Portraying a revisionist take on the well-loved Arthurian legends, the series follows Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast son to legendary warrior and leader.

The new season of The Last Kingdom, based on Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon Stories novels, is also arriving soon.īernard Cornwell’s The Warlord Chronicles novels are available on Amazon. Based on Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles, THE WINTER KING is an epic but intimate 10 part returning series which will shoot in Wales and the West Country in 2022. TV writing credits include CALL THE MIDWIFE (BBC/Neal Street), OUR GIRL (BBC Studios). The Winter King is a forthcoming British historical fiction television series based on Bernard Cornwell 's The Warlord Chronicles series of novels, 1 starring Iain De Caestecker as King Arthur, and told by Derfel Cadarn portrayed by Stuart Campbell, born a Saxon, but raised among Celtic Britons, he starts his life as one of Merlin 's orphans. The Winter King will premiere on Epix in the US in 2021.Įpix is the home of Julian Fellowes’ new period drama series Belgravia in the US. Guest-writing on THE WINTER KING (Bad Wolf/Epix), prod Autumn 22. The first novel sees Derfel Cadarn, a former warrior sworn to Arthur and now an elderly monk, tell the story of how Arthur became warlord of Dark Age Britain despite illegitimacy to the throne. Made by the production company behind the BBC and HBO’s recent His Dark Materials adaptation, it’s expected that the series will be filmed in Wales.

The upcoming TV series will be titled The Winter King and it’ll air on US cable network Epix. The Winter King is a forthcoming British historical fiction television series based on Bernard Cornwell s The Warlord Chronicles series of novels, 1 starring Iain De Caestecker as King Arthur, and told by Derfel Cadarn portrayed by Stuart Campbell, born a Saxon, but raised among Celtic Britons, he starts his life as one of Merlin s orphans. The Winter King (1995), Enemy of God (1996) and Excalibur (1997) are a mixture of historical fiction and Arthurian mythology. The English author’s popular trilogy of novels is set in Britain during the time of King Arthur. A new TV adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles books has been announced.

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