The world of the Vikings is brought to life through the journey of Ragnar Lothbrok, the first Viking to emerge from Norse legend and onto the pages of history – a man on the edge of myth.

  Creator and writer Michael Hirst’s series begins when Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) was growing desperate for an heir and increasingly distant from his first wife. The series moves quickly to the period when Anne Boleyn (Natalie Dormer) became his obsession. During this time Cardinal Wolsey (Sam Neill) rose...