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King & Conqueror

★ 6.0 7K votes 2025–present 1 season · 8 episodes Ended BBC One
Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Royalty & aristocracyCourts, crowns and dynasties.This show: 8/10Political intriguePower struggles inside governments and institutions.This show: 8/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 7/10
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Starring
James NortonNikolaj Coster-WaldauClémence PoésyEmily BeechamClare HolmanBo Bragason
Starring
James NortonNikolaj Coster-WaldauClémence PoésyEmily BeechamClare HolmanBo Bragason
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The story of a clash that defined the future of a country and a continent for a thousand years. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. These two former allies with no design on the British throne found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

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Series 12025
7.33K86h 13m
A clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Invitation7.1
73150 min
▶2The Sins of the Father7.2
41443 min
▶3Brothers7.3
38446 min
▶4So Be It7.3
35348 min
▶5The Beast in the Mirror7.2
34046 min
▶6Damage7.3
32746 min
▶7Cost of War7.5
34542 min
▶8The Hand of God7.4
35652 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

James Norton Harold Godwinson
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau William the Conqueror
Clémence Poésy Matilda
Emily Beecham Edith
Clare Holman Gytha
Bo Bragason Queen Gunhild
Léo Legrand
Jason Forbes Thane Thomas
Ingvar Sigurdsson Fitzosbern
Luther Ford Tostig

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