The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die review – gripping spin-off from Netflix show
There’s a ton of plot packed into this standalone movie derived from the TV series, but the deluge of detail gets steadily more absorbing
June 2019
Binge TV: a lovely sugar rush, but ultimately unsatisfying
Sarah Hughes
Viewers who watch all episodes of their favourite shows at one sitting are missing out, says arts writer Sarah Hughes
November 2018
God, gore and gossip: the surprising winning formula of the Viking dramas
Both Vikings and The Last Kingdom feature the usual violence, but a focus on faith, family and soap opera elements elevate them from the historical fiction pack
May 2017
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two finale – everyone has blood on their hands now
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
April 2017
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode seven – take your daughter to the slaughter?
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode six – bread-pudding boy weds
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode five – rise from the grave, Viking
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode four – big hairy Viking madness!
March 2017
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode three – enter the Lords of Chaos
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 Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode two – the heads start rolling
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?
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: series two, episode one – back to wild wild Wessex
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
December 2015
Andrew Collins: telly addict
Wolf Hall, Unforgotten, 1864, Ripper Street: the best TV of 2015 – video
Telly addict Andrew Collins discusses the drone shots of Cuffs, the history lesson of The Saboteurs and the legacy of Game of Thrones
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: season one, episode eight: brutal, bloody and bittersweet
The long-promised day of reckoning finally arrived. And once swords had been sheathed, our hero stood alone and counted his losses
Swords, sex and surly brutes: why we love the historical drama
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: season one, episode seven – Alfred, king of nothing
Tumanbay: can a Game of Thrones-style epic series work on radio?
November 2015
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: season one, episode six – will Uhtred ever learn?
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: season one, episode five – a battle for Wessex
TV and radio blog
The Last Kingdom's Alexander Dreymon: the new Poldark? 'I don’t thrive on being the guy who goes topless'
The Last Kingdom: episode by episode
The Last Kingdom recap: season one, episode four – heathens can wait
