Release Message:  Sir Archibald Willow (Bruce Gordon) is kept alive by his magic armour and searches down the centuries in search for his lost love Isolde, daughter of evil magician Sappho Holyrood.

Description:  Sir Archibald Willow is kept alive by his magic armour and searches down the centuries in search for his lost love Isolde, daughter of evil magician Sappho Holyrood. This was a fantasy serial in 7 episodes and was first transmitted in February 1951. Featuring a 500 year old man called Sir Archibald Willow who, kept alive by his magic armour, wanders through the centuries in search of Isolde, the beautiful daughter of Sappho Holyrood. Sappho was a wicked old magician who, believing that Archie handed over his daughter as a witch, was determined to kill the knight. Archie was safe as long as he never took off the suit of armour so Sappho would try to empty itching powder into the suit to get Archie to take it off. Will anybody ever forget the cry - "Where's my itching powder?" !!!. Archie finds himself in an antique shop owned by Theodore Hubble, who has two children, Ronnie and Rona. Written by Godfrey Harrison from an idea by A. A. Dubens, it starred June Allen as Rona, Barry McGregor as Ronnie and Bruce Gordon as The Man In the Armour and was produced by Rex Tucker. A second series was transmitted in September 1952, again with Bruce Gordon and with Shaun Sutton as Maud Fogey. Producer was Vivian Milroy.