bit emotional manipulation to make out Smithy was the most distressed out of all of them and that's why he attacked Devlin. Even the judge fails to see the relevance but the barrister claims Smithy's emotional response is at the heart of their defence and as the prosecution haven't called Smithy she can't ask him herself. When it's allowed, Millie says Smithy was concerned.
Hassiq is delivered to court by Kezia and Will but before they can stop it, Ara runs towards him and tells him about Jala. Neil tells him they don't know what has happened and everyone is out looking for her. He tells him he can go later in the running order but not to give up entirely and let the Devlin's go free. After all, Jala's fathers death would be for nothing. He refuses to give evidence until Jala is found.
Jack is now fuming that Hassiq knows about Jala. Smithy insists it wasn't their secret to keep and that they only get to keep their trust by playing it straight and he's sick of all the lies. Callum tells him he didn't have to be the taxi driver (he drove Ara to court) and that without Hassiq's evidence Smithy is 'the main event'.
Jala has been spotted on the route to her school walking behind three girls. She never made it into school so Rachel wants the girls identified and questioned. It could be witness intimidation so they need to find her quickly to ensure her safety and that the Devlin's don't walk out of court scot free.
Smithy insists to Callum he's going to make it up the right way by finding Jala. Callum says he'll tell him what the school say. In passing Stuart mocks Smithy and says CID 'love him up there'. Stevie tells him to ignore him. Ara doesn't recognise and of the girls Jala was following. Stevie asks if Jala could have gone off for time to think and Ara shakes her head and explains Jala is scared to be alone and that she thinks it's to stop Hassiq giving evidence. Stevie asks if anyone could have cottoned on to their relationship and Ara explains they never went to each others flat and always met away from where people who know them would be. If they met at the community center they would simply say hello and that they're not like Westerners with it on show, they treat love as being private. Stevie explains that Smithy was suggesting that however successfully she thinks they've hidden it, feelings always have a way of showing. "Sometimes you can't help it." She says, looking at Smithy. (this is weird... They're trying to imply something happened and continued after Gun Runner a year ago when it didn't, they agreed to continue just being friends and didn't even have *moments*. And after this it's all forgotten again. It's very confusing and only there for the storyline!)
Callum locates the girls who were walking with Jala. One, Vicky Bell, was assigned to be her 'buddy' so that she could find her way around school but it's clear they're not 'friends'. Vicky says she was with them but went back because she forgot her PE kit. In a search Millie finds Jala's bag at the side of the canal. One strap has been broken but there's no sign of blood or violence other than the strap. Callum and Tony spot Vicky again a little later. She says she's going home because school is over despite it being not even 12. Callum suggests she's looking for Jala's bag to see if they'd found it. He asks what happened. She tells him that they tried to make her come to school but she wouldn't because one of the other girls was bullying her about her father and rubbing it in that they all still had theirs. Smithy updates Ara and asks where she'd go if she was thinking about her dad. Ara doesn't know because she's quiet, but she suggests the cemetery or the river where they threw flowers in for him.
The prosecution call one of the victims of trafficking, Zemar, and ask him to identify his stolen property. He tells them that it - a ring - was removed from him in Holland by Babur the driver. It was found in the boot of Jason Devlin's car. He would get his ring back by working but he claims he doesn't know for who - despite what he said in his statement. Neil and Jack look worried. The defence pulls out a rng from her pocket and hands it to an usher, asking if it's Zemar's ring. He says yes. She does the same with another ring that is the same and he says yes. She says they're 10 a penny in the markets of Kabul and it's not rare. She suggests that the ring found in Devlin's boot could also not be the same ring. Zemar admits it could be any of them or perhaps none of them, He's been gotten to by the Devlin's.
CCTV shows Jala willingly getting into a car that has been spotted on the Longbridge Estate by ANPR. Rachel authorises Smithy to take as many people as he can down there to find her. "No pressure!" Stuart The Dick shouts after him. They force entry into the home it is outside. The mother panics and grabs her children, whimpering in a foreign tongue. Smithy tries to explain it's alright and shows them a picture of Jala. Before he can say anything the little girl cries out Jala's name happily. Tony finds her coat in the front room.
Jack has to tell the judge about Jala's disappearance and that they think it's a message to Hassiq to keep him quiet. The judge asks why and the defence barrister has to admit there's a problem with disclosure and he can't tell him. The judge tells him to get over the disclosure problem or there'll be no extra time. He hopes the child is found for her sake but claims it has no bearing on proceedings as things stand. If Hassiq still refuses to give evidence then the judge shall withdraw the trafficking charge. Jack tells Neil there'll be no delay if Hassiq refuses and the charge will be removed. He insists they've likely got the girl, they've got to Zemar and he wouldn't be surprised if they had the judge in their pocket too.
Smithy explains to Rachel that the woman they've brought in was granted leave to remain a few years previous but the children's father was killed for deserting Afghanistan's army. In interview the woman claims via Sammy the interpreter that it was her daughter who brought the coat home. Smithy gets Sammy to explain that Jala is in danger. She won't be drawn further. Smithy asks Ara to speak to her and explain that the only way to get through it is to stick together and she won't have to be so scared. He says if it happens to Ara it could happen to the women's children and that Hassiq is trying to stand up for their community and release the stranglehold the Devlin's have.
Stevie gives her evidence, explaining that she was escorting Devlin for his own safety after he'd enforced surprise evictions on an angry estate. They found two teenagers attacking his car and he chased the teenagers away before checking his boot. She spotted a holdall in the boot that matched the description that Babur, the driver of the lorry had run away with. Devlin assaulted her to stop her looking in it to see if it was the same one and kicked her unconscious on the ground. He asks why it was so important for her to look int he bag and she explains that if the jewellery was inside it would imply a chain of command - for example Babur removed it and then would pass it to the boss - Jason Devlin. The defence protests it's conjecture and he's advised to stick to fact so he does:
Did Devlin let her look at the bag? No.
Did Devlin kick her unconcious? Yes.
Was the jewellery taken forcibly from people illegally trafficked into the UK found in the bag? Yes.
No further questions.
Ara speaks to the woman 'alone' with Callum and Smithy in the viewing area alongside Sammy. Sammy explains that the woman is saying she doesn't understand any of it and doesn't know where Jala is. Ara accuses her of protecting the kidnapper and thrusts her against the door. Smithy and Callum force the door open and manage to get in, separating them. Ara tells Smithy that the woman said nothing because she's scared for herself.
The defence barrister insists that Stevie is remembering wrong, Devlin acted in self defence only and that there was no holdall in his boot. She claims it was a rollercoaster of an emotional day. She had to look after Jala who had seen her father die, she had to support the mans greiving sister as she identified the body. It would have been very emotional. She suggests she blamed Devlin when it all got too much, despite there being no evidence to support her claim. She says Smithy said 'it was your fault!' to him and Stevie explains that Smithy was meaning the riot was his fault in reaction to his evictions. The barrister goes on to tell the jury that Smithy and Stevie are close and the case had become personal for them. She claims the evidence was dreamt up and was embellished by them together - the judge tells her off for attacking the character of the witness. She's asked if she and Smithy are having a relationship and then if they have feelings for each other. She says no to each. The barrister asks if he has feelings for her and Stevie suggests she'd have to ask Smithy.
"Isn't it true that Sgt Smith shot someone to protect you?" The prosecution barrister leaps to his feet to call an objection. The judge allows it and says it's relevant so Stevie has to explain that there were 14 other people also in danger. "Answer the question, did Sgt Smith shoot someone?" "Yes, in the line of duty" (he was also in CO19 fgs!) and admits that the man did die - but for some stupid reason does not quickly add 'he was holding a machine gun he was about to discharge into a pub full of innocent people'. Even if the jury would be told to dismiss it. The defence asks again if Sgt Smith shot someone to save her. Stevie repeats that she was one of a number of people and adds this time that Smithy didn't even know she was there. "But you were there, you were one of the people he acted to protect." and then speaks to the jury like it's all because he's in love with Stevie and that he then attacked Jason Devlin because Stevie was hurt. I mean, the man also protected Cutler and Gatting's lives - both men who had held guns pointed at him with a legitimate threat to kill him at least three times off the top of my head! She says that her witness will tell them how Smithy reacted in response to seeing Stevie hurt when they give their evidence. Stevie says she knows Smithy did not assault Devlin or plant the evidence. The barrister asks how given she was assaulted. "Because I know the man." she says firmly. "Exactly." The barrister smiles, going on to claim that the case is nothing more than a vendetta dreamed up by two police officers with an intimate and personal knowledge of each other. Devlin Senior smirks across at Neil and Jack.
Smithy is called to attend court by the prosecution so Callum takes over with Ara. Ara says she doesn't recognise the car Jala gets into and she doesn't know how as she's with her auntie if she's not at school. She avoids talking about real emotional things as she's not ready to deal with the pain that brings. She's a very quiet girl. She sings a rude folk song that she learnt in the lorry that was taught to her by one of the other men in the lorry. He promised he'd take her to meet the queen and that there were trains that ran underground and shops as big as palaces. She doesn't know his name however... but it could be him that Jala got into the car to see. Callum wonders if it's Zemar - or linked to him - and he asks Leon to check to see how he arrived to court It's the same car! He asks Ben to go to his flat.
Rachel tells Smithy he has to deny he's in a relationship with Stevie. "... I'm what?" he blinks, his face a picture. Jack advises him to strip the emotion away from the case, keep measured, keep to the facts and nail the case. The prosecution opens by asking Smithy if he is in a relationship with Stevie, if he ever has been and if he has any special feelings towards her. He answers no to all. "No further questions, your honour."
Callum asks the woman where Zemar took the girl - he tells her they know he came to her house with her and then returned for her later so where has he taken her? She tells him that he is a good man who has a daughter the same age. He took Jala there to meet the children and then went to do an errand (or really appear in court.) Then he took her somewhere secret 'where time begins and ends'. Tony suggests the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
The defense barrister claims Smithy and Stevie cooked up the entire thing against Devlin themselves after they took Ara to identify her brothers body. Smithy explains his training, experience and professionalism meant he wasn't emotionally involved like she has been making out. She claims Smithy doesn't like Jason Devlin and he says he neither likes nor dislikes him. She claims he assaulted him when releasing him from the station. He explains he held his arm whilst escorting him out. She classes that as assault and Smithy points out that he made no complaint. She smiles and says he has now and that there is a witness, Mr Eshan who will explain how Smithy "punched and kick-" she starts to say before she's told off again and told Mr Eshan can give his own account of what he witnessed. For an expensive barrister she's not much good! It's like she got her training in the playground. Her entire case is Groundhog Day. "You love your friend!." "No I don't!" "Yes you do!"
She claims Stevie was lying about spotting the bag in the car boot because Smithy hadn't yet put it there. Smithy says that's not true. She asks if they had any evidence prior to this and he admits they didn't and they were working to find it. She suggests his very limited line was that they needed evidence so he made sure they found it. Smithy explains that - like in every police case - they have a suspect and then search for the evidence to prove or disprove that. She suggests that they find the suspect they want and then fit the evidence to frame that person. Smithy says that's not what he said or what happened. She says he held him responsible for the trafficking, the assault on 'his lady friend' and handling the stolen property. Smithy says yes and that was because of the evidence. She tells Smithy he has form of becoming too emotionally involved and brings up Kieran Wallace.
Callum spots Zemar's car in the carpark of the observatory and gets Tony to stop. Within seconds they spot Jala with Zemar. He sees the officers and grips her arm, trying to make a run for it.
The prosecution barrister explains that the constant bringing up of Kieran Wallace and his death is irrelevant as it's a different case and different circumstances. The defence barrister insists that the common denominator in both is Smithy using deadly force. Smithy speaks directly to the judge and says he'd like to properly explain what happened with Kieran Wallace. He pointed out that Kieran was a known criminal armed with a machine gun that he was about to use in a public place. The defence try to cut in and say that they're talking about his motivation and Smithy cuts over her. "My motivation was to protect the public using my training as a firearms officer." he goes on to explain that he identified himself as a police officer to Kieran and ordered him to lay down his weapon. Kieran refused and aimed to fire at him. Smithy only shot when he had to with the knowledge that the people behind him were not in danger. "You're insinuating that my professionalism was in doubt. Read the report. It's not."
Tony approaches Jala and Zemar to talk and manages to get Zemar to hand Jala over. Callum asks Tony what happened whilst Mel takes Jala and Leon and Ben arrest Zemar. Tony tells Callum that the Devlin's offered a whole years wages to do one day of work for them and that he was desperate as he's about to be deported so agreed.
The defence barrister claims there's a parallel - Smithy decided people were in danger so he acted. He decided Stevie was in danger so he acted (It's almost as though - shock horror - he's a policeman!🙄) Smithy points out he wasn't there when Stevie was attacked "But you were there to give first aid to Jason Devlin, to get his blood on your clothes and your DNA on him." Smithy calmly says he arrived moments later. "Milliseconds." the barrister drawls before asking if he was that quick, how did he not see the attack on Stevie. She insists he did and that his 'relationship' with Stevie meant that he lashed out and attacked Devlin. "We're trained to do this, day in day out. I'm not saying we don't feel anything, what i'm saying is that training is the difference between what we feel and what we do." Smithy insists he didn't attack him and he didn't put anything in his vehicle. "YOU'RE A LIAR!" Devlin shouts from the dock. He's told to stay quiet or he'll be removed. The defence brief continues, saying it beggars belief that he could blame Devlin for the 2 bodies and then see his friend attacked and not react in a violent way. She finds that unimaginable "That's why I'm a police officer and you're not." Smithy says calmly - to murmurs of amusement and agreement from the gallery and jury. Neither the defence or prosecution have any further questions so Smithy steps down. Jason hisses at Smithy that he's a liar. Smithy just looks flatly at him before leaving.
Matthew Devlin leaves the room for a breath of fresh air but is stopped in the waiting area and arrested by Callum for conspiracy to kidnap and witness intimidation. He smirks and insist that he knows nothing about what he's talking about but the mask slips when Khaleed Hassiq is called and he stands up, coldly eyeing Devlin Senior as he passes him on his way into the courtroom. Jason looks unnerved as Hassiq enters the room and swears on the bible. He stands up and meekly says 'I'd like to change my plea."
The prosecution brief claims there must be something in Hassiq's evidence that they don't want made public or put on record. Perhaps people they've cheated/bought or someone they're protecting. Either way - they've got the result they wanted. Stevie tells Smithy to cheer up because they've got the result they wanted. "You did it." "Did I?" "Yes, you did!" she smiles.
Rachel tells Heaton she's thought about his offer and she's decided that yes, she will go with him. He also takes Kezia and Stuart. Rachel says they're great officers and he tells her that she's the best person to lead the team. Blah. All four of them will not be missed.*
Stevie goes and finds Smithy after, inviting him for a drink to celebrate the fact they're not an item. "Cor dear, that would have really messed things up if we were wouldn't it!" Stevie laughs. Smithy agrees to go for a pint and says it'll probably end up being several! Jack approaches and tells Smithy he doesn't appreciate him bringing Ara to court. Smithy says she'd have arrived anyway. Jack just nods and says he appreciates a man of principal. "I've heard that Rachel is leaving. Do you want her job?" Smithy does a literal double take. "... Just like that?" "If you want it." "Why me?" "Because I trust you, especially after today." "Ok, yeah..." (I have mixed feelings about this, I'm happy because obv he's been trained and moulded by Gina and he's a good man and it's for the greater good (and it also means Rachel has gone)but also they totally ignore the fact that Smithy still broke the law twice - the assault and perjuring himself in court. It being Smithy, he'd be eaten up by it as he was through the fight with Callum, when he tried to confess and also when they showed him still hearing the screams of the people in the lorry or having flashbacks. He wouldn't immediately feel like he deserved a promotion off the top of it. The only acknowledgement in the entire final episode of Conviction was flashbacks when he was in the locker room. It could have been a more involved and rounded story if it was taken into consideration and if he'd shown further remorse and struggling to align his job and his guilt but I guess they wanted to move on quickly and forget the naughty side ever happened! Especially as the next episode has Callum accused of chasing a suspect into the traffic only for him to be killed by a vehicle so they didn't want both brooding.)
Callum is waiting outside for Smithy and tells him that Devlin Senior is being processed. "You did it then?" he says to Smithy. "...What do you want, Callum?" "Nothing." "Good." Callum tries to make a joke of it saying that it's his caring sharing moment but he's not very good at it. "We walk a hard line and it hardens your soul... I mean it, it does. I've worked with people so cold they may as well be dead inside. Things are going to be different for you now, yeah, but you're not there... you're not even close." "So why does this feel like a defeat then?" "Because it has to. If there wasn't a price then we wouldn't know we'd learnt something." (in my opinion THIS is where Smithy's offer of promotion should have been - after that chat).
*On reflection it's a pretty large clearout before the reboot and the change to 1 episode a week when added together with Sam leaving a couple of episodes before the first Conviction episode and Diane returning for one episode to round off Kaye's contract.* Tony, Sally and Millie are due to leave before the series finishes so that's 9 characters in roughly half a series/year.
Other than Kirsty there are no new officers taken on (not counting Lisa Kennedy as she was a guest for 7 eps). Noone new arrived full stop in series 25 but there are a series of shufflings with Smithy becoming Inspector, Jack finally becoming Superintendent, Will becoming a full DC, Stevie becoming a DS and finally Jo transfering from CID to Uniform within a few episodes of the rebooted S26.
If interested, the last new officer before Kirsty (18th February 2010) was Rachel Weston who arrived 6th August 2008) Poor Sarah, her first appearance on screen was literally 5 weeks before it was announced that the show had been cancelled! She'd have only arrived around Nov/Dec 09 - she got all of 6/7 months on the show when filming stopped on the 15th June 10!
*Old Habits was shot as a 2 parter for Diane to return as a Sergeant but ITV's changes for the reboot meant that they needed to reduce the size of the cast and new scenes were shot to explain Diane moving to Barton St and just returning for one night to get her eye back in after her promotion when she had been working a bit more up north. It did seem odd to have her return for a night so does make sense, but poor Kaye! It was announced in the press on the 22nd January 2009 and Old Habits aired 30th April so would have been being filmed around/just before the announcement so at least there shouldn't have been too much filmed of other eps to have to re-do/edit/re-write. What a welcome back from maternity leave though! "You're going to be a sergeant... ah, you've lost your job."
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