Greg Jenner

He's a Frenchman.

Yeah, siège means chair in French. Yeah.

Yeah, siège means chair in French. Yeah.

Robert Wass, that's the Roman de Brut. So that's the story of Brutus. That's 1155. So that's 15 years before Chrétien. But Chrétien de Troyes describes something that he does invent, which is the Holy Grail.

Robert Wass, that's the Roman de Brut. So that's the story of Brutus. That's 1155. So that's 15 years before Chrétien. But Chrétien de Troyes describes something that he does invent, which is the Holy Grail.

Right.

Right.

Now... What do you think of when you think of a Holy Grail? Beyond the Monty Python film. What do you think of in terms of what it looks like, what it is?

Now... What do you think of when you think of a Holy Grail? Beyond the Monty Python film. What do you think of in terms of what it looks like, what it is?

I need to ask also, we've mentioned the round table. Yeah. How many knights are sitting around the round table?

I need to ask also, we've mentioned the round table. Yeah. How many knights are sitting around the round table?

You're thinking 13?

You're thinking 13?

You're bang on for one of the sources. But we also get various numbers, right?

You're bang on for one of the sources. But we also get various numbers, right?

1,600 knights. And this thing is portable, we're saying. So the round table can seat 13 or 1,600. Or somewhere in between. Or somewhere in between. It really depends. So each Arthurian text was changing core elements, Mary. We're seeing here writers coming in, adding bits, tweaking bits, taking a name, running with it.

1,600 knights. And this thing is portable, we're saying. So the round table can seat 13 or 1,600. Or somewhere in between. Or somewhere in between. It really depends. So each Arthurian text was changing core elements, Mary. We're seeing here writers coming in, adding bits, tweaking bits, taking a name, running with it.

We get Morgan Le Fay being transformed from helpful healer into traitorous sister to Arthur, becoming the incestuous mother of their child, Mordred. And then we've also got the knights who become the prominent, the famous knights of the round. How many can you name off the top of your head?

We get Morgan Le Fay being transformed from helpful healer into traitorous sister to Arthur, becoming the incestuous mother of their child, Mordred. And then we've also got the knights who become the prominent, the famous knights of the round. How many can you name off the top of your head?

There's loads.