Dark Ages soap

Deadline recently posted an update on ITV's upcoming Beowulf miniseries, which they describe as a "Dark Ages Western". My hopes that this adaptation will be a hokey delight are high (the creators also produced Primeval, which pretty much rang the hokey delight bell, IMO), but my favorite part of this story is the expressed hope that this drama will be a natural next step for Downton Abbey fans. I, for one, am hoping for a crossover.