A History of Celtic Britain

All Episodes 2011

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  • 2011-04-06T23:00:00Z
  • 58m
  • 3h 52m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • BBC
  • Documentary
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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4 episodes

Series Premiere

2011-04-06T23:00:00Z

1x01 Age of Iron

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Series Premiere

1x01 Age of Iron

  • 2011-04-06T23:00:00Z — 58m

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.

2011-04-13T23:00:00Z

1x02 Age of Warriors

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1x02 Age of Warriors

  • 2011-04-13T23:00:00Z — 58m

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.

2011-04-20T23:00:00Z

1x03 Age of Invasion

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1x03 Age of Invasion

  • 2011-04-20T23:00:00Z — 58m

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.

Season Finale

2011-04-27T23:00:00Z

1x04 Age of Romans

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Season Finale

1x04 Age of Romans

  • 2011-04-27T23:00:00Z — 58m

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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