RichardH
Bodging pleb
Been sort of enjoying this but to be frank, its a pale shadow of the first two series which were produced by the BBC before it went over to Netflix. Now its worse than "The Vikings", and that is saying something. The dialogue, acting and writing are various shades of wooden in series 4, and obviously the production budget has been slashed since the BBC days. I very much doubt that there will be a further series.
One of the best things about the earlier series was the portrayal of King Alfred as a great king, but a flawed peevish man. Now he's gone it has lost a lot of its mojo.
Michael Wood did a good documentary on his daughter Aethelflaed, the Lady of the Mercians - Uthred's love interest in series 4 of the Last Kingdom. But its currently unavailable. Probably be on BBC 4 next week then!
Yes, have seen the Aethelflaed documentary - Michael Wood's excellent.
Must admit, I enjoyed series 3 & 4. Agreed - Alfred was a superbly complex character and the show does miss his presence, and perhaps it has gone a bit "Saxon Sharpe" (silly really, I'd never spotted it before - Finan = Pat Harper!!).