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| image                = Arthur-Lancelot-Jester.jpg
| caption              = ''Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table'' (DVD cover)
| alt_name             = Arthur (UK)
| genre                = [[Animation]]<br />[[Comedy]]<br />[[Adventure]]
| creator              =
| developer            = 
| writer               = [[Alex Buzo|Alexander Buzo]] <br> [[Rod Hull]] <br> John Palmer
| director             = Zoran Janjic
| creative_director    = 
| presenter            = 
| starring             = 
| judges               = 
| voices               = [[John Meillon]] <br> Lola Brooks
| narrated             = 
| theme_music_composer = 
| opentheme            = 
| endtheme             = 
| composer             = Clare Bail
| country              = Australia
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 
| num_episodes         = 12 (36 cartoons)
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = 
| producer             = Walter J. Hucker
| editor               = 
| location             = [[Sydney]]
| cinematography       = 
| camera               = 
| runtime              = 24 minutes
| company              = Air Programs International
| channel              = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1966}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1968}}
| related              =  
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'''''Arthur! And the Square Knights of the Round Table''''' is a 1966–1968 Australian [[animated series]] based on the legend of [[King Arthur]] of [[Camelot]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Salda |first=Michael N. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EWQsAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Arthur!+and+the+Square+Knights+of+the+Round+Table%22&pg=PA189 |title=Arthurian Animation: A Study of Cartoon Camelots on Film and Television |date=2013 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9780786474684 |page=70 |access-date=6 May 2020}}</ref>

The series was produced by Air Programs International and written by [[Melbourne]] playwright [[Alex Buzo]] and British-born entertainer [[Rod Hull]], with Lyle Martin, Michael Robinson, and John Palmer. The characters included [[King Arthur]], [[Guinevere]], [[Lancelot]], [[Merlin (wizard)|Merlin]], the [[Dagonet|Jester]], the [[Black Knight (Arthurian legend)|Black Knight]], and [[Morgana le Fay]]. The actors who voiced the character parts in the series included: [[John Meillon]] (as "Arthur"), Lola Brooks (as "Guinevere" and "Morgana le Fay"), [[John Ewart]], [[Kevin Golsby]], and Matthew O'Sullivan.

By 1969, the series had been sold for broadcast in the United Kingdom and North America.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Erickson |first=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |publisher=McFarland & Co |year=2005 |isbn=978-1476665993 |edition=2nd |pages=96}}</ref> In Australia, where it was made and produced, it was sold also to the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|Australian Broadcasting Commission]], for broadcast on the [[ABC (Australian TV channel)|ABC-TV]] network. Typically it was broadcast on Saturday mornings and initially also, on Monday evenings. As the Australian television industry did not go to colour broadcast until March 1975, viewers saw the series in black and white for the first six years of its Australian transmission.

ABC-TV continued repeated the series for most of the 1970s; its last appearance as children's programming was March 1985.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 March 1985 |title=A Critical Guide to Today's Programs |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QGpVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2416%2C5980382 |work=[[The Age]] |page=2}}</ref>

The series was broadcast in Italy in the early 1970s. French television purchased it for broadcast in 1980-81, supplying a French soundtrack, without the original music. It was broadcast on the French television channel, TF1. In 1993, the series was also broadcast on German cable television.

==Original episodes==
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{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title_1=Octopus
|Title_2=Would You Believe, A Beanstalk?
|Title_3=Which Wizard Versus What Witch
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title_1=There's An Elephant at the Drawbridge
|Title_2=A Nice Knight for a Wedding
|Title_3=Paris Picnic
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title_1=It's the Only Kingdom I've Got
|Title_2=Old Moody
|Title_3=I'll See If I'm There
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title_1=The Inn
|Title_2=Seventeen Going on Seventy
|Title_3=Will the Real Arthur Please Stand Up
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title_1=The Genie Who Came to Dinner
|Title_2=No Laugh Olaf
|Title_3=Some Maidens Just Aren't Fair
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title_1=New Armour for the King
|Title_2=Smile, Smile, Smile
|Title_3=That's What I Call Music
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title_1=It's the Gift That Counts
|Title_2=King's Champion
|Title_3=Undercover Knight
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title_1=How Do You Like Them Apples
|Title_2=Pink is In
|Title_3=Get Your Wish Here
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title_1=Little Bundle
|Title_2=The Crown Jewels
|Title_3=Mail-Order Bride
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title_1=The Unicorn of Camelot
|Title_2=Belle of the Ball
|Title_3=While Camelot Sleeps
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title_1=Play Gypsy Play
|Title_2=Be Kind to Dragons
|Title_3=The Search For Guinevere
}}
{{episode list
|NumParts=3
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title_1=Even Knights Have To Eat
|Title_2=The Wrecker
|Title_3=Assault On Castle Morgana
}}
}}

==Home releases==
[[Revelation Films]] released a [[DVD]] titled "Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table" in 2003.<ref>"Arthur And The Square Knights of The Round Table", Revelation, PAR 61178, 2003</ref> This Region "0" DVD has a 200-minute running time and contains the first 8 episodes, thus containing 24 cartoons of the 36.

Prior to this, Castle Vision had released two VHS video cassettes in 1992. Each of these tapes has 2 episodes, which accordingly have three cartoon stories per episode, making it a total of six stories per 45-minute tape. The Castle Vision tapes were released in the UK, under licence from the rights holders in Australia. Both tapes are in the European PAL format.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0220912}}
* {{YouTube|p=PLNjkpHuvZiLmtAdQJ128QsXvjVXJ_MTQW}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150217165247/http://www.keyframeonline.com/Animation/Arthur_and_the_Square_Knights_of_the_Round_Table/460/ ''Arthur and the Square Knights of the Round Table''] at Keyframe - the Animation Resource
* [https://archive.today/20121127092023/http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=138623;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 ''Arthur! and the Square Knights of the Round Table'''] at the [[National Film and Sound Archive]]

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[[Category:1960s animated television series]]
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[[Category:Television series based on Arthurian legend]]
[[Category:Australian children's animated comedy television series]]
[[Category:Australian children's animated fantasy television series]]
[[Category:Television series by Endemol Shine Australia]]
[[Category:Television series about kings]]