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Series SeasonSeason 1 episodes1987
The Celts
Season 1
Frank Delaney presents a series on Celtic culture and history.
Episodes
Each episode has its own detail page.
Episode 160 min1987-03-14
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).
Episode 255 min1987-03-21
The Birth of Nations
Frank Delaney investigates the origins and evolution of the four remaining Celtic homelands - Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany.
Episode 355 min1987-03-28
A Pagan Trinity
Frank Delaney takes a look at how pagan and Christian rites amalgamated when the missionaries arrived.
Episode 455 min1987-04-04
The Open-Ended Curve
Frank Delaney examines the highly influential and still flourishing Celtic artistic tradition.
Episode 555 min1987-04-11
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.
Episode 655 min1987-04-18
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.