SEE JAMES NORTON & NIKOLAJ COSTER WALDAU AS HAROLD OF WESSEX AND WILLIAM OF NORMANDY IN FIRST TRAILER FOR NEW BBC EPIC SERIES KING AND CONQUEROR!

 KING AND CONQUEROR SERIES 

EPIC FIRST TRAILER RELEASED BY BBC

After announcing that Nikolaj Coster Waldau and James Norton will lead their eight part historical series KING AND CONQUEROR playing 11th century figures William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex,respectively, with Emily Beecham as Harold’s wife Edith and Clemence Poésy as William’s wife Matilda, BBC has unveiled the first trailer today as well for the series that will arrive according to BBC later this August which is a strange time for an expensive historical drama.

 

IT TELLS THE STORY OF

a clash that defined the future of a country, and a continent, for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

 

WHO ELSE IS AT THE COURT?

 Ingvar Sigurdsson is Fitzosbern, William’s protector since he was a boy and the closest thing he has to a friend. A grounded and straightforward soldier who has stood beside William his whole life.  Eddie Marsan is King Edward, the weak and pious King of England; Juliet Stevenson is his mother, Lady Emma, the true power behind the throne; Jean Marc Barr is King Henry of France, a father figure to William and the uncle of William’s wife, Matilda, and an extremely dangerous man to have as your enemy; Geoff Bell is Godwin, the patriarch of the Godwin household and a fierce protector of Wessex and the Godwin legacy; Elliot Cowan is Sweyn, Harold’s eldest brother and arrogance personified; Bo Bragason is Queen Gunhild, the youngest Godwin sibling who married King Edward to secure Godwin blood on the throne; Bjarne Henriksen is Earl Siward, a rough, old-time Dane; Oliver Masucci is Baldwin, the father of Matilda and a cunning politician; Clare Holman is Gytha, Harold’s mother and a strong force in the Godwin family. Luther Ford will be Tostig, the youngest son of the Godwin family who idolizes Harold and wants to always do what is right for his family, but he’s yet to find his place in the world.  Elander Moore will star as cruel and devious aristocrat Morcar,  Indy Lewis as the sheltered Margaret, Jason Forbes as the loyal Thane Thomas, Ines Asserson as the eligible Judith and Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as fearsome warrior Hardrada. Leo Legrand will play William’s half-brother, Odo, a cowardly opportunist.