Netflix fans in Northumberland will be able to enter one of their favourite shows for real with a new Last Kingdom exhibition and tour at Bamburgh Castle.
Costumes and props worn by actors in the sword-wielding saga will be on display at the original fortress of Bebbanburg on the Northumberland coast from Saturday February 18. The exhibition includes costumes worn by Alexander Dreymon who plays Uhtred of Bebbanburg, Thea Sofie Loch Næss who starred as Skade, Ola Rapace who played Viking warrior Bloodhair and Cavan Clerkin who played warrior priest Father Pyrlig.
The Last Kingdom has been filmed at the Bamburgh Castle since 2018 and is one of many TV series and films to use it as a backdrop. It will be on the big screen later this year for the latest instalment of the Indiana Jones series, which was filmed at Bamburgh in June 2021.
Karen Larkin, visitor services manager at Bamburgh Castle, said: "Fans of The Last Kingdom will be able to see for themselves that Uhtred’s sword has returned to Bebbanburg as he said it would! The exhibition includes a bespoke selection of key props and costumes from the series.
"It’s located in the Castle’s King’s Hall on the very footprint of Bebbanburg’s medieval banqueting hall – our Valhalla – where the real Uhtred could have feasted. It gives me goose bumps just thinking about it!
"Even if you haven’t watched the series, the exhibition will bring to life characters based on Bamburgh’s epic past as capital of the Kingdom of Northumbria and the kings and queens of its Golden Age."
Nigel Marchant, producer at Carnival Films who make The Last Kingdom, said: "It’s truly wonderful that Bamburgh Castle are putting on this exhibition and giving the show’s loyal fans and members of the public the chance to step into the real Last Kingdom. The props and costumes are such an integral part of the series, it seems only right they get to stand proudly on display at Uhtred’s ancestral home of Bebbanburg."
News of the exhibition comes as Carnival Films announced the release date for the feature-length movie based on the series - Seven Kings Must Die - on April 14 on Netflix. The Last Kingdom at Bebbanburg exhibition opens on Saturday February 18 when the castle reopens daily to visitors.
Follow in the Footsteps of Uhtred tours will take place on Saturdays throughout March and are free with general admission, and there will be a chance for visitors to become Queen or King of the North and be photographed sitting on the Wessex Throne. Tours will be led by Ragnar the Viking who'll be comparing the real history of Uhtred with the fictional version.
For more information, including opening times and admission prices, visit the Bamburgh Castle website.
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