After the History Channel stopped doing real history documentaries and started focussing pseudo-scientific studies (UFOs and the like) as well as pseudo documentaries (Pawn Stars) which they achieve great successes with, they also tried out (mini) series. The Drama series Vikings is one of them. The first series was immediately able to win the audience over.

In the USA the channel aired censored versions of the episodes which often used alternate scenes. Thus there is no nudity, and some of the violence during the battles was toned down. However, the latter scenes are already quite graphic and only slightly censored here and there. In France they decided to air the completely uncensored version of the series.

The US Blu-Ray is uncensored but also offers a few additions to the plot. Whether or not these scenes were cut out for time reasons (so that the episodes are roughly 43 minutes long) could not be found out. We also do not know whether or not the scenes were included in the French broadcast. Thus this might be extended material which was saved exclusively for the Blu-Ray release.

The eighth episode on the US Blu-ray is overall 179.5 seconds longer than the TV Version.

1:40
Extended shot of the boats being unloaded in the vikings village right at the beginning of the episode.
24 sec

5:28
Extended shot of Athelstan before he gets out his bible.
17.5 sec

7:34
Lagertha tells Siggy to hang all the sacrificial offerings in front of the holy grot.
24 sec

10:00
Extended shot of Lagertha in front of the Freyr statue. She asks the statue (also in the TV Version) for getting pregnant again.
BD: 14 sec | TV: 7 sec

Blu-ray	TV

10:21
Lagertha mentions the blood sacrifices her family gave to Freyr and requests for them to be accepted.
BD: 23.5 sec | TV: 3.5 sec

Blu-ray	TV

15:00
Ragnar goes back to camp. Athelstan watches and follows him. The TV Version contains an alternate transition.
BD: 32 sec | TV: 4 sec

17:51
Alternate footage of the wild party at night. The Blu-ray Version isn't much wilder though.
BD: 13 sec | TV: 10 sec

Blu-ray	TV

18:19
The little orgy in the tent is slighty more explicit on Blu-ray. There are breasts every now and then.
BD: 29.5 sec | TV: 23 sec

Blu-ray	TV

19:12
Ditto but the TV Version is longer.
BD: 3.5 sec | TV: 9.5 sec

Blu-ray	TV

19:57
Athelstan notices two naked people.
BD: 10.5 sec | TV: 13 sec

Blu-ray	TV

21:40
Athelstan is accompanied to bed by Thyri. He has sex for the last / first time before he will be sacrificed the next day.
16.5s

22:44
After that, she's washing him. The Blu-ray reveals more details: distance shot of them being naked.
BD: 4 sec | TV: 5.5 sec

Blu-ray	TV

38:48
The preist reaches for the sword the human sacrifices are about to get killed with.
7 sec

40:24
Shot of the neck of one of the voluntarily sacrifices.
TV +2 sec

40:28
Therefore, the Blu-ray contains a close-up of the throat being slit. A short subsequent scene (5 sec) is also in the TV Version but a few seconds later.
4.5 sec

42:28
The bloody hatchet.
5.5 sec

42:45
Priests serve the blood to the God.
28.5 sec