EL CID

Down-to-earth take on the Spanish folk hero

Charlton Heston played the legendary Spanish hero in a lavish, epic Hollywood take on the true story back in 1961. This version, however, promises to be more down to earth. Set in medieval times, the five-episode series stars Netflix’s Money Heist star Jaime Lorente as a younger Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar – aka El Cid, a complex and mysterious Castilian nobleman who became a folk hero after leading his troops at many important battles in his nation’s history. Amazon Prime, from Friday