If you enjoyed the gritty medieval action of The Last Kingdom and The Winter King, the BBC is cooking up another prestige drama that you should probably add to your watchlist.
King and Conqueror takes us back to the period preceding the Battle of Hastings – one of the most famous and influential battles in British history – where King Harold II would meet his end at the hands of William the Conqueror's invading forces.
James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau play the feuding leaders in this ambitious new series, which comes from The Frankenstein Chronicles writer Michael Robert Johnson and Everest director Baltasar Kormákur.
The eight-part drama is making its debut on BBC One and iPlayer in a matter of weeks – here's everything we know so far about when to expect King and Conqueror.
King and Conqueror will premiere on BBC One and iPlayer sometime in August 2025, the corporation has announced.
A specific release date is still to be announced, but expect further details to come in the very near future.
King and Conqueror cast: Who stars in the BBC drama?
King and Conqueror features a large ensemble cast, led by Happy Valley's James Norton as Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, and Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William of Normandy.
The series features a number of other familiar faces as real figures from history, including Clémence Poésy (Daryl Dixon) as Matilda of Flanders and Eddie Marsan (The Bombing of Pan Am 103) as Edward the Confessor.
Notably, the series also features The Jetty's Bo Bragason, who could well become a major star in years to come, owing to her casting as the titular princess in Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda live-action film.
Here, she plays another figure from royalty, that being the Scandinavian Queen Gunhild, whose life is the topic of much debate among historians as surviving sources fail to put together a comprehensive picture.
The full King and Conqueror cast list can be found here:
James Norton as Harold GodwinsonNikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the ConquerorClémence Poésy as MatildaEmily Beecham as EdithLuther Ford as TostigIngvar Sigurdsson as FitzosbernEddie Marsan as King EdwardJuliet Stevenson as Lady EmmaJean-Marc Barr as Henry I of FranceGeoff Bell as GodwinElliot Cowan as SweynBo Bragason as Queen GunhildBjarne Henriksen as Earl SiwardOliver Masucci as BaldwinClare Holman as GythaJason Forbes as Thane ThomasJoakim Nätterqvist as ThorolfElander Moore as MorcarIndy Lewis as MargaretInes Asserson as JudithSveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as HardradaLéo Legrand as OdoÞorsteinn Bachmann as Baron of BrittanyLouise Kim Salter as AgnesKing and Conqueror plot: What is it about?
King and Conqueror is a historical drama set in 11th-century Britain, exploring how future King of England Harold Godwinson and William, Duke of Normandy, came to be such legendary adversaries.
The synopsis, courtesy of the BBC, describes the story as "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".
It continues: "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 English throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown."
King and Conqueror trailer
The BBC dropped its suspenseful King and Conquerer trailer in July – you can watch right here:
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