King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV. Co-created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows and depicts attempts by King Arthur, assisted by the wizard Merlin, to woo the beautiful self-obsessed Princess Guinevere. Due to the popularity of the show, it was picked up for a second series which began transmission on CITV from 6 November 2005. Both were executive-produced by Genevieve Dexter at cake entertainment
King Arthur's Disasters was the highest-rated new CITV show during spring 2005. It regularly achieved an audience share of over 20% of children and it regularly won its time slot against CBBC. In 2006 the show was nominated for a children's BAFTA for Best Animation; however, it lost to The Amazing Adrenalini Brothers. It airs on Pop in the UK.
Storyline[]
Princess Guinevere requests a certain object, animal, or being which she apparently desperately wants or truly has need of. Arthur accepts, in return for her agreed hand in marriage. Arthur, usually accompanied by Merlin, will set off on a quest which sometimes included other people to gain the item required. He is beset by numerous dangers before finally reaching his goal, however something will always ruin it or its effects and Guinevere will never be pleased, or if she is, soon after she will be displeased. The enemies to the king are his two rebellious knights, Sir Lancelot and Sir Martyn, who constantly quarrel between each other but share the king as a common enemy.
TV Show Intro[]
Sound Effects Used[]
- Hollywoodedge, Big Crunchy Bite CRT026401 (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Hollywoodedge, Quick Whistle Zip By CRT057504 (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP (Heard twice in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CRUNCH (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG SHARK BITE (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, BLOOP, CARTOON - LITTLE BLOOP
- Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - DOINK 01 (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - SMALL BELL CHIME, SINGLE HIT, MUSIC, PERCUSSION, IDEA, ACCENT 02 (Heard once in the intro.)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - LOW TIMPANI, LONG GLISS UP, PERCUSSION, MUSIC, DRUMS (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - THIN METAL PING AND WARBLE 02 (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 02 (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - LITTLE POP (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - SLIDE WHISTLE, DOWN, LONG (Heard once in a low pitch in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, HARP - CHORDAL GLISS, UP, MUSIC (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, PICK, CARTOON - FIDDLE PICK AND RISE, MEDIUM 01 (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - BOTTLE DOWN AND CORK UP (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - HEAVY CORK SQUEAK AND POP (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight" and "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - PIP POP (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - SQUISH POP (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 07 (Heard twice in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - BLOP GALLOP, LONG
- Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - TEMPLE BLOCK RUN UP 01 (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - SINGING SWORD (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE DOWN 01
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP 01
- Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, METAL - METAL THREAD: TURNING (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, SQUISH, CARTOON - SOFT SQUISH (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - FAST TWIRLING SWISH, LONG (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - SEVERAL SHARP ARROW SWISHES (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)
- Sound Ideas, THUMP, CARTOON - TUBE THUNK 01
- Sound Ideas, TIP TOE, CARTOON - XYLOPHONE TIP TOE, LONG
- Sound Ideas, TOY - SQUEEZE TOY: SINGLE SQUEEZE 01 (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, TOY - SQUEEZE TOY: SINGLE SQUEEZE 02 (Heard quadrice in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, WATER, SPLASH - LIGHT SPLASH, CARTOON 01 (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight" and "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, WHINE, CARTOON - SHELL SCREAMING WHINE DOWN (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, SLIDE - SLIDE, DOWN, COMEDY (Heard once in "The Yodelling Dolphin of Kirkwall".)
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK FIDDLE ZIP UP, HIGH
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK SLIDE WHISTLE ZIP UP
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - RICCO ZIP IN 01 (R & B) (Heard once in "Splinters in the Knight".)