Series 3: 1989

"By the powers of truth and light,

By the sword of justice bright,

Make and mend, shift and blend,

'til Knightmare once more stands aright."

Summary

Transmission: Friday 8th September - Friday 22nd December 1989 - 16 episodes

Teams: 12

Quests: Sword: 2; Shield: 4; Chalice: 3;Crown: 2; Free the Maid: 1

Winning Quests: None

Longest Quest: Team 11 at 47 mins

Shortest Quest: Team 1 at 11 mins

New Characters:  McGrew, Mellisandre, Hordriss, Motley, Velda, Morghanna, Grimwold (ogre), Behemoth (armoured warrior), Mrs. Grimwold, Festus, Golgarach & Brangwen (wall monsters). Also, goblins, hauntings and hobgoblins introduced.

Old Characters: Treguard, Merlin, the Oracle (of Confusion), Mogdred, Olaf.

Other Additions: The mine cart ride from Level 2 to 3 replacing the wellway. Dungeoneers travel along "dwarf tunnels" between rooms.

Overview

The progress report at the start of each episode:

Many fans say that this series of Knightmare was the best ever, and I have to say that I agree. Many fantastic rooms from Series 2 were incorporated into this series, along with great additions such as the mine cart ride into Level 3. The excellent Life Force clock sequence was also retained.

Quests were to redeem the Chalice, Sword, Shield or Crown by picking up pieces of the object scattered over the Dungeon. Teams would be told which object they had to redeem by the talking wall monster in the Level 1 clue room, or by a symbol above one of the doors in the opening dice room. Only one quest this season did not involve retrieving a quest object: this was Team 6, whose task was to Free the Maid (Mellisandre) by collecting letters of the word FREE, as Team 4 of Series 2 did in their quest to free the maid Gretel.

Episode 7 had different letters appearing in every room. Thanks to Nick Gates and Phil Colvin who remember that this was a Children's ITV competition that had been announced by studio guest Hordriss. He told viewers to look out for letters in every room, which would eventually form a word connected with fantasy. The word was 'EXCALIBUR'. The prize was a Sinclair and a copy of the original Knightmare computer game. They showed all the competition entries, and there were hundreds! The winner was drawn on 8th December 1989 by CITV presenter Jerry Foulkes, just before Knightmare.

Treguard's chamber (left) and a now darker setting for teams going home (right).

Series Credits

Treguard was played by Hugo Myatt
Motley was played by Paul Valentine
Hordriss was played by Clifford Norgate
Mrs. Grimwold and Olaf were played by Tom Karol
Merlin and Mogdred were played by John Woodnutt
Golgarach and McGrew were played by David Verrey
Mellisandre and the Oracle were played by Zoe Loftin
Velda, Morghanna, and Brangwen were played by Natasha Pope

Grimwold was played by Bryan McNerney

Devised and Written by Tim Child
Illustrations by David Rowe
Computer Animation Design by The Traveling Matte Company
Produced by Tim Child
Directed by Sally Freeman

Please note: Not every single room used in series 3 are shown the Level 1/2/3 description pages, as some unusual/rare/team specific scenes have been included on the Teams pages instead.

And here is the first animated Broadsword logo!