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Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired by the Icelandic sagas.

Kate Phillips is Gudrun, in Lucy Catherine's Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired by the Icelandic sagas.

Gudrun: Series 7: Episode 1

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Kate Phillips returns as Icelandic heroine Gudrun in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic

Gudrun and her young son Jesson embark on a pilgrimage to Rome. Viking epic of love, revenge and faith starring Kate Phillips.

The final series in Lucy Catherine’s Viking epic of love, revenge and faith inspired by the Icelandic sagas

Gudrun, a young woman from 11th century Iceland, forges her path through a world of unearthly beauty yet uncompromising harshness.  

Having given birth at sea and survived the treacherous voyage home from the Vinland, Gudrun believes her young son, Jesson, is destined for great things.  Together, they embark on a pilgrimage to Rome.

Gudrun ….. Kate Phillips
Freija ….. Samantha Dakin
Truda ….. Charlotte East
Monk ….. Ian Dunnett Jnr
Kjartan ….. Luke MacGregor

Director:  Gemma Jenkins

Despite the warmongering and bloodshed Gudrun is a story of family and a mother’s love. An avenging angel forged from violence, she continues to try and lead a good life in a man's world. She longs for the freedom to live her life according to her own rules.

Gudrun is under the protection of Freija, the Norse Goddess of love and war.  Freija’s voice cries out for a new kind of leadership.  She can sometimes be as slippery a customer as her protégée - is she really on Gudrun’s side or does she have an agenda of her own?

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2021.

Gudrun: Series 7

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