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A History of Celtic Britain

20111 Season58m episodes

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In four chapters, largely based on and illustrated with archaeological finds and sites, Neil Oliver explains how, as far as is known, the Iron Age Celtic tribes known as the Ancient Britains evolved and entered European civilization. Their internecine tribal phase was warlike and partitioned. Overseas contacts, especially metal trade, brought wealth and progress. Ultimately, it attracted the superior Roman empire, which would conquer and pacify Britain into a province, like Gaul shortly before, but Caesar's invasion wasn't the definitive annexation yet, that was left to emperor Claudius; even afterward some Celtic traits and even rebellions remained.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Apr 7, 2011
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

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4 hrs

4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Neil Oliver

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A History of Celtic Britain

20111 Season58m episodes

Documentary

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Runtime: 58m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Free

With ads

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E1 · Airs Apr 7, 2011
Age of Iron
Diving for 3,000-year-old treasure and pot-holing through an ancient copper mine he discovers how a golden age of bronze collapsed into social and economic crisis set against a period of sharp climate change... eventually to be replaced by a new era, of iron.
E2 · Airs Apr 14, 2011
Age of Warriors
Neil Oliver explores the age of Celtic Britain - a time of warriors, druids, and kings of unimaginable wealth. Neil encounters a celebrated warrior from 300 BC, owner of the finest Iron Age sword ever discovered. He tries his hand at divination in an effort to discover the power of Celtic priests and searches into his own DNA for clues to Celtic identity.
E3 · Airs Apr 21, 2011
Age of Invasion
Neil Oliver explores the remains of brutal Iron Age battles and Celtic rebellion as he reaches the moment when Celtic Britain was ripped apart by the world's great empire - the Roman army.
E4 · Airs Apr 28, 2011
Age of Romans
Neil Oliver completes his epic journey through thousands of years of ancient history with the modern marvels of Rome. Digging beneath a London tower block, discovering building work from a massive stadium, and encountering the remains of an African woman who lived in York 1800 years ago - all evidence of the extraordinary multicultural modern world of Rome.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Apr 7, 2011
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC

Time to finish

4 hrs

4 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Neil Oliver

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