First-look at BBC's 'King & Conqueror' with James Norton, Nikolaj Coster Waldau

King & Conqueror is produced by The Development Partnership, Rabbit Track Pictures, Shepherd Content, RVK Studios and CBS Studios, in association with the BBC.

The series filmed in Iceland and is written by Michael Robert Johnson. The opening episode is directed by Baltasar Kormákur who executive produces and steers the creative across the series. 

James Norton stars as Harold, Earl of Wessex, with Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William, Duke of Normandy, Emily Beecham as Edith Swan-neck and Clémence Poésy as Matilda.

The series also stars star Eddie Marsan as King Edward, Juliet Stevenson as Lady Emma, Jean-Marc Barr as King Henry, Luther Ford as Tostig, Geoff Bell as Godwin, Elliott Cowan as Sweyn, Bo Bragason as Queen Gunhild, Bjarne Henriksen as Earl Siward, Oliver Masucci as Baldwin, Clare Holman as Gytha, Elander Moore as Morcar, Indy Lewis as Margaret, Jason Forbes as Thane Thomas, Ingvar Sigurdsson as Fitzosbern, Ines Asserson as Judith, Sveinn Ólafur Gunnarsson as Hardrada and Léo Legrand as Odo.

King & Conqueror is the story of the 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, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

The eight-part series is created and executive produced by Michael Robert Johnson and executive produced by James Norton and Kitty Kaletsky for Rabbit Track Pictures, Baltasar Kormákur for RVK Studios, Robert Taylor for The Development Partnership, Dave Clarke and Richard Halliwell for Shepherd Content, Ed Clarke, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and CBS Studios’ Lindsey Martin. 

William, Duke of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and Harold, Earl of Wessex (James Norton) (Image: Lilja Jons)

Earl of Wessex (James Norton) (Image: Lilja Jons)

William, Duke of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) (Image: Lilja Jons)

Tostig (Luther Ford) and Edith Swan-neck (Emily Beecham) (Image: Lilja Jons)

Odo (Léo Legrand), Matilda (Clémence Poésy) and Baldwin (Oliver Masucci) (Image: Juliette Rowland)