Name: Beowulf
Released: 2016-01-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Kieran Bew, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley

TV Show · Drama · Fantasy

Based on the complex protagonist of a classic poem written between the eighth and tenth century, Beowulf takes place in a mythological place, The Shieldlands, and challenges the notions of good and evil, heroes and villains, and the rule of law against one’s moral code.

2016 · 44m

Starring Kieran Bew, William Hurt, Joanne Whalley

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Beowulf returns to his childhood home to pay his respects to his mentor, Hrothgar; Beowulf decides to remain in Herot after a mysterious creature attacks the town.

44m
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Thanes from across the Shieldlands gather for an intertribal election; Beowulf is pressured to locate an enemy who may be closer than he ever imagined.

42m
EPISODE 3

Episode 3

Beowulf and Rate ride into the forest to search for Slean and Thane Scorann; Rheda comes under pressure with her bid for leadership dependent on Scorann's vote.

44m
EPISODE 4

Episode 4

Rheda loses some of her closest allies as she attempts to prevent a civil war; Slean's loyalties become conflicted; Beowulf and his gang undertake a mission to cement Rheda's position of power.

44m
EPISODE 5

Episode 5

The party hopes to cement a new treaty with the Mere; a new crisis arises when ageing Thane Gorrik's daughter becomes ill, and a dangerous Mudborn creature holds the necessary cure.

45m
EPISODE 6

A Dozen Against Hundred

Beowulf and Breca attempt to learn why a troll attacked an iron miner; Slean overhears a conversation between Beowulf and Elvina and comes to the wrong conclusion.

42m