'BRITANNIA' ROMAN AGE EPIC SERIES AIR DATE AND NEW TRAILER WITH KELLY REILLY, DAVID MORRISSEY! 1ST CAST PHOTOS FOR BBC'S 'MINIATURIST' 17TH CENTURY MINI SERIES

BRITANNIA RENEWED FOR 2ND SEASON IN MARCH 2018

 

 SKY'S 'BRITANNIA' 

EPIC SERIES TO AIR JANUARY!

Britannia will start January 18th!

Sky Atlantic has finally revealed the date when their new Roman Age set epic series BRITAN- NIA will start airing - January 18th next year! The series will have eight hour long episodes with the 90 minute opening one!

DRUIDS VS ROME
When the Romans invade Britain in 43AD, Kerra (Kelly Reilly), daughter of the King of the Cantii, is forced to put her differences aside with arch rival Queen Antedia

Kerra leads her warriors into battle against Romans

(Zoe Wanamaker) to face their invaders. The Romans, led by General Aulus Plautius (David Morrissey), are determined to succeed where Julius Caesar

Kelly Reilly and David Morrisson lead the cast

failed and conquer this mythical land at the far edge of the Roman Empire. Aulus is a strong and resilient leader, but harbours a deep secret that

Stanley Weber also stars in Britannia

threatens his mission. As tribes and Druids unite to fight the Romans, Kerra is thrust into the most important role of her life as she spearheads the resistance against the might of the Roman army.

I hear that the above trailer is geoblocked which means you cannot watch it in North America, if that is the case with you check out this one below:

BBC'S 'THE MINIATURIST'

1ST PERIOD SET DRAMA PHOTOS

Meanwhile, Sky's rival BBC has unveiled first photos presenting the characters from their new three episode period set drama THE

MINIATURIST which will, I'm guessing, probably start airing in two weeks when Howards End finishes, so we can probably expect a trailer and more photos soon!

 BASED ON JESSIE BURTON BOOK
Set in 1686, it follows 18 year old Nella Oortman (Anya Taylor Joy) who knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam.

Anya Taylor Joy is Nella Oortman

Full of hopes and dreams, she has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of wealthy merchant, Johannes (Alex Hassell) Brandt. But instead

Alex Hassell is Johannes in the series

of Johannes, she’s met by his cold sister Marin (Romola Garai) and quickly realises that nothing is as it seems in the Brandt household. When Johannes

Romola Garai and Anya Taylor Joy

finally appears he presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a doll’s house replica of their home. It is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist,

The series will probably start airing in December

whose tiny creations mirror what is happening within the house in unexpected ways and seem to be predicting and unravelling the future with unsettling accuracy.