Ep. 30 - VIKINGS: VALHALLA Fires Up Viking History
VIKINGS: VALHALLA Cast from Season 1 First Row (L-to-R): Queen Emma (Laura Berlin), Olaf Haraldsson (Jóhannes Jóhannesson), Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), Earl Godwin, Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), Jarl Estrid Haakon (Caroline Henderson). Background: Earl Godwin (David Oakes), King Canute (Bradley Freegard) . Photo credit: Netflix
“I think ‘VIKINGS’ is more authentic. It really portrays that life was hard and violent. And ‘VIKINGS: VALHALLA’ takes it to another level.”
Alex Chisnall, host of the popular business podcast, Screw It, Just Do It
In Ep. 30 is a “watchers guide” to Viking dramas available for streaming starting with VIKINGS: VALHALLA now in its second season on Netflix. Alex Chisnall, host of the popular business podcast Screw It Just Do It, is our guest and guide. We met Alex via the Clubhouse social media app where he gave podcasters like us the incentive, courage, and a road map to just do it and launch Historical Drama with The Boston Sisters. Alex, who is close to Viking history in the UK and shares our enthusiasm for history, got us curious about VIKINGS: VALHALLA, and other Viking-themed dramas (see below) currently available on streaming services.
Guest: ALEX CHISNALL
Alex Chisnall is the host of his own podcast, Screw It Just Do It, a #1 rated business show downloaded in over 180+ countries from the UK to Uganda. Alex started his audio career with BBC Radio in the 1990s before deciding to travel the world working for Virgin Atlantic Airlines.
He founded his podcast agency, Podpreneur, after the success of his own podcast literally changed his life. Alex passionately believes that everybody deserves to be heard & everybody should have their own voice.
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VIKINGS: VALHALLA
VIKINGS: VALHALLA Season 2 Trailer (Netflix)
Set over a thousand years ago in the early 11th century, VIKINGS: VALHALLA (2022- ) chronicles the exploits of some of the most famous Vikings from history — the legendary explorer Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his courageous warrior sister Freydis Eriksdotter (Frida Gustavsson), and the ambitious Nordic prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter).
Season Two begins after the tragic fall of Kattegat; an event that has shattered the main characters’ dreams and altered their destinies. Finding themselves suddenly fugitives in Scandinavia Leif , Harald, and Freydis are forced to test their ambitions and courage in worlds beyond the fjords of Kattegat.
VIKINGS: VALHALLA is a sequel to the HIstory Channel’s VIKINGS series created by Michael Hirst. Created by Jeb Stuart (DIE HARD, THE FUGITIVE), VIKINGS VALHALLA is set 100 years later towards the end of the Viking era 1066. Available on Netflix
VIKINGS
VIKINGS cast from season 3: (L-R) Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård), Princess Aslaug (Alyssa Sutherland), Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), Rollo (Clive Standen)
Inspired by the Medieval Norse tales of Scandinavia, VIKINGS (2012 - 2020) transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary Viking hero and scourge to Anglo-Saxon England and West Francia. Ragnar (Travis Finzel) is depicted as a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean with the help of his Viking crew and family including shield maiden wife Lagertha (Katherine Winnick). The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons.
VIKINGS is available on AmazonPrime, Hulu, Peacock, YouTube (check for availability, fees apply)
THE NORTHMAN
Directed by Robert Eggers, THE NORTHMAN (2022) is an action-filled epic that follows a young Viking prince on his quest to avenge his father’s murder. With an all-star cast that includes Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ethan Hawke, Björk, and Willem Dafoe.
THE LAST KINGDOM
THE LAST KINGDOM Season 1 Trailer
THE LAST KINGDOM is based on Bernard Cornwell’s The Saxon Stories series of novels. The novels THE were adapted for television by Stephen Butchard and premiered on BBC in 2015. When young Uhtred (Tom Taylor) loses his Saxon father (Matthew Macfadyen) in battle, his lands and inheritance are taken by his scheming uncle Aelfric (Joseph Millson), who becomes a puppet-‐lord for the ruling Danes. The Saxon boy is brought up by Danish warlord Ragnar (Peter Gantzler) and grows into a warrior. But when his surrogate family is murdered by a group of renegade Danes, Uhtred (Alexander Dreymon) finds himself alone; neither Saxon nor Dane. He seeks to avenge his adopted family and reclaim his destiny.
Seasons 1-5 are available on Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube (check for availability, fees apply)