BBC America’s The Last Kingdom – a historical drama set in the Kingdom of Wessex, the last kingdom to resist the invading Vikings – will be sneak previewed during the third season premiere of Orphan Black on Saturday. The series is based on The Saxon Novels of Bernard Cornwell and has been adapted for television […]
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BBC America’s The Last Kingdom Begins Production!
Production has begun on BBC America’s The Last Kingdom – based on the The Saxon Stories, the series of bestselling novels by Bernard Cornwell (also known for his excellent Sharpe novels). Set in the 9th century, many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Vikings, only the […]
BBC America Announces Fall Production Start for The Last Kingdom!
BBC America has ordered eight one-hours episodes adapting Bernard Cornwell’s (the Sharpe novels) The Last Kingdom for television. Production is set for a fall start. The Last Kingdom is set in 872 when many parts of what is now England have fallen under Viking sway excepting the kingdom of Wessex, ruled by Alfred the Great. […]