A highly anticipated period drama made its debut on BBC One on Sunday night.

However, within moments of starting, viewers were united in their criticism as they highlighted several major flaws with the fresh series.

Featuring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as feuding monarchs Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy, King & Conqueror chronicles the events leading to the Battle of Hastings.

The eight-episode series shows the two nobles first encountering each other at King Edward's coronation in England, where Harold's cautionary words about betrayal fall on deaf ears.

The opening 50-minute instalment witnessed William's arrival in England for an important Royal ceremony, planting the foundations of an epic feud through several brutal sequences, reports the Express . READ

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