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Season 2, Episode 3: Ransomed By Vikings

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It's the hostage crisis of century, as the Scandinavian Mafia demand tons of silver for the Archbishop of Canterbury. In medieval Britain, Anglo-Saxons react with fear, terror and more fear, while their King Aethelred lives up to his nickname 'Aethelred the Unready'. It's live news coverage of the crisis, where the Vikings prove the old adage ""no guts, no glory"" using the Britons' guts.

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