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The Celts Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

6 Episodes 1987 - 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.

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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.

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Episode 3

A Pagan Trinity

54 mins

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

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Episode 4

The Open-Ended Curve

55 mins

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

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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.

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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.

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