But being King wasn't easy. It was dangerous and ... The animation tells the story of William the Conqueror’s invasion of England in 1066 and its aftermath. It starts with the background to ...

It was on the bloody battlefield of Hastings in 1066 that William Duke of Normandy defeated and killed the gallant but battleweary Harold II of England From that day on England would never be the ...

England had finally accepted defeat. On Christmas Day 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned the first Norman King of England. Now he had to gain control of the whole of his kingdom. But he could ...

The Channel Islands will commemorate Norman culture and heritage in 2027 to mark the run up to 1,000 years since the birth of ...

There's nothing we love more than a new period drama on the BBC, particularly when it has an all-star cast featuring the likes of James Norton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Clémence Poésy.

James Norton has revealed he was set on playing William the Conqueror in upcoming Middle Ages drama series “King and Conqueror” but was thwarted by HBO, who had an option on the actor for another ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

Waldau, who played Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones, is gearing up for his new role in a period drama for BBC and CBS ...

So, you can bet we're excited for the release of King & Conqueror – a new eight-part historical drama centred on the epic clash between Harold of Wessex and William the Conqueror in the run-up to the ...

James Norton plays King Harold while Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is William the Conqueror in first look images from upcoming drama 'King and Conqueror.' ...

BBC revealed the first glimpses of its upcoming series — the historical drama “The King and the Conqueror”, where Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister from “Game of Thrones”) takes on one of the ...