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Is there any truth to the King Arthur legends? - Alan Lupack

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King Arthur has risen again and again in our collective imagination, along with his retinue of knights, Guinevere, the Round Table, Camelot, and of course Excalibur. But where do these stories come from, and is there any truth to them? Alan Lupack traces the evolution of King Arthur.

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Meet The Creators

Educator
Alan Lupack
Director
Patrick Smith
Narrator
Adrian Dannatt
Animator
Patrick Smith
Content Producer
Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Producer
Alex Rosenthal
Associate Producer
Bethany Cutmore-Scott, Elizabeth Cox
Script Editor
Elizabeth Cox
Fact-Checker
Francisco Diez

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