The sixth and final season of Vikings will receive its UK premiere on Amazon Prime Video UK on Thursday December 5th, it has been announced. New episodes will the continue to be made available to UK Prime members every Thursday, less than 24 hours after they initially air on History in the United States. 
Weruche Opia (Inside No 9, Sliced), Paapa Essiedu (Kiri, Press), Aml Ameen (Yardie, Mazerunner), Adam James (Belgravia, Doctor Foster), Sarah Niles (Catastrophe, Rocks) and Ann Aikin (Career of Evil, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams: The Commuter) have been tapped to star opposite Michaela Coel in her BBC Two drama January 22nd. 
BBC Two has handed out a second season renewal to legal comedy Defending The Guilty. Six episodes have been ordered for the show's second season. The renewal comes shortly after season one wrapped its run on BBC Two. The series premiere has has consolidated across 28 days to amass an audience of 1.5 million viewers and a 9.2 percent audience share. That represents an increase of 31 percent on BBC Two's Tuesday night slot average. 
ITV has released the trailer for their upcoming Julian Fellowes adaptation Belgravia, which is set to premiere in 2020. 
