Eight part historical bbc drama centred around the wars between the saxons and danes during the ninth century'. '.strtoupper('b')ased on bernard cornwell’s bestselling medieval epic. starring matthew macfadyen'. '.strtoupper('t')he bbc’s the last kingdom series, also known as the warrior chronicles, is based on bernard cornwell’s bestselling medieval epic'. '.strtoupper('u')htred is a saxon boy, born into the 9th century english aristocracy, but orphaned at ten'. '.strtoupper('h')e is adopted by a viking warlord and raised to manhood as a dane'. '.strtoupper('n')ow he must choose a side and play his part in the birth of a nation, alongside the man who would become known as king alfred the great'. '.strtoupper('r')unning time 468 minutes region region 2 subtitles english release date 14 dec'. '.strtoupper('2')015