Broadcast History and Availability
The serial received its only UK transmission in the Autumn of 1987, two years after it was made, by which time both Troughton and Nigel Stock – who plays an old ally of Mordrin's – had died. Troughton subsequently worked on other television productions, but they had all been broadcast by the time Knights of God was transmitted (i.e. it was his last transmitted role, not his last filmed or recorded role, which was an episode of Super Gran filmed a week before he died in March, 1987).
The serial was shown in France by Canal Plus from 7 October to 30 December 1987, under the title Les Épées de feu ("The Swords of Fire"), and subsequently repeated on La Cinq and FR3. It appeared in Germany as 2019 - Die Gnadenlosen Knechte Gottes ("2019 – The Merciless Servants of God"), and a dubbed 210 minute compilation was released on VHS there. This compilation was also released in Denmark under its original title, although spread over two tapes. As of August 2012, there has been no domestic video release of the series on any format in the UK.
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