Britannia Woe to the Vanquished (Season 1, Episode 1)
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TV Episode | 70 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Britannia

Woe to the Vanquished (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-MA

TV Episode | 70 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Nine decades after Caesar failed to conquer Britannia, the Romans are back on the island, led by a determined general named Aulus Plautius. Standing against him is a tribal people at war within and the mystic druids and their gods.

Showrunner

Jez Butterworth

Director

Metin Hüseyin

Writers

Terry Cafolla (created by) (co-writer) | Jez Butterworth (created by) (written by) | Tom Butterworth (created by) (written by) | James Richardson (created by)

Producers

Jez Butterworth | Rick McCallum (produced by)

Composer

Neil Davidge

Cinematographer

Michael Snyman

Editors

Philip Hookway (as Phil Hookway) | John Richards

Casting Director

Gary Davy

Production Designer

Tom Burton

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 16, 2017

Release date

Jan 18, 2018 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 nomination

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Cast	+ Add Cast
38 cast members

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David Morrissey Aulus Aulus See fewer	The Walking Dead (2010)
Kelly Reilly Kerra Kerra See fewer	Pride & Prejudice (2005)
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Eleanor Worthington-Cox Cait Cait See fewer	Maleficent (2014)
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Julian Rhind-Tutt Phelan Phelan See fewer	Notting Hill (1999)
Stanley Weber Lindon Lindon See fewer	Not Another Happy Ending (2013)
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