What a tense, tragic ending to a sensational series. Let’s take a moment to weep and raise a glass of mead to the fallen

Having offed his own son in the name of England, Odda expects others to be able to do the same – but not everyone puts country before family

With raids, betrayals and a wedding, it was another excellent episode of the most underrated show on TV. But who will save Aethelflaed from her awful husband?

Three years have passed, and bloodshed is heading our way – not to mention ghostly happenings and the Lady Macbeth of Wessex

What a cracking episode, with Thyra’s revenge, Ragnar blinded by bloodlust – and even a brief break from all the killings for a wedding

With knife-throwing mutinies, swords through the throat and ravaged villages, Uthred’s year of slavery reaches a very violent end indeed. Holy weasel!

The swords’n’Vikings drama quickly ramps up the action, with violence and deception coming from all angles – but can it maintain this pace across the whole series?

Conflict is coming! And our hero Uthred is gearing up for it with odd leper plans – while priests are starting riots and Danes are being slaughtered

Alfred is removed from the trappings of power, Iseult comes into her own and there’s finally a burnt cake in the mix

Uhtred is easily swayed by a pair of bewitching eyes and shows his cruel side, while bloodthirsty Skorpa takes a delight in killing to a whole new level

Uhtred gets a wife, although all is not straightforward, while the rest of the episode was a delicately paced cat-and-mouse game between Alfred and Guthrum

After last week’s battle, the kingdom briefly appears to be up for grabs, and we wave goodbye to Brida, one of the better-drawn female characters

Politics enters the frame as we meet Alfred and Edmund the Martyr while Brida and Uhtred enjoy their Anglo-Saxon roots

Alexander Dreymon, Matthew Macfadyen and Rutger Hauer star in an adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s novels. But is there enough to separate this BBC series from Vikings and Game of Thrones?