The Celts
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The Celts

8.3 / 10
1987
1 season
6 episodes
Documentary

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

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Frank Delaney presents a series on Celtic culture and history.

  • The Man with the Golden Shoes

    1.The Man with the Golden Shoes

    14-03-198760m

    "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 tw...

  • The Birth of Nations

    2.The Birth of Nations

    21-03-198755m

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

  • A Pagan Trinity

    3.A Pagan Trinity

    28-03-198755m

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

  • The Open-Ended Curve

    4.The Open-Ended Curve

    04-04-198755m

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

  • The Final Conflict

    5.The Final Conflict

    11-04-198755m

    An exploration of language as part of identity, including attempts to destroy Celtic languages and their recent renaissance, especially Welsh and Breton.

  • The Legacy

    6.The Legacy

    18-04-198755m

    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.

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