Search results
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands: Created by James Dormer. With Kieran Bew, Joanne Whalley, Ed Speleers, Laura Donnelly. Heroic legend Beowulf gallops through the epic and mythical Shieldlands, to his childhood home of Herot, hoping to set right past wrongs.
- (3.6K)
- 2016-01-03
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- 44
- Personality
- Biography
- Appearances
Beowulf is an exceptional and intelligent warrior with a reputation as a fearless ‘hero’ that he struggles to live up to and accept. What Beowulf and Breca realise when they arrive in Herot, is that the town is in trouble. Corruption and plotting are rife within the Alliance, and within Herot itself, and what it needs to survive isn’t a Reevewho wi...
Early life
When Beowulf was a young boy, he was chased with his father by a pair of trolls. Told to run to safety, Beowulf saw his father slay one of the mudborn before dying at the hands of the second, who he managed to maim. The survivor, however, continued its pursuit but was amazingly slain by Beowulf himself. Following this, Beowulf was met by Hrothgar, Thane of Herot, who was passing through with his cohort before stopping to pay. Hrothgar told Beowulf that his father would be welcomed in the Hall...
Return to Herot
20 years later, having learned that Hrothgar was dying, Beowulf returned to Herot, accompanied by his new friend Breca, who he had recently rescued from a lynch mob who were pursuing him for killing a man. Breca was curious as to why Beowulf saved him from them, Beowulf replied simply that "we all make mistakes." Having parted with Hrothgar on bad terms, Beowulf refused to leave it that way. On their way, the pair discovered a body which Beowulf found to have been killed by a Mudborn, not hav...
Pursuing the Skinshifter
(Episode 2)
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands is a British epic fantasy drama television series broadcast by ITV. It was created by James Dormer, Tim Haines and Katie Newman. Dormer wrote the series based on the poem Beowulf and executive-produced it along with Haines and Newman, while Stephen Smallwood produced the series.
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands (TV Series 2016) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands is a series about courage, greed, betrayal, revenge, loyalty, power, man versus wilderness and, of course, love. It is a series that explores the notion of good and evil, heroes and villains.
People also ask
Who is the Defiler in Beowulf Return to the Shieldlands?
What is Beowulf Return to the Shieldlands about?
Who wrote Beowulf Return to the Shieldlands?
Is Beowulf based on a true story?
Beowulf is a British epic fantasy drama television series from ITV, consisting of 13 episodes and created by James Dormer, Tim Haines, and Katie Newman. Dormer wrote the series based on the poem Beowulf and executive produced along with Haines and Newman, while Stephen Smallwood produced the series. The series began airing in the United Kingdom on 3 January 2016 and will air in the United ...
Learn more about the full cast of Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands with news, photos, videos and more at TV Guide
