Netflix to Co-Produce Season Two of The Last Kingdom

LONDON: Netflix has signed on as a co-production partner for the second season of the BBC Two drama The Last Kingdom, from Carnival Films.

The series is adapted by Stephen Butchard from Bernard Cornwell’s best-selling series of novels. Season two will be set in the year 878, following as fearless and instinctive warrior Uhtred continues his fight for his native land of Northumbria. The new installment will premiere next year on BBC Two in the U.K. and on Netflix in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Japan, Spain and Portugal.

Filming on season two has already started in Budapest. Gareth Neame and Nigel Marchant return as executive producers for Carnival Films, alongside Butchard. Elizabeth Kilgarriff is the executive producer for the BBC and Dominic Barlow will produce this season.