The Last Kingdom (TV series)
| The Last Kingdom | |
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| Genre | Historical drama |
| Based on | The Saxon Stories novels by Bernard Cornwell |
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| Composer(s) | John Lunn |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Stephen Butchard Nigel Marchant Gareth Neame |
| Producer(s) | Chrissy Skinns |
| Location(s) | Hungary |
| Cinematography | Chas Bain |
| Editor(s) | Paul Knight |
| Running time | 58-59 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Carnival Film and Television |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC Two (UK) BBC America (US) Netflix |
| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | 10 October 2015 – present |
| External links | |
| Website BBC America | |
| Website BBC Two | |
The Last Kingdom is a British television series, an eight-part adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s historical novels series The Saxon Stories. The series premiered on 10 October 2015 on BBC America, and on BBC Two in the UK on 22 October 2015. A second series of ten episodes co-produced by Netflix after the exit of BBC America has been announced for a 2017 release.
Set in the late ninth century AD, when England was divided into seven separate kingdoms. The Anglo-Saxon lands are attacked and, in many instances, ruled by Danes. The Kingdom of Wessex has been left standing alone.
The protagonist Uhtred, the orphaned son of a Saxon nobleman, is captured by Viking Danes and reared as one of them. Forced to choose between a kingdom that shares his ancestry and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are constantly tested.
The first series' storyline roughly covers the plots of the original two novels, The Last Kingdom and The Pale Horseman, although condensed for the purposes of television. The second series' storyline will roughly cover the plots of the third and fourth of Cornwell's novels, The Lords of the North and Sword Song.
The series started shooting in November 2014. It is produced by Carnival Films for BBC Two and BBC America with filming in Hungary and the United Kingdom. Nick Murphy (Prey, Occupation) is co-executive producing and directing multiple episodes
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