Racially diverse cast to play Anglo-Saxons in BBC drama

Anglo-Saxons will be played by a diverse cast in a new BBC historical drama about the Battle of Hastings. The eight-part series King and Conqueror will tell the story of Harold and William’s epoch-defining struggle for the throne of England in 1066. Some Anglo-Saxon characters, including a real 11th-century leader, will be played by a diverse set of actors. Jason Forbes and Elander Moore have joined the cast of the drama which boasts James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in starring roles. Adding diversity to a high medieval period setting follows the BBC’s “colour-blind” casting of non-white stars as Tudor courtiers...