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The Last Kingdom<\/a> stars have warned that the show\u2019s upcoming fifth and final season contains \u201ca lot of death\u201d, so fans should brace themselves for the possibility that certain characters won\u2019t make it out in one piece.<\/p>\n The historical drama, which began life on BBC Two before moving to Netflix<\/a> for its third season, tells a semi-fictional story chronicling how several separate kingdoms united to form what we now know as England in the 10th century.<\/p>\n Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell, the series stars Alexander Dreymon as warrior Uhtred of Bebbanburg, who repeatedly finds himself drawn into Saxon conflicts by what he views as destiny\u2019s hand.<\/p>\n The series has never had an issue with killing off characters (for more on that, check out our list of the best The Last Kingdom deaths<\/a>), but the stakes are higher than ever this time around as the story nears its end.<\/p> James Northcote, who plays Aldhelm, said: \u201cThere\u2019s going to be a lot of death in season 5. And that\u2019s really exciting because with death comes drama. <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI think the fans of the show are going to be shocked, there\u2019s definitely some surprises this year, and it\u2019s a season that\u2019s going to pull on your heartstrings. So hold on to your hankies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The story of The Last Kingdom will be capped off with feature film follow-up Seven Kings Must Die<\/a>, but Netflix is yet to announce any cast members beyond Dreymon as they do not wish to give away who survives the events of season 5.<\/p>\n Co-star Emily Cox, better known as fierce Dane warrior Brida, added: \u201cSeason 5 is going to be really big. There are a lot of surprises. When I first read the scripts I was like, \u2018I didn\u2019t see that happening at all.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cAnd there are big dramatic surprises as well. Viewers can expect a lot of adventure, they can expect a lot of violence again, and a lot of love.\u201d<\/p>\n The Last Kingdom season 5 launches on Netflix on Wednesday 9th March 2022. Check out more of our Drama<\/a> coverage or visit our TV Guide<\/a> to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong>isten to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n By David Craig Published: Tuesday, 01 March 2022 at 12:00 am The Last Kingdom stars have warned that the show\u2019s upcoming fifth and final season contains \u201ca lot of death\u201d, so fans should brace themselves for the possibility that certain characters won\u2019t make it out in one piece. The historical drama, which began life on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By David Craig Published: Tuesday, 01 March 2022 at 12:00 am The Last Kingdom stars have warned that the show\u2019s upcoming fifth and final season contains \u201ca lot of death\u201d, so fans should brace themselves for the possibility that certain characters won\u2019t make it out in one piece. The historical drama, which began life on…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/11620"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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