The Last Kingdom - new series for BBC based on Bernard Cornwell's Saxon stories

Sunbed · 15 Aug 2014 at 15:19

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/the-last-kingdom

This was announced about a month ago but I've only just found out about it. Any Cornwell fans in here? Excited?

For the uninitiated, Bernard Cornwell wrote Sharpe, and this series is a bit like Sharpe except it's Saxons vs Vikings in the 9th century.

It seems like this is being dubbed 'BBC's answer to Game of Thrones', except based in Britain and has real historical people, namely King Alfred.

mike62 · 15 Aug 2014 at 19:47

Please be good, they're a great set of books.

Nursie · 15 Aug 2014 at 20:03

mike62 said:
Please be good, they're a great set of books.

The books start well, a couple have certainly been below par for Cornwell.

rids57 · 15 Aug 2014 at 20:07

That does look good, an intriguing period too - maybe there's a reason to get a TV licence after all

Sunbed · 31 Jul 2015 at 10:10

Premiere on October 10th. I hope it's good!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Kingdom_(TV_series)

LizardKing · 31 Jul 2015 at 10:23

If its half as good as Vikings i'll be watching! Brutal times

ttaskmaster · 31 Jul 2015 at 13:05

I've had thebooks in my reading queue for a while, as they sounded great.

Sunbed said:
It seems like this is being dubbed 'BBC's answer to Game of Thrones',

This, however, just makes it sound like a load of sex-ridden, sensationalist toss...

I hope it'll be good, like Vikings, but I expect it will be just more schlock.

Cosimo · 31 Jul 2015 at 13:53

Should be good so long as it's not to dark and you can understand what they're saying.

ttaskmaster · 31 Jul 2015 at 14:45

Cosimo said:
Should be good so long as it's not to dark and you can understand what they're saying.

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Terminal_Boy · 31 Jul 2015 at 14:52

Nursie said:
The books start well, a couple have certainly been below par for Cornwell.

Ah, it's not just me then...

Loved the first three books, but the 4th was very average.

TheMightyTen · 8 Mar 2017 at 15:04

Series 2 confirmed to be starting on BBC 16th March.

Series 1 was OK if a bit disjointed in that they tried to cram 2 1/2 books into a single series and melded charaters into one. Hope this one is better.

varkanoid · 8 Mar 2017 at 18:25

I binge watched it and thought it was pretty good.

Bony Maloney · 9 Mar 2017 at 01:02

I enjoyed the 1st series, looking forward to the 2nd. My Lady is looking forward to the return of Uhtred more though

mithrandir · 10 Mar 2017 at 08:52

Thanks for the heads up. I enjoyed the first series. Will be looking forward to seeing this.

V_R · 10 Mar 2017 at 10:12

Series two starts on the 16th March.

lee32uk · 16 Mar 2017 at 17:07

Looking forward to this. It will have to wait until after the United match though

scorza · 17 Mar 2017 at 10:30

They really need to sort out the timelines and geography of this story. Last night's episode made it seem like Uhtred rode from Lichfield to York in a day, while Father Beocca managed to teleport from Winchester to York on the same day. Also made it seem that Cumberland and York are close to each other. That said, still better than most things on TV these days, and that nun seems to be an interesting character (how often can you say that these days?)

J.T · 17 Mar 2017 at 10:40

Glad this is back, first episode was pretty good.

Deluxe1 · 31 Mar 2017 at 20:56

Thought the last episode was fantastic, one of my fav tv shows at the moment.

lee32uk · 31 Mar 2017 at 21:56

Really enjoying Season 2 so far. Poor Halig though