The Celts - Season 1
1 - The Man with the Golden Shoes
Air Date: March 14, 1987
"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).
2 - The Birth of Nations
Air Date: March 21, 1987
Frank Delaney investigates the origins and evolution of the four remaining Celtic homelands - Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany.
3 - A Pagan Trinity
Air Date: March 28, 1987
Frank Delaney takes a look at how pagan and Christian rites amalgamated when the missionaries arrived.
4 - The Open-Ended Curve
Air Date: April 4, 1987
Frank Delaney examines the highly influential and still flourishing Celtic artistic tradition.
5 - The Final Conflict
Air Date: April 11, 1987
An exploration of language as part of identity, including attempts to destroy Celtic languages and their recent renaissance, especially Welsh and Breton.
6 - The Legacy
Air Date: April 18, 1987
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.