THE LAST KINGDOM

GORY SAXON SAGA

Game Of Thrones fans missing their fix of swords, sandals and bloody vengeance should look no further than this drama based on Bernard Cornwell’s books about Saxon lord Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon, below), who was kidnapped by Vikings and raised as a Dane. Initially on BBC2, it moved to Netflix for its third

series which allowed it to be more graphic with its violence — crucifixion, beheading and immolation all take a bow in the first episode alone. The fifth and final season has just arrived and finds the Danes and Saxons living in harmony — at first...