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    TV Series

    The Celts

    8.3/10
    1987 - 1987
    55m/ep
    Ended
    Seasons: 1
    Episodes: 6

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

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    Seasons & Episodes

    The Man with the Golden Shoes

    1. 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).

    3/14/198760 min
    The Birth of Nations

    2. The Birth of Nations

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

    3/21/198755 min
    A Pagan Trinity

    3. A Pagan Trinity

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

    3/28/198755 min
    The Open-Ended Curve

    4. The Open-Ended Curve

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

    4/4/198755 min
    The Final Conflict

    5. 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.

    4/11/198755 min
    The Legacy

    6. 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.

    4/18/198755 min