Drama

Beowulf

This spectacular drama reimagines one of literature’s most enduring heroes, the great warrior Beowulf. In a place of spectacle and danger populated by both humans and fantastical creatures, Beowulf begins a journey that sees the mighty and capable man slowly reconnect with the notion of family and home.

Episode 6

42m 57s

Beowulf gets to work rebuilding the town's defenses--a need that becomes even greater when iron miner Greff is attacked by one of the most dangerous Mudborn creatures known to humans--a Troll.

Episodes

  • Episode 6: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 6

    S1 E6 - 42m 57s

    Beowulf gets to work rebuilding the town's defenses--a need that becomes even greater when iron miner Greff is attacked by one of the most dangerous Mudborn creatures known to humans--a Troll.

  • Episode 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 1

    S1 E1 - 44m 32s

    Heroic legend Beowulf (Kieran Bew) gallops through the epic and mythical Shieldlands, to his childhood home of Herot, hoping to set right past wrongs. It's a race against time for Beowulf as he seeks to protect the town from a killer, be it human or beast.

  • Episode 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 2

    S1 E2 - 43m 2s

    Herot is bustling as the town prepares for the Gathering, at which the next ruler of the Shieldlands will be elected. Koll, the deputy Reeve, joins Beowulf in the hunt for the killer and their inquiries lead them to the Golden Hall. A member of Rheda's riding party fails to return to Herot.

  • Episode 3: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 3

    S1 E3 - 44m 36s

    With Slean and Thane Scorann missing, Beowulf and Rate, Thane of the Varni, charge out into the forest in search of them. But with the Gathering fast approaching and Rheda's bid for leadership depending on the hope of the ever-loyal Scorann's vote, Beowulf questions whether their disappearance might be more than a simple coincidence.

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    Episode 4

    S1 E4 - 44m 46s

    It’s the day of the Gathering. The fate of the Shieldlands is only moments away, but having lost some of her closest allies, Rheda's chances of becoming leader of these great realms and thus preventing civil war looks bleak and her worries escalate.

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    Episode 5

    S1 E5 - 45m 19s

    Our group continues their perilous journey to Mere to bolster the new treaty, but now without Roth to guide them, the dangers they face look far from over. As they tackle various assaults, the group's situation goes from bad to desperate.

  • Episode 7: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 7

    S1 E7 - 40m 27s

    With Slean and his uncle Abrecan failing to warn Herot about the Wulfing Raider attack, the marauders arrive at the peripheries of an unsuspecting Herot and release their Barghest wolves to terrorize the town.

  • Episode 8: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 8

    S1 E8 - 42m 37s

    Herot, in the mirth and merriment of preparation, readies itself for Slean and Kela's wedding celebrations.

  • Episode 9: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 9

    S1 E9 - 42m 7s

    With Rheda's new laws permeating the tribes, it's time for Abrecan to make a choice--whether to step aside and accept his sister's rule, or stand against her in a declaration of war.

  • Episode 10: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 10

    S1 E10 - 44m 27s

    With danger lurking in every corner threatening the Shieldlands, Herot's Huskarla patrol the forests looking for signs of the enemy.

  • Episode 11: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 11

    S1 E11 - 42m 15s

    Beowulf grapples with the revelation of Elvina's secret and the fact that he has fallen in love with her.

  • Episode 12: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 12

    S1 E12 - 42m 39s

    Rheda returns to Herot alone, with news of familial betrayal and that the fearsome Wulfing army are coming for them all.

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