The plot of illegitimate Modred to gain the throne and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, whom she at first abhors, threaten to topple Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights ...

In the Arthurian legends, King Arthur is portrayed as having a large group of loyal knights. Perhaps the most famous of all ...

However, the formidable figure of Chief Surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice) forever looms to remind them of their real purposes.