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The Winter King

★ 6.0 7K votes 2023–2023 1 season · 10 episodes Canceled ITVX
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 8/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 8/10War & militaryArmed conflict and the soldier's experience.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Iain De CaesteckerStuart CampbellValene KaneSteven ElderSimon MerrellsMattias Mella
Starring
Iain De CaesteckerStuart CampbellValene KaneSteven ElderSimon MerrellsMattias Mella
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Arthurian legend stripped of magic and gloss"

Set in Dark Age Britain after Rome's withdrawal, this series strips away the fairy-tale gloss of Arthurian legend for something muddier and more brutal. Arthur is a scarred, illegitimate warrior trying to hold fractured kingdoms together against invaders and rival lords, seen through the eyes of a young man swept into his orbit. The tone is gritty and grounded rather than magical, favoring muddy battlefields, political scheming, and shifting loyalties over spectacle. It moves at a steady, sometimes slow pace, leaning on atmosphere and character over flash.

Watch it for

a grounded, muddy-boots take on Arthur that favors politics and survival over fantasy spectacle.

Maybe skip if

you want a fast-paced or overtly magical fantasy epic rather than historical grit.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

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Season 12023
7.13K109h 10m
A former warrior, now turned monk, tells the story of how Arthur became the lord of war despite the illegitimacy of his throne.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.16.5
62458 min
▶2Episode #1.27.2
48354 min
▶3Episode #1.37.1
36759 min
▶4Episode #1.47.3
35357 min
▶5Episode #1.57.6
34256 min
▶6Episode #1.67.3
29256 min
▶7Episode #1.77.1
26654 min
▶8Episode #1.87.5
26155 min
▶9Episode #1.97.1
22451 min
▶10Episode #1.107.1
22850 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Iain De Caestecker Arthur, Arthur Pendragon
Stuart Campbell Derfel
Valene Kane Morgan
Steven Elder Bishop Bedwin
Simon Merrells Gundleus
Mattias Mella Lanval
Ellie James Nimue
Ken Nwosu Sagramor
Tatjana Nardone Ladwys
Andrew Gower Sansum

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