King Arthur Badon, where he is said to have single-handedly killed 960 men. Recent studies, however, question the reliability of the "Historia Brittonum". The other text that seems to support the case for Arthur's historical existence is the 10th-century "Annales Cambriae", which also link Arthur with the Battle of Badon. The "Annales" date this battle to 516–518, and also mention the Battle of Camlann, in which Arthur and Medraut (Mordred) were both killed, dated to 537–539. These details have often been used to bolster confidence in the "Historia"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s account and to confirm that Arthur really did fight at Badon. Problems have been
The Legend of King Arthur in detail, but the resulting periodic presentation, if not the medium itself, dilutes the force and drama of the Arthurian story in a way that rarely happens in literature, and certainly not either in the French Vulgate or in Malory." A tie-in novel, "The Legend of King Arthur", authored by the screenwriter Andrew Davies, was published in London by Fontana/Armada in 1979. The serial was released on VHS by BBC Video in 1985, and on DVD by Simply Media in 2016. The Legend of King Arthur The Legend of King Arthur is a British television fantasy serial, produced by the