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Season 1 of The Winter King, based on the Warlord Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell and which follows Arthur Pendragon as he evolves from outcast son to legendary warrior and leader, is still being released on different streaming services around the world and fans are already (im-)patiently asking about a potential Season 2.

In a recent interview with Esquire Middle East, lead actor Iain De Caestecker (Arthur) talked about all things The Winter King and ultimately was asked about his own professional future and whether it might include more seasons of the “bold and revisionist take on well-loved Arthurian legends”. His answer certainly gives hope for more!

ESQ: You’ve played a doctor, a high school teacher, and now a king – what’s next?

IDC: It’s really hard to plan ahead in terms of what you would like to do. Right now I’m just really excited for the show to come out. We worked really hard on it, I can’t wait to see what people think of it. I love it. I also know that the writers are back busily writing season two. Nothing is confirmed yet but we’re all really excited about the prospect of getting back on the saddle, literally and metaphorically.

Source: Esquire Magazine

Iain De Caestecker also talks about the pressures of being King Arthur, bathing in guts, and learning to play the accordion:

The 10-part series, which was filmed between July 2022 and January 2023 in Wales and the West Country, premiered on 20 August 2023 on MGM+ in the USA.

It is also available on Crave (Canada), Stan (Australia) and OCS (France). It will be released on Timvision in Italy on 6 December 2023, on Movistar Plus+ in Spain on 29 December 2023 and on Magenta TV in Germany on 01 January 2024.

ITVX, which produced the series in cooperation with Bad Wolf TV, will release all episodes in the UK on 21 December 2023.

Avid book readers will know that Sansum plays an important role in Enemy of God and Excalibur, the follow-up books to The Winter King, so we’re keeping our fingers and toes crossed that Andrew Gower will be able to reprise his role in future seasons!

The Winter King continues to conquer the world with another international release date. This time it’s coming to Timvision in Italy.

Episodes 1 – 5 will be shown on 6 December 2023 with episodes 6 – 10 following on 13 December 2023.

Thank you to Historical Period Drama Italia for the heads up!

Season 1 is also available on MGM+ (USA), Crave (Canada), Stan (Australia) and OCS (France).

It will be released on Movistar Plus+ in Spain on 29 December 2023 and on Magenta TV in Germany on 01 January 2024.

ITVx, which produced the series in cooperation with Bad Wolf TV, will release the episodes in the UK on 21 December 2023.

Have we missed other release dates? Let us know!

The Winter King, which premiered last Sunday on MGM+ to overwhelmingly positive reviews, has found a home in Germany.

German Telekom’s Magenta TV will show the episodes in early 2024. While no exact release date has been given so far, speculation points to January 2024.

„The Winter King“ basiert auf der „Warlord Chronicles“-Serie von Bernard Cornwell (The Last Kingdom), das als Mischung aus historischer Fiktion und Legende beschrieben wird. „The Winter King“ spielt im fünften Jahrhundert, lange Zeit bevor Großbritannien vereinigt wurde, einem brutalen Land, das aus verschiedenen Fraktionen und Stämmen bestand. Im Zentrum geht es um Arthur Pendragon, der sich vom Außenseiter zum legendären Krieger und Anführer entwickelt.

Source: Serienjunkies

The Winter King premiered on 20 August 2023 on MGM+ (USA), on 21 August 2023 on Stan (Australia) and will be released on 10 September on Crave (Canada) as well as “later this year” (rumours pointing towards Decemer) on ITVX (UK).

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ETA (21 November 2023):

TV Wunschliste reported today that the episodes will be available on MagentaTV in Germany on 01 January 2024. What a way to start the new year!

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Andrew Gower plays Sansum the Priest in this adaption of Bernard Cornwell‘s Warlord Chronicles, “a bold and revisionist take on well-loved Arthurian legends”. The series stars Iain De Caestecker as Arthur Pendragon, alongside Eddie Marsan as his father High King Uther, Valene Kane as Arthur’s sister Morgan and Jordan Alexandra as the later Queen Guinevere. Nathaniel Martello-White as Merlin, Stuart Campbell as Derfel, Ellie James as Nimue, Daniel Ings as Owain and Simon Merrells as Gundleus complete the main cast.

Andrew Gower‘s new series The Winter King starring Iain De Caestecker as the young Arthur Pendragon and Nathaniel Martello-White as the mythical Merlin, premieres tonight on MGM+ in the USA. The 10-part series will be released weekly on Sunday nights.

• Episode 1: Sunday, 20 August 2023
• Episode 2: Sunday, 27 August 2023
• Episode 3: Sunday, 10 September 2023
• Episode 4: Sunday, 17 September 2023
• Episode 5: Sunday, 24 September 2023
• Episode 6: Sunday, 08 October 2023
• Episode 7: Sunday, 15 Octorber 2023
• Episode 8: Sunday, 22 October 2023
• Episode 9: Sunday, 29 October 2023
• Episode 10: Sunday, 5 November 2023

In Australia streaming service Stan will show the episodes on Mondays, the day after the USA while Canadians fans can enjoy the revisionist take on the Arthurian legend on Crave starting on 10 September 2023.

Andrew’s British fans will have to wait a little longer. So far ITVX has not announced a release date but rumour has it placed in December 2023.

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Watch the official trailer for The Winter King below!

The Winter King is based on Bernard Cornwell‘s Warlord Chronicles, “a bold and revisionist take on well-loved Arthurian legends”, and stars Iain De Caestecker as Arthur Pendragon, alongside Eddie Marsan as his father High King Uther, Valene Kane as Arthur’s sister Morgan and Jordan Alexandra as the later Queen Guinevere.

Nathaniel Martello-White as Merlin, Stuart Campbell as Derfel, Ellie James as Nimue, Daniel Ings as Owain and Simon Merrells as Gundleus complete the main cast. Andrew Gower plays Sansum the Priest.

The Winter King premiers on 20 August 2023 on MGM+ (USA) and on 21 August 2023 on Stan (Australia). More release dates to follow!

As the Netflix hit series The Last Kingdom has come to a final conclusion with the release of the film Seven Kings Must Die, it is time for the cast to pass on the torch to the next adaptation. The Winter King is a 10-part returning series based on the best-selling Warlord Chronicles, a re-telling of the Arthurian legend, by The Last Kingdom author Bernard Cornwell.

In a recent interview with Radio Times Alexander Dreymon, who played The Last Kingdom‘s lead character Uhtred of Bebbanburg, gave some advice to the actors following in his footsteps:

I would say, if there’s any chance for him to meet with and hang out with Bernard Cornwell, I would jump on that chance. First of all, he’s such a wonderful man and great fun to hang out with, but he’s [also] such a wealth of resources. And to build your character, it is such a luxury to have him in your corner.

Radio Times

The Winter King is produced by Bad Wolf for ITVX and is expected to hit the British streaming service in late 2023 / early 2024. The cast includes Iain De Caestecker (Arthur), Jordan Alexandra (Guinevere) and Stuart Campbell (Derfel Cadarn).

Twitter user @todbristol shared this first look at Andrew Gower who plays Sansum the Priest, a character who Andrew described as “the Bill Gates of Christianity. He starts out as a nobody with just a seedling of an idea and, I think to a lot of people’s surprise, he becomes a somebody.” (Book of Man Interview)

@AndrewGowerF4ns here is a still from a video of Andrew gower as priest sansun in The winter king.he is in white with the fir neck garment.. thought you might like it.. pic.twitter.com/u1S3kT6IjD

— @todbristol (@todbristol) December 18, 2022

Cast and crew of the upcoming adaptation of Bernard Cornwell‘s The Winter King have reportedly wrapped production at Lynday Park Estate in Gloucestershire, England, last week from 9 – 14 January 2023.

Filming of the “revisionist take on the well-loved Arthurian legends”, is now completed, which some actors have shared on their Social Media, including Valene Kane, who plays Morgan, Arthur’s sister.

A staff member confirmed that crews were filming at different locations around the privately owned estate. They further said that the fitful weather effected their choice of locations in which to film on the estate.

Lynday Park belongs to the Bathurst family since the 18th century and the current owner Rupert Bathurst, 4th Viscount Bledisloe, is the older brother of The Winter King‘s lead director Otto Bathurst. The estate was used for filming on previous occasions, though, so it’s not just a matter of family connections.

Other than its gardens and large park areas, the estate is also famous for the archeological sites that were excavated in the early 20th century by Tessa Wheeler and her husband.

They found the remnants of an old Roman temple to the Celtic god Noden (Romans often assimilated foreign gods and goddesses into their own belief) which was built on much older structures known as ‘Lydney Camp’ dating back to the British Iron Age and ‘Dwarf’s Hill’, an open-cast mining site for iron ore in Roman times.

Soon after the Romans abandoned Britain, local people thought the ruins were the homes of dwarves and hobgoblins and were afraid of the hill. The Lord of the Ring‘s author J.R.R. Tolkien, who was part of the Wheeler excavation team in the 1920s and was working on The Hobbit at the time, is said to have taken large inspiration from these tales and the landscape at Lynday Park Estate.

Bernard Cornwell’s Warlord Chronicles – set in the 5th century AD, roughly 100 years after the Roman departure – in turn often mention buildings and other Roman architecture that are used by the protagonists of the books. Maybe we can expect to see some of the old ruins at Lynday Park Estate during the TV series.

The Winter King stars Iain De Caestecker as a young Arthur Pendragon and Stuart Campbell as his loyal spearman and narrator of the story. More cast members were confirmed last year, among them Andrew Gower as Sansum, an ambitious, scheming priest.

The series is expected to be released on ITV’s new streaming platform ITVX exclusively in the UK later this year. There is no information on international distributors yet, but we will keep you informed as always as soon as we find out more.