The Untold Truth Of Vikings

While successfully upping the ante year after year as far as things like the drama and action go, this historical production has also left a host of other interesting facts and tidbits in its wake as it's gone about making its own spot in television history. This is the untold truth of Vikings.

We're used to watching lots and lots of Vikings at this point, so it might surprise you that the show was originally only supposed to run for a mere nine episodes a length that The New York Times deemed "ambitious."

The miniseries, which aired in 2013, came on the heels of the History Channel's three-part hit Hatfields & McCoys. Starring Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton, among others, it brought narrative drama and star power to a network that typically aimed more for documentaries and reality TV shows. While not perfect, Hatfields & McCoys showed the network that there could be significant interest in other dramatized miniseries. Equipped with this knowledge and with the younger male, action-oriented gaming crowd largely in mind, History decided to head out in their longships in search of bigger fish. The result? Vikings. Keep watching to learn The Untold Truth Of Vikings!

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A brief initial voyage | 0:00
Semi-legit historical figure | 1:02
Filmed on the Emerald Isle | 2:13
Female power | 2:56
Accident causing model | 3:46
Dead languages resurrected | 4:38
Comic book heroes | 5:33
Who wants to be who? | 6:17
Vikings...and baseball | 7:11
Morbidly sensual folktales | 8:02
All in from the get-go | 8:40
Snake poop | 9:39
Unfair comparisons | 10:34

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