David Richardson
Director
The Celts (1987)
Season 1
Frank Delaney presents a series on Celtic culture and history.
Released March 14, 1987
Episode 55 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.celts, imdb.severed-head, imdb.reenactment, imdb.irish-music, imdb.irish-american, imdb.ireland, imdb.immigration + 6 more, imdb.immigrant, imdb.hallstatt-austria, imdb.boston-massachusetts, imdb.artifact, imdb.archeology, imdb.archeological-dig
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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, midnight
S1E2 - 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, midnight
S1E3 - A Pagan Trinity
Frank Delaney takes a look at how pagan and Christian rites amalgamated when the missionaries arrived.
March 28, 1987, midnight
S1E4 - The Open-Ended Curve
Frank Delaney examines the highly influential and still flourishing Celtic artistic tradition.
April 4, 1987, midnight
S1E5 - 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, midnight
S1E6 - 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, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 55 min.
Season Runtime: 60 min.
Released: March 14, 1987
Last Air Date: April 18, 1987, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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