Neil Oliver
Director
Vikings (2012)
Season 1
Vikings is a 2012 BBC television documentary series written and presented by Neil Oliver charting the rise of the Vikings from prehistoric times to the empire of Canute.
Released Sept. 11, 2012
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, History
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, tmdb.vikings-norsemen
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - Who Were the Vikings
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.
Sept. 11, 2012, midnight
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S1E2 - The Trading Empire
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.
Sept. 18, 2012, midnight
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S1E3 - End of the Viking Age
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.
Sept. 25, 2012, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 180 min.
Released: Sept. 11, 2012
Last Air Date: Sept. 25, 2012, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: U
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