Filming has sted on BBC Two’s critically alaimed drama The Last Kingdom, from Carnival Films. The send series, adapted by BAFTA-nominated and RTS award-winning writer Stephen Butchard from Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling series of novels, is to return to BBC Two next year, with Netflix joining as a -duction pner.
　　The emotionally plex and pelling landscape of revenge, rivalry, hostility, rruption, love, sex, loyalty and friendship, forms the backdrop to a gripping adventure based on Cornwell's novels, The Lords Of The North and Sword Song – p of the hugely popular bestselling franchise The Last Kingdom.
　　Set in the year 878, the send series returns as fearless and instinctive warrior Uhtred ntinues his fight for his native land of Northumbria. Uhtred, having given his sword to King Alfred, despite his upbringing by the invading pagan Danes, embarks on his voyage north to reclaim his own fate: to avenge Earl Ragnar’s death and recapture his ancestral lands of Bebbanburg.
　　Alfred’s nviction to create a united England is stronger than ever, and he sets his sights on the wild lands of the north, which have fallen into chaos and rebellion. It is a dangerous time for Saxon and Dane alike, but Alfred champions a new king - a Christian Dane - to unite the tribes. However, this king has been enslaved, and Uhtred bees embroiled in a rescue mission, which brings him face to face with an enemy of old.