King Arthur's Bones

The Programme

Prologue – In which Philip Gooden describes how at Glastonbury Abbey in 1191 the remains of King Arthur are believed to have been discovered.

Act One – In which Susanna Gregory describes how the bones are stolen during a violent skirmish between the Welsh and the invading Normans.

Act Two – In which Bernard Knight relates how in 1282 a band of patriots retrieve the relics after the darkest day in Wales’s history.

Act Three – In which Michael Jecks describes how a chance encounter with a pardoner and quack healer causes problems for Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Simon Puttock and the church.

Act Four – In which Philip Gooden’s player Nick Revill becomes involved with Arthur’s bones, William Shakespeare’s younger brother and a murder at the Tower of London.

Act Five – In which Ian Morson recalls how rumours of Napoleon Bonaparte’s escape revives the old myth of King Arthur’s return.

Epilogue – In which Bernard Knight returns to an archaeological dig near Tower Bridge, where the experts find something unexpected in the foundations of Bermondsey Abbey.