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World Without End

  • TV Mini Series
  • 20122012
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  • 6h 14m
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The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.The English town of Kingsbridge works to survive as the King leads the nation into the Hundred Years' War with France while Europe deals with the outbreak of the Black Death.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
8.7K
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POPULARITY
3,322
96
  • Stars
    • Ben Chaplin
    • Charlotte Riley
    • Nora Waldstätten
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    • Ben Chaplin
    • Charlotte Riley
    • Nora Waldstätten
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    • 95User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Ben Chaplin
    Ben Chaplin
    • Sir Thomas Langleyas Sir Thomas Langley
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Charlotte Riley
    Charlotte Riley
    • Carisas Caris
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Nora Waldstätten
    Nora Waldstätten
    • Gwendaas Gwenda
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Oliver Jackson-Cohen
    Oliver Jackson-Cohen
    • Ralphas Ralph
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Rupert Evans
    Rupert Evans
    • Godwynas Godwyn
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Tom Weston-Jones
    Tom Weston-Jones
    • Merthinas Merthin
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Cynthia Nixon
    Cynthia Nixon
    • Petranillaas Petranilla
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Tom Cullen
    Tom Cullen
    • Wulfricas Wulfric
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Blake Ritson
    Blake Ritson
    • Edward IIIas Edward III
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Neil Bell
    Neil Bell
    • Sim Chapmanas Sim Chapman
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Diana Kent
    Diana Kent
    • Roseas Rose
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Sally Bankes
    Sally Bankes
    • Madge Webberas Madge Webber
    8 episodes8 eps • 2012
    Alexandra Gallusz
    • Merchantas Merchant
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    Aure Atika
    Aure Atika
    • Queen Isabellaas Queen Isabella
    7 episodes7 eps • 2012
    Tatiana Maslany
    Tatiana Maslany
    • Sister Meiras Sister Meir
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    Miranda Richardson
    Miranda Richardson
    • Mother Ceciliaas Mother Cecilia
    6 episodes6 eps • 2012
    Peter Firth
    Peter Firth
    • Earl Rolandas Earl Roland
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    Sarah Gadon
    Sarah Gadon
    • Philippaas Philippa
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    • Trivia
      Merthin Fitzgerald is described in the novel as being of short stature and having bright red hair which he inherited from his ancestor, Jack Jackson - the main character from The Pillars of the Earth (2010).
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    5/10
    A disappointment
    This series was disappointing for me. I saw Pillars of the Earth which was very good and so I was expecting something better.

    I didn't give this series a one-star rating because the costumes were very well-made and some of the cast like Miranda Richardson, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Nora von Waldstätten performed very well.

    But there were too many rape scenes, and I didn't like the incest. Is it really necessary to show incest in so many TV series? The anti-Catholic theme (lesbian nuns, gay monks, evil prior, executing healers, old priest draining blood) was over-the-top. In reality, most at that time in history were very religious and their behaviour was influenced by the fear of eternal hell-fire.

    People were unrealistically naive and too easily fooled by Godwyn and his mother as they kept on murdering people, episode after episode.

    I was disappointed in the then age 14 Edward III being cast as an age 33 actor in the first episode. Later we do not see his beautiful wife, and first-born son, just his third child Joan. The old queen mother had no power after 1330, yet we see her and Joan trying to manipulate Edward into going to war with France.

    Edward III is cast as an indecisive, wimpish, dark-haired little man, but was in fact very confident, tall, broad-shouldered and fair-haired (a typical Plantagenet in appearance). Edward III has been one of my favourite people in history since I first read about him as child, so I was unhappy to see him portrayed this way.

    Was that battle in France supposed to be the Battle of Crécy? It happened nothing like what is shown! In fact, the French in far superior numbers attacked with crossbowmen and mounted knights, and were slaughtered by the longbows. Where is Edward's son the Black Prince? He was just a 16-year-old at Crécy, yet did very well in the midst of the heaviest fighting.

    There is plenty of interesting drama in real history during that time period, like the story of how Edward took Calais. But of course the producers decided to ignore that.
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    • Release date
      • October 17, 2012 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • En värld utan slut
    • Filming locations
      • Bojnice Castle, Bojnice, Slovakia
    • Production companies
      • Tandem Communications
      • Scott Free Productions
      • Take 5 Productions
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      6 hours 14 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital
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      • 16:9 HD

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