The Last Kingdom | |
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Genre | Historical drama |
Based on | The Saxon Stories by Bernard Cornwell |
Developed by | Stephen Butchard |
Starring | see below |
Composer | John Lunn |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 5 |
No. of episodes | 46 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Stephen Butchard Nigel Marchant Gareth Neame |
Producer | Ben Murphy |
Production locations | Hungary, Wales |
Cinematography | Chas Bain |
Editor | Paul Knight |
Running time | 50–59 minutes |
Production company | Carnival Film and Television |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 10 October 2015 4 May 2017 | –
Network | Netflix |
Release | 19 November 2018 9 March 2022 | –
Related | |
Seven Kings Must Die | |
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The Last Kingdom is a British historical drama television series created and developed for television by Stephen Butchard, based on The Saxon Stories series of novels by Bernard Cornwell. The series premiered on 10 October 2015 on BBC Two. After co-producing the second series, Netflix acquired the series in 2018. The series concluded on 9 March 2022 after five series for a total of 46 episodes. A feature-length sequel that concluded the series story, titled Seven Kings Must Die, premiered on 14 April 2023 on Netflix.