King & Conqueror

About King & Conqueror

Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy are two men destined to face each other at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Two former allies, neither of whom had aspired to the British throne, are forced, by circumstances and their personal obsession, to wage war over possession of the crown.

King & Conqueror is an action-adventure, war, and politics series made for BBC One. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau leads the cast as William of Normandy, James Norton as Harold Godwinson, Clémence Poésy as Matilda of Normandy, and Emily Beecham as Edith Swanneck.

Its one season of 8 episodes aired between August 2025 and October 2025.

Shelv files it under thoughtful, tragic, grand, and dignified. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 82 TMDB voters.

Designated Survivor, Supergirl, and Mrs. Davis make useful companions to King & Conqueror, all filed under dramatic.