The Castle

Episodes

Episodes 1

Sir William De Warenne moves into the castle next door, and discovers the lovely Anne. Anne discovers the lovely Sam. Charlotte discovers that she is supposed to stay out of the way.

Episodes 2

An unexpected lion and the world's first satellite dish spell trouble for Anne and Sam Tree's ongoing romance.

Episodes 3

De Warenne decides to woo Lady Anne with a swearing cook and a chocolate fountain. What Ho! magazine features a world exclusive.

Episodes 4

Sir John decides to open a theme castle and Sam Tree decides to save Unicorn Forest. Meanwhile, Anne and Charlotte are looking out for flying sheep.

Episodes 5

The village pub acquires two new mysterious barmaids as Anne and Charlotte plot to ensnare Sam Tree. De Warenne gets in touch with his feminine side whilst Duncan gets in touch with his masculine one.

Episodes 6

Featuring an art exhibition, a strolling footpad, a dodgy flat-pack scaffold and a lawnmower.

Episodes

Houston We Have An Problemme

Brave knight Sir William De Warenne's dungeon renovation falls foul of the Health and Safety inspectors. Meanwhile Thomas has invented a new rocket.

Nice To Gavotte You, To Gavotte You Nice

The arrival of a new handyman, a mysterious Frenchwoman and a celebrity dance competition puts everyone in a whirl.

Is This A Turnip That I See Before Me?

A troupe of travelling players, a case of mistaken cushions, a spittoon of mead and a high-speed turnip cause collusion and confusion in equal measure.

Pool Party Of Doom

A heatwave and an archaeological excavation leads to an unexpected swimming pool.

Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Visor

Sir John decides to raise money by holding a rock festival in the grounds of Woodstock. Cue the sounds of the electric lute, new-fangled hummous from the Levant and much disapproval from Pope Innocent VI.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Filled With Helium

A new suitor for Anne puts De Warenne's visor firmly out of joint, and a primitive sat-nav and some surgically-introduced helium cause chaos at the altar.

Episodes

The Dragon Of Mass Destruction

De Warenne is in trouble as an official inquiry into the Crusades gets mixed up with a Talent Competition and a Dragon of Mass Destruction. Plus embroidery gets a right dissing.

The Pilchards Of Doom

Sir John grapples with both an adulterous affair and a tin of pilchards. Meanwhile, Thomas explores the secrets of the universe and Anne falls in love with King Russell de Brand.

The Snowballs Of Hell

There's romance in the air for Charlotte as a vicious gang war breaks out in the castle. Meanwhile, De Warenne discovers the fondue and declares martial law.

The Vuvuzela Of Terror

An Englishman's home is his castle and an Englishman's moat is his tax write-off - until Sir John is investigated and has to hire some Frenchmen and a bucket of eels. Meanwhile, the Woodstock Hospital is about to lose its no-star status.

Four Wiseguys And A Funeral

When some gangsters from De Warenne's past pay a little visit, Henry becomes a made man and Charlotte becomes an unmade woman. Plus a clever sting and a souped-up getaway sheep.

There's No Place Like Woodstock

Somewhere, over the rainbow, there is a bunch of idiots from Woodstock and a mysterious man known only as Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Episodes

Tender Is The Knight

Sir John fills his castle with wounded soldiers and De Warenne fills his trousers with ice. Plus a new valet arrives hotfoot from somewhere called Downton Abbey.

The Only Way Is Ethics

Someone, or something, is hacking into peoples' private conversations and Master Henry could end up in jail. Meanwhile Lady Anne has taken to nuzzling De Warenne's trusty War Horse.

Highlights & Twilights

Two mysterious visitors, one deathly pale and one deathly orange. It's the love that dare not speak its name and the love that can speak its name but can't pronounce it properly.

Boogie Knights

The wedding of the decade is almost ruined by 200 tents and an over-excited woodpecker. Plus Henry, Duncan and De Warenne gatecrash a rather special hen night.

Give Me the Flaming Torch

The Olympics are coming to Woodstock, so what better time for Sir William to go on a go-slow and for Henry to hunt for dragons? Meanwhile, Sir John tries to get fit.

A Term for the Worse

Anne's off to Cambridge, but Charlotte doesn't know the meaning of the word 'thick'. Literally. Is this the end of a beautiful friendship?

Cast

James Fleet as 'Sir John Woodstock'
Neil Dudgeon as 'Sir William De Warenne'
Susan Earl as 'Lady Anne Woodstock (Series 1)'
Jonathan Kydd as 'Cardinal Duncan'
Ingrid Oliver as 'Lady Charlotte'
Steven Kynman as 'Master Henry Woodstock'
Toby Ross Bryant as 'Sam Tree (Series 1)'
Jonathan Kydd as 'Thomas (Series 1 - 3)'
Montserrat Lombard as 'Lady Anne Woodstock (Series 2)'
Lewis Macleod as 'Merlin (Series 2 - 3)'
Martha Howe-Douglas as 'Lady Anne Woodstock (Series 3 - 4)'
Lewis Macleod as 'Bates (Series 4)'