History’s (ASTRO CH555 and 575HD) new drama series Knightfall, makes its series debut across Asia on December 7, Thursday, at 9.55pm, day-and-date with the US premiere.
From A+E Studios in association with Jeremy Renner’s The Combine and Midnight Radio, the ten episode season takes viewers inside the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order of the Middle Ages who were entrusted with protecting Christianity’s most precious relics.
Knightfall begins after the fall of the city of Acre, the Templar’s last stronghold in the Holy Land, where the Holy Grail is lost. Years later, a clue emerges suggesting the whereabouts of the Grail and sends the Templars, led by the noble, courageous and headstrong Templar Knight Landry (Tom Cullen) on a life or death mission to find the lost Cup of Christ.
From their battles in the Holy Land, to their clash with the King of France, to the dark events leading to the demise of the Templar Order on Friday the 13th, 1307 —a date which became synonymous with bad luck—the story of the Knights Templar has never been fully told until now.
Focusing on themes such as belief, sacrifice, politics, love, power and revenge – Knightfall goes deep into the clandestine world of this legendary brotherhood of warrior monks to find out who these knights were, how they lived, and what they died believing.
In addition to Cullen, the drama series also stars Pádraic Delaney as Gawain, once the greatest swordsman of the Templar Order who was crippled at Acre, and Simon Merrells as Tancrede, a steadfast, brave, and resolute knight who venerates his Templar vows above all else.