7 d. ago King & Conqueror viewers ‘disappointed’ by BBC historical drama’s modern language

James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau fight the Battle of Hastings in new historical series

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1 week ago Every blunder from King and Conqueror as fans slam BBC drama

Viewers 'so disappointed' by King & Conqueror's historical inaccuracies and have took to social media to complain about them after the BBC drama first went to air

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1 week ago James Norton reveals painful injury he suffered while filming King & Conqueror

Actor James Norton has revealed how his new drama the King & Conqueror turned into his toughest challenge yet after he suffered an injury on set.

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1 week ago James Norton reveals nasty injury on set of King & Conqueror

Actor James Norton has revealed how his new drama the King & Conqueror turned into his toughest challenge yet after he suffered an injury on set.

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1 week ago BBC King and Conqueror star addresses backlash over 'unrealistic' drama

BBB's latest drama King and Conqueror has been a hit with some viewers but others have complained about its historical inaccuracy.

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1 week ago King and Conqueror's James Norton addresses fierce backlash to BBC drama over one issue

King and Conqueror star James Norton has opened up about the historical accuracy of the BBC One drama after viewers took to social media to make the same complaint

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1 week ago What King and Conqueror gets wrong about 1066: Biggest untruths in James Norton's Battle of Hastings drama revealed

Those who hoped that new TV drama King and Conqueror might at least accurately depict what we do know about 1066 have been left disappointed.

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1 week ago BBC King and Conqueror viewers 'switch off' new drama after just 15 minutes

King and Conqueror aired on BBC One last night and viewers were quick to share their thoughts.

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1 week ago Amanyanabo: The Eagle King review – a lavish Nollywood epic of crowns, gods and colonial tension

This visually stunning historical drama follows the rise of warrior-king Ibanichuka and combines dazzling pageantry with themes of power, faith and empireSet in the 19th-century kingdom of Okrika in the Niger delta, this Nollywood epic has a satisfying core of realpolitik and Kulturkampf that wouldn’t shame the likes of old-school classical-era equivalents such as Ben-Hur. Revolving around the accession to the throne of elite warrior Ibanichuka (Patrick Diabuah), it touches on questions of political legitimacy, politics as the art of the possible, the proselytisation of west Africa by Christians and – that still-simmering hot potato – white colonialism.One minute Ibanichuka is on leave for overzealously butchering enslaved people, the next the goddess Tamunoba anoints him in a lake as Okrika’s saviour. Though ratified by the elders, he is still under general suspicion for his devotion to his wife, Mboro, (Monalisa Chinda Coker), who is unable to bear children, and for generally bein...

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1 week ago King and Conqueror viewers point out same problem with BBC historical drama

James Norton stars as Harold of Wessex and is also Executive Producer on King and Conqueror whilst Nikolaj Coster-Waldau plays William of Normandy in the new BBC drama

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2 w. ago BBC King & Conqueror fans 'switch off after 20 minutes' as they complain 'what a disappointment'

BBC One viewers were left feeling disappointed just minutes into the new historical drama King & Conqueror

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2 w. ago BBC King & Conqueror viewers 'switch off' new James Norton drama after just minutes

BBC One's new historical drama King & Conqueror, starring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, has left viewers 'switching off' after just minutes of the first episode

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2 w. ago King & Conqueror review – Battle of Hastings drama is almost unwatchably dark

Viewers will literally struggle to see what’s going on in this overripe historical drama starring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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2 w. ago King and Conquerer's James Norton has famous ex and lives with health condition

James Norton is set to return to TV screens in the new BBC drama King and Conqueror.

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2 w. ago King & Conqueror cast: who is in BBC drama with James Norton? Full cast

King & Conqueror is based on the events of 1066 ⚔

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2 w. ago Did William the Conqueror really have an Asterix moustache? No, say historians

As BBC One's gore-splattered medieval drama King And Conqueror begins tonight, viewers will see the future King Harold II rip off an enemy warrior's nose with his teeth.

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2 w. ago What James Norton's King and Conqueror gets WRONG about Battle of Hastings foes William and Harold

New TV drama King and Conqueror is set to portray King Harold and William the Conqueror as 'friends' who were once firm allies before their fall-out led to the Battle of Hastings.

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2 w. ago King and Conqueror star says 'I was terrified of chaos' as they address huge life

EXCLUSIVE: Eddie Marsan takes on the role of King Edward in new BBC drama King and Conqueror

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2 w. ago James Norton is latest heartthrob to bare all in new King Harold drama 

Brooding in the bath in the altogether, James Norton's smouldering soak (pictured) can mean only one thing.

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2 w. ago King & Conqueror: James Norton on 'tears', his Battle of Hastings 'privilege' and 'exciting' William backstory

Actors James Norton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Eddie Marsan talk to Lynn Rusk about historical drama King & Conqueror

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