"Sir Gadabout, the Worst Knight in the Land" (2002) TV series 2002-2003

Directors:

Angelo Abela
Rupert Jones

Writers:

Alex Williams (lead writer) and
Lenny Barker (co-writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

Sir Gadabout is an accident waiting to happen. A good egg, slightly cracked, he bravely blunders from calamity to catastrophe via disaster...

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Richard James

...

Sir Gestion (11 episodes, 2002-2003)

Runtime:

24 min (10 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Alibi Pictures

Quotes:

Sir Gadabout: Ah! Will! You are familiar with the ornament, are you not? China, Japan...
[gestures]
Sir Gadabout: the rest of it?
Will: Don't you mean the "Orient", Sir?
Sir Gadabout: I know what I mean, William. Today, we are going to learn about the art of "Zen", specifically, how one is able to alter their "environment" so that it reflects a mind uncluttered by extraneous thought!
Will: You mean you want to tidy up the room, Sir?
Sir Gadabout: ...yes.

Rolicking good and v.funny

I caught the Gadabout programme when I was a student in England and was channel surfing. Even though it's a children's programme, it really is very well done and choke full of jokes that will make you wipe tears from your eyes after you've recovered from laughing. I liked all the characters from the king, Will, Elenora to the knights and their funny antics, their dilemmas, the round table etc.

Am seriously considering getting the whole series if possible. Pity I didn't get to see more, but even now, I will chuckle when remembering at funny scenes in the programme and people around will get startled. And when a programme can make you do that, you know it's good; because you only remember the good stuff you've watched on TV.