The new age of 'Vikings'
Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), center, prepares to lead his crew. (Jonathan Hession / HISTORY) Credit: Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), center, prepares to lead his crew. (Jonathan Hession / HISTORY)
In recent years, TV has featured historical series with monarchs, knights, gladiators, gangsters, cowboys and a pope.
Starting Sunday, you can add Vikings to the mix.
The History Channel is making its initial foray into scripted series - it aired its first scripted miniseries, "Hatfields & McCoys," last year - with this epic look at the Norse warriors and explorers.
Created by Michael Hirst, who also created "The Tudors" and "Camelot" for TV and wrote the films "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth: The Golden Age," "Vikings" follows the real life figure Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) as he grapples with the chieftain Earl Haraldson (Gabriel Byrne) over where they should raid. But the show is not all action. It also delves deeply into family issues.
amNewYork spoke with Hirst about the show.
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