Covington Cross

Name: Covington Cross
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Released: 1992-08-25
Rating: 7
Cast: Nigel Terry, Glenn Quinn, Jonathan Firth, Ione Skye, Tim Killick

★ 7 /10 (7) • 1992

Drama Action & Adventure

Creator Gil Grant

Covington Cross is a British/American television series that was broadcast on the ABC in the United States from August 25 to October 31, 1992. The program also aired in the United Kingdom and was scheduled to be broadcast in France. The series was filmed and produced in the UK, by a British production company, but it was ultimately accountable to an American network.

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Status

Ended

Cast

Nigel Terry

sir Thomas Grey · 13 eps

Glenn Quinn

Cedric Grey · 13 eps

Ione Skye

Eleanor Grey · 13 eps

Cherie Lunghi

Lady Elizabeth · 13 eps

Jonathan Firth

Richard Grey · 13 eps

James Faulkner

John Mullens · 13 eps

Paul Brooke

Friar · 13 eps

Tim Killick

Armus Grey · 13 eps

Daniel Craig

· 1 eps

Laura Howard

Alexandra Mullens · 2 eps

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Episode Guide

Pilot

25 Ago 199260 min

King Edward requests that an alliance be forged between the Grey and Mullens families by the marriage of Eleanor to Mullens' village-plundering son Henry, and Eleanor seemingly has no choice but to run away from home to avoid going though with the arrangement. Meanwhile, the visiting trade representative from France turns out to be a woman.

Armus Returns

19 Sep 199260 min

Sir Thomas' son, Armus, returns from 8 years at the Crusades and the Greys journey to the Duke of Arondale's castle to pay their taxes, but there they are attacked by a group of bandits and held hostage along with Mullens and his daughter.

Outlaws

26 Sep 199260 min

Eleanor is smitten with a handsome thief after she encounters him seemingly robbing from the rich to give to the poor. Meanwhile, Richard and Armus offer to train Cedric for an upcoming tournament in order to make sure that he will lose and thus become discouraged about becoming a knight and resume his path to a monastic life.

Cedric Hits the Road

03 Oct 199260 min

Cedric is waylaid while on an errand for Sir Thomas, negotiations founder with the Duke of Worringer, and Sir Thomas and Elizabeth encounter problems in their relationship.

The Hero

10 Oct 199260 min

Armus helps his old friend Humphrey, now a petty thief, stop an assassination attempt. Meanwhile Cedric runs into problems at a convent while recuperating from a snakebite, and Sir Thomas must entertain Elizabeth's boring son and daughter at the castle.

Blinded Passions

24 Oct 199260 min

A bumbling student knight decides to become Eleanor's protector, and Mullens hatches another plot against the Greys. Meanwhile, the sister of Sir Thomas's late wife Anne comes to visit and looks enough like her to sweep Sir Thomas off his feet and endanger his relationship with Elizabeth.

The Persecution

31 Oct 199260 min

Richard is enchanted by a lovely young woman who is being accused of witchcraft and hunted down by an evil Abbott. Meanwhile, the Friar announces that he wishes to leave Sir Thomas's service.

Eviction

06 Nov 199260 min

Mullens uses a French actor to hatch another plot against the Greys to ruin them once and for all. Meanwhile, the children get a taste of the hard life outisde of their castle, and Richard finds new meaning in friendship.

The Trial

13 Nov 199260 min

One of Britain's great war heroes, Lord Trenton, mentor to Sir Thomas and Mullens, returns to recruit young warriors. A peasant in Thomas's service lies in the wake of Lord Trenton's sinister doings and stands accused of murder.

The Plague

20 Nov 199260 min

Cedric is enchanted by a peasant woman and three orphans, all stricken with the plague. Against his family's wishes, Cedric risks his life to help them, brining up painful memotries of his mother's death at the hands of the illness.

Revenge

27 Nov 199260 min

Armus has been haunted by nightmares since his return from the Crusades. The brother of the Saracen he killed in battle comes to haunt him. Meanwhile, colorful love letters fly about the castle, involving Richard, Cedric and a beautiful serving girl.

Celebration

04 Dic 199260 min

A rich young ward, Hope, finds her way into the favor of Armus and the rest of the Grey siblings. Hope has run away from her cruel guardians and finds solace in a lowly woodcutter. Meanwhile, Thomas is to be knighted into the Order of the Garter and must reconcile his duty to the ""needy and oppressed, be they low-born or high.""

Brothers

11 Dic 199260 min

A peace negotiation between Lord Wyatt and Thomas Grey ends up in a swordfight and Richard on the table, bargaining business with Lord Wyatt. Charlotte, Wyatt's daughter, who has caught Armus's eye, falls in love with Richard instead.