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17-02-2019, 07:17 PM
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The Last Kingdom

Has anyone been watching this? It's on netflix and about England in the 9th C. A semi fictional account of the Danish invasion leaving a sole kingdom of Wessex. Although a fictional account based on novels it uses actual historical events as part of the story. I don't remember learning this part of English history. It's a bit Game of Thrones without the fantasy.
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17-02-2019, 07:24 PM
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I watched the first couple of series and loved it, absolutely loved it, but can't watch it any more as it moved from Freeview to Netflix which I don't have and I'm hopping mad.
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17-02-2019, 07:46 PM
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Netflix is not expensive. You can sign for one month and binge watch season 3. It's really good.
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17-02-2019, 08:10 PM
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I saw it when it was on TV. Excellent and such handsome men!
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19-02-2019, 10:05 PM
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I like watching it partly because of the connection with Bebbanburg (Bamburgh) which is just a few miles up the coast from me.
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19-02-2019, 11:09 PM
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We haven't seen much of it in the series, but it looks beautiful.
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23-02-2019, 07:24 PM
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Yes, it's very beautiful. Of course, it has been added to extensively and rebuilt in stone many times since the time the series is set in.
 

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