# The Last Kingdom on BBC America

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-on-bbc-america/734548>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 13, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-on-bbc-america/734548 "2015-10-13T14:12:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-on-bbc-america/734548/1 "2015-10-13T14:12:04Z")

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Anyone catch this, which premiered over the weekend? I’m a big fan of the book series and I thought the first episode was terrific, and the show looks very promising.

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**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-on-bbc-america/734548/2 "2015-10-13T14:19:20Z")

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I watched the first episode, And i really enjoyed it. I’m not familiar with the books though.

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**Author:** ![moldmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@moldmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldmonkey)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-on-bbc-america/734548/3 "2015-10-13T14:53:59Z")

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Love the books. Didn’t realize the show was out already. Thanks for the heads up.

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**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-kingdom-on-bbc-america/734548/4 "2015-10-13T15:51:58Z")

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This is one of my favorite book series and I thought it was very well done. Maybe a little more time could have been spent on why Uhtred comes to love the Dane life better than his past life but still was not disappointed. The scene with Beocca whispering to him what his uncle intended to do was well done and I also thought they did well capturing Uhtred’s innate fierceness and willingness to fight.