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

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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