I don't know how many people here have seen the BBC "Merlin" series (now airing on NBC), but last night's episode, "Excalibur", reminded me a lot of the "Grey Knight" scenario: an unearthly knight, who turns out to be an old adversary from the past, brought to unlife by the magic of a hostile sorceress, turns up at court to deliver a challenge, and the only way to save the young champion (Gawain in "The Grey Knight", Arthur in "Merlin") who takes up his gauntlet is with a magical device (the Whetstone of Tudwal Tudclud in "The Grey Knight", Excalibur in "Merlin"). I wonder if the writer had read the scenario, or if it was just coincidence.

There seems to be in the last few years a resurgence of interest (at least in television!) of my nation's love affair with folklore, legend and badly dramatised history!

Still, the kids seem to love it, along the new Robin Hood series. I guess I'll just have to wait for Ridley Scott's Nottingham............

I do like the Grey Knight scenario. I think I've got a German version of it somewhere. Never learnt to speak German though........

I saw the whole series, and to be honest I really liked it. Sure, it's plays with some of the "facts" but as this is a legend were talking about I'm not going to moan too much about that. It's aimed at a younger audience but I still found much to enjoy. The "Excalibur" episode IMHO was one of the best. It may just be me but I thought the scene of Merlin throwing the sword into the lake at the end was a homage to Boorman's Excalibur, the two sequences are identical (sword spinning end over end). It's like the new Doctor Who - some hate it, some love it. I love it, and yes I'm over 15.

And the changes that it makes to the story are probably not that much worse than the changes that most "Arthur dux bellorum" novels (such as Cornwell's "Warlord Chronicles" or Jack Whyte's "A Dream of Eagles") have made.