Netflix Stregnation Service officially extended the historic series "Last Kingdom" for the fifth season. In the new season there will be ten episodes and he will continue to tell about the Bebbourvburg Sking, "Warrior, Born Sax, but grew up with a talented commander and politics.
The leading leadership Alexander Draimon posted in his Instagram video, as the actors of the series are violently rejoice during the online conference, on which they reported this news. The executive producer of the series commented on the news:
We are really proud of the "last kingdom". This series continues to entertain viewers around the world. We had very high ratings last season, so we will be happy to remove the continuation.
The series tells about the history of the British islands at the turn of the IX and X centuries. After the departure of the Romans, the island turned out to be fragmented into many small principalities, which are not able to withstand the invasion of the Vikings, who almost did not completely obey themselves all the kingdoms. But over time, the situation has changed, and they were expelled from Britain.
The "Last Kingdom" is based on the cycle of the novels of the English writer Bernard Cornwell "Saxon Chronicles". Each season of the series corresponds to two novels from the cycle. In the fifth, events from the novels "Warriors of Storm" and the Bearing Flame will be retold. Since only twelve novels in the cycle, it can be assumed that after the fifth season, another one that will become final will be created.