The Last Kingdom

BBC2, 9pm, Thursday

After Aethelflaed goes missing, her newlywed husband Aethelred returns to Winchester to deliver the news to Alfred.

With the realm in chaos, Odda finds himself questioning whether the will of his king and the good of the kingdom might now be at odds.

Meanwhile, Uhtred’s actions come back to haunt him when he finally comes face-to-face with Sigefrid, the Viking warlord he mutilated during his campaign in Northumbria.