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Independent films

The 'Peaky Blinders' Movie Is Easy to Watch, Impossible to Forget

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Tim Roth, Steven Knight, and Tom Harper on Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: Podcast

Television

13 Years Later, Netflix Is Finally Bringing A Beloved Crime Saga To An End

Television

Peaky Blinders The Real Story review how a pop crime sensation became a network-hopping brand

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'Peaky Blinders' Sequel Series Just Made A Huge Casting Change

Peaky Blinders returns with 'The Immortal Man', concluding Tommy Shelby's story while introducing a sequel series featuring Duke Shelby, now played by Jamie Bell.

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Independent films

The 'Peaky Blinders' Movie Is Easy to Watch, Impossible to Forget

Film

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Tim Roth, Steven Knight, and Tom Harper on Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: Podcast

Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man concludes the Shelby saga during World War II with escalated stakes, featuring Tim Roth as a grounded antagonist and Tommy Shelby facing his final reckoning.

Television

13 Years Later, Netflix Is Finally Bringing A Beloved Crime Saga To An End

Television

Peaky Blinders The Real Story review how a pop crime sensation became a network-hopping brand

Netflix's New Crime Thriller Is So Deep in Sicko Territory It's Almost Funny

Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's adaptation of his Harry Hole novels struggles to translate complex narratives into a coherent screen format.

Arts

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Six seasons and a sequel: 'Peaky Blinders' is easy to consume and impossible to forget

Tommy Shelby emerges from isolation in 1940 when his son's dangerous gang activities and Nazi threats force him to confront personal and historical crises threatening England and his family.

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The Forsytes Series-Premiere Recap: Marry, Bang, Financially Ruin

Resetting expectations reveals The Forsytes as a melodramatic 1990s BBC soap opera rather than a high-budget period drama.

A fascinating discovery': research challenges Battle of Hastings narrative

The forced march of King Harold's army to Stamford Bridge may not have happened, challenging long-held historical assumptions about the Battle of Hastings.

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Legacy of the Geats: How the Memory of Beowulf's Tribe Survives in Modern Sweden - Medievalists.net

The Geats' identity as a distinct people likely survived Swedish expansion and remains conceptually present in modern Sweden, despite Beowulf's poem suggesting their ultimate defeat and absorption.

13 Years Later, The Most Underrated Crime Thriller Ends With A Bang On Netflix

Period dramas face challenges with historical accuracy over time, as seen in Peaky Blinders' evolution and its new film addressing significant historical events.

10 Men Who Nearly Became King of England - Medievalists.net

Medieval England had numerous men who came close to ruling but never secured the throne due to death, overthrow, or military defeat.

Film

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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man review Tommy Shelby returns for muddy, bloody big-screen showdown

Peaky Blinders transitions from television to film with Tommy Shelby confronting his estranged son's criminal betrayal during World War II while battling personal demons and Nazi threats.

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If you loved 'Hamnet,' here's what to watch next

Hamnet depicts Shakespeare and his wife experiencing profound grief after tragedy, blending historical drama with intimate emotional exploration through acclaimed performances and direction.

Video games

An Acclaimed Medieval Action RPG Is Coming To The Big Screen

Kingdom Come: Deliverance creator Daniel Vávra is developing a film adaptation based on the game series' historically accurate medieval setting approach.

Who Are The New Characters In 'Knight Of Seven Kingdoms' Season 2?

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 2 production is underway with three new cast members joining the series, including Lucy Boynton as Lady Rohanne, Babou Ceesay as Ser Bennis, and Peter Mullan as Ser Eustace Osgrey.

15 Plots Against William the Conqueror - Medievalists.net

William the Conqueror survived numerous plots, conspiracies, and betrayals throughout his life, demonstrating how fragile medieval power was despite military conquest and dynastic authority.

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Traitors UK Has Landed on Peacock

Peacock releases all 12 episodes of Traitors UK season four Thursday morning, offering viewers continuous content following the U.S. finale, with an upcoming NBC all-civilian American version launching fall.

Seven Kings Must Die Film - Historical Accuracy

Seven Kings Must Die (2023) is a historical drama film based on Bernard Cornwell's novel Warlord (2020) and is a sequel to the TV series The Last Kingdom (2015-2022). Directed by Edward Bazalgette and produced by Carnival Films, it depicts the build-up to and the Battle of Brunanburh (937), in which King Aethelstan of England (reign 924-939) defeated an alliance of Scots and Vikings. Background & The Last Kingdom The film's protagonist is the fictional warrior and nobleman Uhtred of Bebbanburg (modern-day Bamburgh).

History

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Television

What Happens to Dunk After 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'?

Television

'A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' Is Already Setting Up Its Central Mystery

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Television

What Happens to Dunk After 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms'?

Television

'A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms' Is Already Setting Up Its Central Mystery

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Books

Disney Is Really Trying To Make 'Eragon' Happen

Disney+ is developing a live-action Eragon series with Todd Harthan and Todd Helbing as co-showrunners, adapting Christopher Paolini's young adult fantasy.

The First King of England: thelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom

Aethelstan unified England, strengthened royal authority, managed the church, dominated neighboring Celtic realms, and secured European stature during a transformative fifteen-year reign.

Cnut: The North Sea King

"Cnut: The North Sea King" by Ryan Lavelle is a short and engaging biography of the most ambitious and successful Scandinavian leader of the Viking Age. Lavelle captures both the brutality and pragmatism that allowed Cnut to govern England effectively for almost two decades, despite being an outsider and a foreign conqueror. In 1066 and All That (1930), a parody book of English history,

History

Did Uhtred of Bebbanburg Really Exist in Anglo-Saxon England?

The Last Kingdom (2015-2022) is a historical fiction TV series based on Bernard Cornwell's The Saxon Stories novels and adapted for television by English screenwriter Stephen Butchard. With five seasons, the show began as a BBC production and was later acquired by Netflix. Filmed in Hungary and Wales, it is based on English history during the 9th and 10th centuries, as the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms fought against the invading Vikings.

History

Online Course: The Normans in Europe - Medievalists.net

We get started by exploring the origins of the Normans in the county and then duchy of Normandy. We will understand their Norse background and their relationship with the Carolingians. The timeline approach will help us discover all the counts and dukes of Normandy, and what they contributed to their realm. This will set the foundation for the interconnected stories that will lead us to England and the Mediterranean.

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Steven Knight and Malachi Kirby on A Thousand Blows, Broken Heroes, and the Weight of History: Podcast

A Thousand Blows returns for its second season darker, bruised, and more inward-looking than before, and when Steven Knight and Malachi Kirby sat down with Kyle Meredith, it was clear that shift was intentional. The Disney+ series, set in the brutal underbelly of 1880s London, picks up with its characters stripped of bravado and fighting to survive the consequences of Season 1.

Television

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Television

Ten Years Ago, a Megahit Revitalized Spy Thrillers. Now It's Back-but a Lot Has Changed.

Television

Made me want to punch the air': The Night Manager's seductive, twisty return was a TV triumph

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Television

Ten Years Ago, a Megahit Revitalized Spy Thrillers. Now It's Back-but a Lot Has Changed.

Television

Made me want to punch the air': The Night Manager's seductive, twisty return was a TV triumph

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Agatha Christie's Seven Dials review think Downton Abbey is real? This terrible adaptation is for you

Netflix's adaptation of Agatha Christie's Seven Dials returns to period costume mystery, prioritizing puzzle-driven dialogue and plot over postwar-grief inflections.

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