King & Conqueror (2025)
- Directed by
- Erik Leijonborg, Baltasar Kormákur
- Genre
- historical drama
- Country
- Iceland, United Kingdom, United States
- Length
- 1 season, 8 episodes
- Rated
- NC16
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 67 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The series follows Harold Godwinson and William, Duke of Normandy in the years before the Norman Conquest of England. It depicts their personal and political conflicts as they move toward the decisive battle that changed English history.
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What happens
King & Conqueror is a 2025 historical drama miniseries created by Michael Robert Johnson that premiered on 24 August 2025 on BBC One. It stars James Norton as Harold Godwinson and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William, Duke of Normandy, and depicts a fictionalised version of events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England. The series has received praise for its acting performances and criticism for pacing and historical inaccuracies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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