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Neil Oliver heads for Scandinavia to reveal the truth behind the legend of the Vikings.
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Vikings — Season 1

Vikings — Season 1

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Neil Oliver

Host

Simon Winchcombe

Director

Rosie Schellenberg

Director

Jon Eastman

Director

Neil Oliver

Writer

Eamon Hardy

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 11, 2012 Neil Oliver heads for Scandinavia to reveal the truth behind the legend of the Vikings. In the first programme, Neil begins by discovering the mysterious world of the Vikings' prehistoric ancestors. The remains of weapon-filled war boats, long-haired Bronze Age farmers, and a Swedish site of a royal palace and gruesome pagan ritual conjure up an ancient past from which the Viking Age was to suddenly erupt. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 18, 2012 Neil Oliver heads out from the Scandinavian homelands to Russia, Turkey and Ireland to trace the beginnings of a vast trading empire that handled Chinese silks as adeptly as Pictish slaves. Neil discovers a world of `starry-eyed maidens' and Buddhist statues that are a world away from our British experience of axe-wielding warriors, although it turns out that there were quite a few of those as well. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 25, 2012 Neil Oliver explores how the Viking Age finally ended, tracing the Norse voyages of discovery, the first Danish kings, and the Christian conversions that opened the door to European high society. He also uncovers the truth about England's King Canute - he was not an arrogant leader who thought he could hold back the waves, but the Viking ruler of an entire empire of the north and an early adopter of European standardisation. Details
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Season Info

Director
Simon Winchcombe, Rosie Schellenberg, Jon Eastman
Executive Producer
Eamon Hardy
Screenwriter
Neil Oliver
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Documentary, History
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Sep 11, 2012