{"id":10973,"date":"2022-02-09T12:42:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T11:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1581463"},"modified":"2022-02-09T13:16:07","modified_gmt":"2022-02-09T12:16:07","slug":"last-kingdom-season-5-trailer-confirms-date-and-teases-uhtred-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/last-kingdom-season-5-trailer-confirms-date-and-teases-uhtred-tragedy\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Kingdom season 5 trailer confirms date and teases Uhtred tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By David Craig\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Wednesday, 09 February 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The first trailer for The Last Kingdom season 5 has been released online, confirming the show\u2019s return date and giving us a glimpse of what the climactic chapter holds in store for Alexander Dreymon\u2019s Uhtred of Bebbanburg.<\/p>\n<p>The show is set to make another time-jump for its final season, as the trailer opens by revealing there have been \u201cmany years\u201d of peace between Saxons and Danes.<\/p>\n<p>However, this tranquility is set to be disrupted by the return of Brida (Emily Cox), who is now leading a formidable army of warriors and vows revenge on Uhtred for what she views as his abandonment.<\/p>\n<p>It was also revealed that <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-last-kingdom-season-five-release-date\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">The Last Kingdom<\/a> season 5 will arrive on <strong>Wednesday 9th March 2022 \u2013<\/strong> you can watch the trailer below:<\/p> <div class=\"&quot;embed&quot;\"> <div class=\"&quot;embed__intrinsic&quot;\"> <video data-video-id=\"6296501439001\" data-account=\"69912529001\" data-player=\"ByeOf0VZEl\" data-embed=\"&quot;default&quot;\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"&quot;video-js&quot;\" controls=\"\"\/><script src=\"&quot;\/\/players.brightcove.net\/69912529001\/ByeOf0VZEl_default\/index.min.js&quot;\"\/><\/div> <\/div> <p>It has previously been teased that Uhtred will suffer \u201cimmeasurable loss\u201d in season 5 and this teaser hints at what form that could take, with a scene implying that his own son could be among the first victims of Brida\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>An injured Young Uhtred (Finn Elliot) stumbles towards his father at one memorable moment, while later we hear daughter Stiorra (Ruby Hartley) tell him: \u201cWhat your destiny has brought me is pain and grief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It isn\u2019t only Danes that King Edward (Timothy Innes) has to worry about, as Aethelhelm (Adrian Schiller) remains a malicious presence in his own court, seemingly stoking the flames of rebellion in these final episodes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing is as effective as the stench of death,\u201d he says menacingly.<\/p> <p>Fortunately, his attempt to kill Lady Aelswith (Eliza Butterworth), the king\u2019s mother, proved unsuccessful as she returns to offer support and counsel to her son in this teaser.<\/p>\n<p>It will be sorely needed as the late King Alfred\u2019s dream of a united England is closer than ever before, yet teetering on the brink of collapse amid all this chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The Last Kingdom season 5 will also see Uhtred return to his ancestral land of Bebbanburg to make one last attempt at claiming it back from his treacherous cousin.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer ends with Brida proclaiming \u201cthis is where the journey ends\u201d, although that isn\u2019t strictly true given that a follow-up movie titled <a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-last-kingdom-movie-netflix-newsupdate\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Seven Kings Must Die<\/a> is confirmed to be on the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Last Kingdom season 5 is available to stream on Netflix from Wednesday 9th March 2022. 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