King & Conqueror

Overview

The story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

Cast

James Norton

Harold, Earl of Wessex

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

William, Duke of Normandy

Clémence Poésy

Matilda

Emily Beecham

Edith Swan-neck

Eddie Marsan

King Edward

Juliet Stevenson

Lady Emma

Jean-Marc Barr

King Henry

Luther Ford

Tostig

Geoff Bell

Godwin

Elliot Cowan

Sweyn