Britannia: The great British face-off
There’s a new sweeping historical drama on the block, and Britannia is big on battles, blood and budget. Tony Clayton-Lea meets its stars David Morrissey, Barry Ward and Eleanor Worthington Cox
Don’t look now, but Game of Thrones has a tough new competitor waiting in the wings. Britannia, Sky Atlantic’s original nine-part series airing from Thursday, is taking on the big guns with its own singular arsenal: myth, mysticism, bloody battle scenes, Celt royalty, the underworld and the Roman Empire.
Set in 43AD, the series is anchored with interweaving stories. Foremost is the second Roman Imperial Army’s invasion of Britain, but equally important to ...
