AMAZING FIRST PICTURES FROM UPCOMING NEW HISTORICAL SHOWS "THE WHITE QUEEN" WITH REBECCA FERGUSON, DAVID OAKES, MAX IRONS AND "VIKINGS" WITH TRAVIS FIMMEL, CLIVE STANDEN, GABRIEL BYRNE

I have lovely treats for you, my little freaks, for the opening day of the new year. First pictures from some of the upcoming new epic shows. First, check out the lovely photos from historical series THE WHITE QUEEN a luxurious new show which will air at BBC and STARZ later this year. You can read more about it in HOLLYWOOD SPY's exclusive spotlight on the show, but, set in the period of the War of the Roses and based on Phillipa Gregory's bestselling novel series "The Cousin's War", the ten part series follows a group of women who find themselves caught up in the race for the throne. The women work behind the scenes, scheming ruthlessly to help their lovers, and their children, and will stop at nothing to gain - or keep - the throne. With the nation at war for the past nine years over the

rightful King of England, the two sides of the same family - The House of York and The House of Lancaster - are also facing their own battle. The cast is lead by gorgeous Rebecca Ferguson in the lead role, and 

with James Frain, godawful Max Irons as king Edward IV, David Oakes, Aneurin Bernard...

VIKINGS

The other batch of photos comes from another epic show which will hit small screens this Spring - VIKINGS, the first scripted series from History Channel. You can read more about the show in HOLLYWOOD

SPY's spotlight, but the story will follow Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) while he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. Ragnar Lothbrok is based upon the real-life Viking leader who literally exploded out of Scandanavia and onto the world stage in the 8th Century.

A young Norwegian farmer with a wife and family, Ragnar is deeply frustrated by the unadventurous policies of his local chieftan, Earl Haraldson, who continues to send his Vikings raiders east every

summer, to the Baltic states and Russia, whose populations are as materially poor as themselves. The cast will also include Clive Standen, Gustaf Skarsgard, Gabriel Byrne, George Blagden ...

HAPPY NEW 2013

PS I'm posting this one a bit earlier today to catch you before you all go to your crazy New Year's Eve parties and get wasted :) See you in the

New Year and wishing you all the best, let 2013 be better to everyone than 2012 and let the world enjoy some peace in the upcoming new year! Hollywood Spy loves you and there's nothing you can do about it!