BBC's landmark documentary series exploring the origins, growth and cultural legacy of Celtic culture in Great Britain and throughout Europe.
Episode List
S1 • E1
The Man with the Golden Shoes
Frank Delaney traces Celtic origins by following a trail of archaeological finds across Europe, from salt mines in Austria to burial mounds in Germany and England.
S1 • E2
The Birth of Nations
Frank Delaney investigates the origins and evolution of the four remaining Celtic homelands - Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany.
S1 • E3
A Pagan Trinity
Frank Delaney takes a look at how pagan and Christian rites amalgamated when the missionaries arrived.
S1 • E4
The Open-Ended Curve
Frank Delaney examines the highly influential and still flourishing Celtic artistic tradition.
S1 • E5
The Final Conflict
An exploration of language as part of identity, including attempts to destroy Celtic languages and their recent renaissance, especially Welsh and Breton.
S1 • E6
The Legacy
Frank Delaney argues that the Celts bequeathed to European civilization not only glorious art but also a way of thinking, a philosophy of life and a passion for freedom.
