I just started watching the first season of The Last Kingdom (BBC/Netflix) and it's been great so far. Based on the Saxons Stories novels by Bernard Cornwell, the TV adaptation is one of the most realistic historical dramas set in the medieval world I've ever seen. There are no indestructible super-warriors or Mary Sue shieldmaidens here and the setting has a distinctly rural feel, the kind of thing you would expect from societies based on agriculture. The battles are on a much smaller scale as well, at least so far, and probably come pretty close to what they would have been like in real life.
The Danish Vikings in The Last Kingdom are thuggish and sadistic, but the Saxons aren't much better. Pagans and Christians were all barbarous back then. The show is violent, sometimes very violent, but there is no nudity or really graphic sex, which offends my sense of prurient interest. Despite the fact that the series is produced by the ultra-liberal BBC, this is still a British production so the acting is first-rate and the writing is well-paced and intelligent. Based on what I've seen so far, I'd say that it's just as good, if not better in some ways, than the early seasons of Vikings from the History Channel.