Did the headless bodies found by road builders in the Dorset chalk belong to Anglo-Saxons slain in battle? Or could it be that the Vikings, the most feared people in Europe, were sometimes the victims of extreme violence themselves? When workmen building a road dug into the Dorset chalk, the last thing they expected to find was a mass grave that would cast new light on one of the darkest periods of English history. Viking Apocalypse explores how the burial pit, containing 54 beheaded skeletons, uncovers the story of sickening brutality & incredible bravery, & gives you a better understanding of the Vikings' place in Engl&. But just who were the victims of this ancient atrocity? Stripped, decapitated & buried with their skulls in a separate pit, the remains set off an investigation into this chilliest of cold cases. ...

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

Neil Oliver explores how the Age of the Vikings finally ended, tracing the Norse voyages of discovery, the first Danish Kings, & the Christian conversions that opened the door to European high society. It turns out own King Canute was a Viking, but not an arrogant leader who thought he could hold back the waves, but ruler of an entire Empire of the North & an early adopter of European standardisation
- the EU would have loved him.
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(Foreign language film with English subtitles) Villa Amalia is the story of Ann, a musician, whose life is turned upside down by a kiss. When she sees Thomas kissing another woman, Ann makes a clean break, leaving him & everything else far behind her. Suddenly unsure of everything that seemed so certain, Ann knows only that she must change her life & become someone else to find herself. With her music & the friendship of Georges, who pops out of her distant past, she sets off on a journey that will take her to an island where the Villa Amalia stands. ...

(Foreign language film with English subtitles) Villa Amalia is the story of Ann, a musician, whose life is turned upside down by a kiss. When she sees Thomas kissing another woman, Ann makes a clean break, leaving him & everything else far behind her. Suddenly unsure of everything that seemed so certain, Ann knows only that she must change her life & become someone else to find herself. With her music & the friendship of Georges, who pops out of her distant past, she sets off on a journey that will take her to an island where the Villa Amalia stands. ...

What would you do if you were 16, lived in the most remote village in the world, & were the only teenager? What would you do if your biological father lived next door, yet never acknowledged your existence? Well, Lars is surprisingly upbeat about it. Welcome to the world of high-speed internet & door to door sewage collection, of polar bear hunts, & the summer dips in the melting ocean. Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) spent a year in Greenl&, & delivered this extraordinary documentary. ...

What would you do if you were 16, lived in the most remote village in the world, & were the only teenager? What would you do if your biological father lived next door, yet never acknowledged your existence? Well, Lars is surprisingly upbeat about it. Welcome to the world of high-speed internet & door to door sewage collection, of polar bear hunts, & the summer dips in the melting ocean. Sarah Gavron (Brick Lane) spent a year in Greenl&, & delivered this extraordinary documentary. ...