The fourth season of the historical drama television series Vikings premiered on February 18, 2016 on History in Canada. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season of the series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793.
The fourth season consists of a double order of twenty episodes, split into two parts of ten episodes; the second half premiered on November 30, 2016. The season follows the battles between Ragnar and Rollo in Francia, Bjorn's raid into the Mediterranean, and the Viking invasion of England. It concluded in its entirety on February 1, 2017.
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Cast
Main
- Travis Fimmel as King Ragnar Lothbrok, the head of the Earldom of Kattegat who became king after Horik's death
- Katheryn Winnick as Queen Lagertha, a shieldmaiden and Ragnar's ex-wife; she controls the Earldom of Hedeby calling herself Earl Ingstad. Later, she again becomes queen of Kattegat.
- Clive Standen as Duke Rollo, a warrior and Ragnar's brother; he was granted the title of Duke of Normandy by Emperor Charles.
- Gustaf Skarsgård as Floki, a gifted shipbuilder and a friend of Ragnar
- Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, Ragnar and Lagertha's son, who has a relationship with Torvi
- Alyssa Sutherland as Queen Aslaug, Brynhildr's daughter and Ragnar's second wife
- Ben Robson as Earl Kalf, a Viking warrior; he shares the control of Hedeby with Lagertha.
- Lothaire Bluteau as Emperor Charles of West Francia
- John Kavanagh as The Seer, the seiðrmann of Kattegat
- Peter Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking ambitious to become the first King of Norway
- Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan the Black, Harald's violent younger brother
- Kevin Durand as Harbard, a charismatic wanderer and storyteller
- Moe Dunford as Prince Aethelwulf, son of King Ecbert
- Alex Høgh as Ivar the Boneless, fourth son of Ragnar and Aslaug
- Marco Ilsø as Hvitserk, second son of Ragnar and Aslaug
- David Lindström as Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, third son of Ragnar and Aslaug
- Jordan Patrick Smith as Ubbe, eldest son of Ragnar and Aslaug
- Linus Roache as King Ecbert of Wessex, the ruthless king of Wessex
- Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Bishop Heahmund, a very religious warrior priest
Notes
Recurring
Special Guest
- Josh Donaldson as Hoskuld, a Viking warrior of great skill
Guest
- Søren Pilmark as Stender, a farmer whose family was killed in Wessex. He was killed by Ragnar and appears in his dreams.
- Steve Wall as Einar, a scheming troublemaker. He is killed by Lagertha.
- Frankie McCafferty as Sinric, a polyglot drifter
- Cillian O'Sullivan as Eirik, a Viking warrior in Paris, former second in command of Rollo. He is betrayed by him and killed by Franks.
- Robban Follin as Berserker, an assassin recruited by Erlendur and Kalf to kill Bjorn. He is killed by Bjorn himself.
- Declan Conlon as Lord Wigstan, Queen Kwenthrith's second cousin and the head of the Royal Family of Mercia
- John Kavanagh as Pope Leo IV
- Adam McNamara as Thorhall, a Danish Viking who delivers bad news to Queen Aslaug and Bjorn
- Liam Clarke as Gudmund
- Ed Murphy as Gardar
- Jack Walsh as John Scotus Eriugena
- Cameron Hogan as Magnus, Queen Kwenthrith and King Ragnar's supposed son
- Tamaryn Payne as Widow Ordlaf, a lady of Sherborne
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Episodes
Production
Development
Vikings is an Irish-Canadian co-production presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The fourth season was developed and produced by Octagon Films for the first sixteen episodes, TM Productions for the last four episodes, and Take 5 Productions. Morgan O'Sullivan, Sheila Hockin, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, James Flynn, John Weber, and Michael Hirst are credited as executive producers. This season was produced by Keith Thompson for the first eight and for the last four episodes, and Sanne Wohlenberg for the ninth to sixteenth episodes. Bill Goddard and Séamus McInerney act as co-producers.
The production team for this season includes casting directors Frank and Nuala Moiselle, costume designer Joan Bergin, visual effects supervisor Dominic Remane, stunt action designers Franklin Henson and Richard Ryan, composer Trevor Morris, production designer Mark Geraghty, editors Aaron Marshall for the first, fourth, seventh, fifteenth and eighteenth episodes, Christopher Donaldson for the second, fifth and eighth episodes, Tad Seaborn for the third, sixth, ninth, eleventh, thirteenth, sixteenth and nineteenth episodes, and Don Cassidy for the tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, seventeenth and twentieth episodes, and cinematographers Pj Dillon for the first eight and last four episodes, and Owen McPolin for the ninth to sixteenth episodes.
Music
The musical score for the fourth season was composed by Trevor Morris in collaboration with Einar Selvik. The opening sequence is again accompanied by the song "If I Had a Heart" by Fever Ray.
Additional non-original music by Norwegian music group Wardruna is featured in the episodes "In the Uncertain Hour Before the Morning" and "Crossings". The featured tracks are "Bjarkan", "Laukr" and "Algir -- Tognatale". The episode "All His Angels" also features an original song titled "Snake Pit Poetry", written by Einar Selvik and performed by Hilda Örvarsdóttir. The track was released as a single on October 20, 2017 together with a second version solely performed by Selvik.
Reception
Critical response
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 92% approval rating, with an average rating of 8.3/10 based on twelve reviews.
References
External links
- Official website
- Vikings on IMDb
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