Ivanhoe is a British television series first shown on ITV in 1958-59. The show features Roger Moore in his first starring role, as Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, in a series of adventures aimed at a children's audience. The characters were drawn loosely from Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel.
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Episode 1
Returning from the Crusades, Ivanhoe finds England under the cruel tyranny of Prince John and begins the fight to remove him from power.
Episode 2
Young people are disappearing, and people believe it's the Devil's work; but Ivanhoe believes something not so supernatural is behind it all.
Episode 3
Lady Elaine is pushed into becoming engaged to a nobleman's crude son, in order to save her uncle.
Episode 4
Ivanhoe gets in serious trouble killing a royal boar to save a life.
Episode 5
Ivanhoe tries freeing a boy from an abusive baron.
Episode 6
Ivanhoe unwillingly attends a banquet for Prince John.
Episode 7
Ivanhoe tries to help a runaway indentured servant avoid capture when he returns home to visit his ailing mother.
Episode 8
A captured church robber tries claiming he is Ivanhoe.
Episode 9
A nobleman that is an opponent of Prince John's high taxes finds himself framed for murder.
Episode 10
Lyman witnesses a murder and is about to testify, when an crooked lord has him abducted.
Episode 11
Prince John plots to kill all the loyalists to Richard to consolidate his grip on the throne.
Episode 12
A nobleman promises a girl he will spare her fiancee and father from execution -- if she marries him.
Episode 13
A nobleman is kidnapped, and his son attempts a rescue himself, without listening to Ivanhoe's advice.
Episode 14
The victim of an ambush believes that the mastermind behind it is his future father-in-law.
Episode 15
Ivanhoe lends a hand to villagers being terrorized by a brutal lord.
Episode 16
Five monks collecting taxes for Prince John disappear, and Ivanhoe goes to find them.
Episode 17
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Episode 18
A chest of gold for King Richard has been changed out with counterfeit pieces, and Ivanhoe tries finding the thief.
Episode 19
Ivanhoe is the target of thieves after winning prizes in a tournament.
Episode 20
Ivanhoe tries sneaking King Richard's heir out of the country.
Episode 21
People are running from Wentworth castle, believing the world is coming to its end.
Episode 22
Ivanhoe tries to keep a ruthless land baron from destroying a village in order to build himself a private hunting preserve.
Episode 23
Ivanhoe intervenes when a group believes they know the whereabouts of King Arthur's sword, Excalibur, and tear the countryside apart looking for it.
Episode 24
Ivanhoe goes to retrieve a treasure map that has fallen in the wrong hands.
Episode 25
Ivanhoe goes after bandits that have stolen from serfs.
Episode 26
A soldier for Prince John becomes a conscientious objector and resigns, only to be threatened with death for his stance.
Episode 27
Prince John tries preventing King Richard's return by blockading the coast.
Episode 28
A nobleman leaves his castle vulnerable after heading out to rescue his son.
Episode 29
A man falsely accused of cattle killing faces death, and his wife asks for Ivanhoe's help.
Episode 30
Sir Maverick is looking for a new jester, unaware that among the applicants are assassins.
Episode 31
Ivanhoe is sidetracked by a spy while trying to save a loyalist to King Richard from execution.
Episode 32
Ivanhoe tries rescuing a farmer's daughter who's been abducted by raiders terrorizing their village in the valley of Kent.
Episode 33
A cruel land baron believes a raven's appearance spells doom for him.
Episode 34
A monk and his apprentice help Ivanhoe free a village.
Episode 35
A peddler is caught trying to exchange counterfeit gold.
Episode 36
Prince John tries forcing a nobleman's loyalty by imprisoning his daughter, and Ivanhoe goes to rescue her.
Episode 37
Ivanhoe discovers a young man has disguised himself in a tournament, hoping to win and prove he is worthy of knighthood.
Episode 38
A group of travelling minstrels is attacked by Sir Mark, and Ivanhoe seeks revenge.
Episode 39
A baron that's turned traitor arranges for an escort of ransom money for King Richard to be ambushed.
