The Celts
BBC's landmark documentary series exploring the origins, growth and cultural legacy of Celtic culture in Great Britain and throughout Europe.
- 1987-1987
- 1 season
- HBO Max
- Documentary
BBC's landmark documentary series exploring the origins, growth and cultural legacy of Celtic culture in Great Britain and throughout Europe.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1987
Episode 1
The Man with the Golden Shoes
55 mins
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.
Episode 2
The Birth of Nations
52 mins
Frank Delaney investigates the origins and evolution of the four remaining Celtic homelands - Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany.
Episode 3
A Pagan Trinity
54 mins
Frank Delaney takes a look at how pagan and Christian rites amalgamated when the missionaries arrived.
Episode 4
The Open-Ended Curve
55 mins
Frank Delaney examines the highly influential and still flourishing Celtic artistic tradition.
Episode 5
The Final Conflict
55 mins
An exploration of language as part of identity, including attempts to destroy Celtic languages and their recent renaissance, especially Welsh and Breton.
Episode 6
The Legacy
55 mins
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.