The Big Knights - Season 1

The Big Knights - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes13
DatesDez. 19, 1999 - März 12, 2000

Episodes

Knights in Distress
Season 1Episode 110 min

Knights in Distress

As part of his attempts to modernise the kingdom, King Otto has commissioned a hydro-electric dam. Unfortunately he is too mean to build it to the highest safety standards. On the day the dam is inaugurated the Big Knights are out rescuing Princesses Lucy and Loretta from a tower where they have locked themselves in. The knights' rescue attempts involve Sir Morris being blasted into the stratosphere.

Dez. 19, 1999
Ethel and the Imp
Season 1Episode 210 min

Ethel and the Imp

When their housekeeper, Mrs. Minion, takes a hard earned day off and Sir Doris scoffs the food she has left for them, the Big Knights fear they will starve to death. An evil imp appears and offers to cook breakfast if Sir Morris will sign a contract dedicating his life to evil in return. Sir Morris agreed immediately.

Dez. 26, 1999
Knight School
Season 1Episode 310 min

Knight School

The Middle Ages ended 500 years ago but as far as the Big Knights are concerned, the age of chivalry is far from dead. Disillusioned with modern ideas of knighthood, they decide to set up an old-fashioned school for knights. Unfortunately they attract the wrong sort of student with disastrous consequences

Jan. 2, 2000
Time Protonosphere
Season 1Episode 410 min

Time Protonosphere

The exercise wheel in Sir Doris' cage develops an annoying squeak which Sir Boris and Sir Morris are unable to cure, so they seek the advice of Professor Von Proton, the finest mind in Borovia. The professor uses the Big Knights as guinea pigs to test his new time travelling machine.

Jan. 9, 2000
The Land of the Vampires
Season 1Episode 510 min

The Land of the Vampires

Exhausted by their recent exploits, Sir Boris and Sir Morris yearn for a nice quiet, relaxing holiday, somewhere hot and sunny, and with absolutely no chance of adventure or disaster

Jan. 16, 2000
Sir Morris and the Beanstalk
Season 1Episode 610 min

Sir Morris and the Beanstalk

Sir Boris reads "Jack and the Beanstalk" to his brother as a bedtime story. Unfortunately, Sir Morris takes the tale a little too literally

Jan. 23, 2000
The Village Games
Season 1Episode 710 min

The Village Games

The villagers of Borodzo put in place a cunning but risky plan to keep Sir Boris and Sir Morris away from their annual sports day. They should have known better

Jan. 30, 2000
Alchemy
Season 1Episode 810 min

Alchemy

Sir Boris and Sir Morris, hidden from view by their wonderous "Hats of Invisibility", infiltrate the court of King Otto's rival, Queen Melissa, and attempt to "borrow" her sorceress' spell for turning base metal into gold.

Feb. 6, 2000
Lost Doris
Season 1Episode 910 min

Lost Doris

Sir Morris is cast into a deep depression when Sir Doris escapes from her cage. Sir Boris proposes every amusement he can think of to cheer him up, but in vain. So, the Big Knights ride out to find Sir Doris. All they need do is follow the trail of devasted restaurants and stupefied Borovians as she eats her way through the country. No one is more surprised than Sir Morris to discover where Sir Doris has gone to ground.

Feb. 13, 2000
Clockwork Knights
Season 1Episode 1010 min

Clockwork Knights

Due to an error in the royal accounts, village Borodzo acquires a wonderous new clock at King Otto's expense.

Feb. 20, 2000
The Troll Bridge
Season 1Episode 1110 min

The Troll Bridge

King Otto takes the court out for a Sunday afternoon drive and unexpectedly encounters a strange little man barring his way across an insignificant bridge. When none of his courtiers can deal with the upstart, the King summons the Big Knights.

Feb. 27, 2000
Proton Power
Season 1Episode 1210 min

Proton Power

Against the advice of his own scientists, King Otto invests in Professor von Proton's new power source for Borovia. Proton Power is cheap, but it's also dirty, smelly, highly unstable and comes with the potential for mass destruction. A perfect case for the Big Knights to get stuck in to.

März 5, 2000
The Royal Escort
Season 1Episode 1310 min

The Royal Escort

When King Otto's fearsome sisters Lily and Iris send word they wish to entertain their nieces Lucy and Loretta, Sir Boris and Sir Morris volunteer to escort the princesses to their aunts' distant castle. On meeting the redoubtable ladies the Big Knights experience a peculiar feeling.

März 12, 2000

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