The Bastard Executioner

The final series / movie / anime I`ll finish this year, as I just watched the final episode and won`t be home tomorrow night.

This series, cancelled after 1 season, was to be honest a struggle to get through though.

Set after the death of Edward Longshanks, one of his knights sought refuge in Wales.  When his unit was ambushed, he had a vision, and after his village and wife with unborn child get murdered, he sets out for revenge.
He slays the lord that led the ambush, and takes on the identity of an executioner killed in the battle to save his friends, but ends up in the service of the chamberlain of the slain lord.  He is forced to not only execute his grizzly trade, but also to work with the chamberlain to maintain the independance of the shire.

The series (which featurs Ed Sheeran btw for the fans) is a bit of a two fold though.  The action scenes and the writing of the overal story are fine, but the pace and the development of the non three main characters is virtually non existant. 

A bit of a hit and miss series, but for me personally, it leans more towards the miss part unfortunatly...