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Post by beverley61 on Jul 3, 2023 12:05:48 GMT
This is a series based on Bernard Cornwell's Arthurian Book series. It has been made by ITVX. I enjoyed the books, they had a slightly different take on Arthur and Lancelot.
Trailers should be coming soon.
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Post by geometryman on Jul 4, 2023 21:33:03 GMT
It's on my list to watch. Starts in the US on 20 August, maybe the same date on ITVX.
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Post by beverley61 on Aug 14, 2023 12:00:51 GMT
Any updates on start date?
It was pouring down yesterday and I was fed up trying to do things in the rain, so I made some sandwiches and flicked through the channels. I happened on Britannia - what unadulterated utter codswallop that was. I managed three episodes of this tripe before I decided to do some housework!!! TV has to be bad for that.
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Post by geometryman on Aug 14, 2023 22:01:25 GMT
No date yet, just "Autumn 2023".
Britannia - generally weird, especially anything to do with Mackenzie Crook's character, and often outrageous, but I quite liked it. Unusually, I thought David Morrissey was pretty good - I normally don't rate him very highly. I had a theory the young girl Cait would turn out to be Boudica, but the series was cancelled before she got old enough.
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Post by geometryman on Oct 12, 2023 22:32:39 GMT
Dates have now been announced for release of The Winter King on ITVX:-
Episodes 1-5 Thursday 21 December 2023;
Episodes 6-10 Wednesday 27 December 2023.
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Post by beverley61 on Oct 13, 2023 8:17:49 GMT
So straight to ITVX.
I will watch but there have been lots of people complaining about how much has changed from the books. I think that is inevitable and Cornwell has always said he hands it over they do what they want. The last series of The Last Kingdom was pretty pants because they left the story arc of the book and kept characters in that had already died in real life. They also let the lead actor direct some of the episodes. I watched it, but it was a sad reflection of what could have been.
I remember laughing out loud as they climbed along the precarious cliffs at Bamburgh, cliffs that appeared to stretch for miles! If you've ever seen Bamburgh Castle you will note that it is surrounded by long sand beaches. To top it all they then had a battle seen on the top of said imaginary cliffs with soldiers falling over the edge. Just so unlikely, no self-respecting medieval war lord would ever have had a battle on a cliff top.
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Post by geometryman on Sept 27, 2024 12:09:48 GMT
Axed. No second series.
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Post by beverley61 on Sept 27, 2024 20:24:21 GMT
I didn't finish the series. It was naff. Bad casting, horrendous script and not enough people in the scenes. Everyone looked frozen because they must have filmed in the winter.
Great books, bad TV.
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Anymore to come?
