Amazon Prime Video has already made its play for the sword and sorcery audience with the now-canceled Wheel of Time and the still-ongoing Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
This month, however, Prime Video is going with swords minus sorcery with King & Conqueror, a historical drama miniseries produced by the BBC.
King & Conqueror has been on Watch With Us‘ radar for a while, and it’s our pick for the one Prime Video show in November 2025 that you have to watch.
Critics have given it a mixed response, but audiences have been more receptive.
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