The Celts
Season 11987
Documentary series examining the origins, growth, and influence of Celtic culture in Great Britain and throughout Europe.
6 Episodes
E01 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).
March 14, 1987
E02 The Birth of Nations
Frank Delaney investigates the origins and evolution of the four remaining Celtic homelands - Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany.
March 21, 1987
E03 A Pagan Trinity
Frank Delaney takes a look at how pagan and Christian rites amalgamated when the missionaries arrived.
March 28, 1987
E04 The Open-Ended Curve
Frank Delaney examines the highly influential and still flourishing Celtic artistic tradition.
April 4, 1987
E05 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.
April 11, 1987
E06 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.
April 18, 1987