The Celts

1987
1 Season
8.0
Documentary

Documentary series examining the origins, growth, and influence of Celtic culture in Great Britain and throughout Europe.

Episodes

The Man with the Golden Shoes
E1Mar 14, 19871h

The Man with the Golden Shoes

"The Man with the Golden Shoes" covers the archaeological and historical evidence for the Celts and the extent of their civilisation across the European continent, including the two core periods of Celtic Culture (i.e. Hallstatt culture and La Tène culture).

The Birth of Nations
E2Mar 21, 198755m

The Birth of Nations

Frank Delaney investigates the origins and evolution of the four remaining Celtic homelands - Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany.

A Pagan Trinity
E3Mar 28, 198755m

A Pagan Trinity

Frank Delaney takes a look at how pagan and Christian rites amalgamated when the missionaries arrived.

The Open-Ended Curve
E4Apr 4, 198755m

The Open-Ended Curve

Frank Delaney examines the highly influential and still flourishing Celtic artistic tradition.

The Final Conflict
E5Apr 11, 198755m

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.

The Legacy
E6Apr 18, 198755m

The Legacy

Frank Delaney argues that the Celts bequeathed to European civilisation not only glorious art but also a way of thinking, a philosophy of life and a passion for freedom.