Episode 1

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Episode 1 of 3

Duration: 59 minutes

Neil Oliver heads for Scandinavia to reveal the truth behind the legend of the Vikings. In the first programme, Neil begins by discovering the mysterious world of the Vikings' prehistoric ancestors. The remains of weapon-filled war boats, long-haired Bronze Age farmers, and a Swedish site of a royal palace and gruesome pagan ritual conjure up an ancient past from which the Viking Age was to suddenly erupt.

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Wed 28 Nov 2012 01:55 BBC One except Wales

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Credits

Series Producer
Cameron Balbirnie
Presenter
Neil Oliver
Director
Jon Eastman
Producer
Jon Eastman
Executive Producer
Eamon Hardy

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