Bronze Age food preparation

In the final episode, Neil explores how the Viking Age finally ended, tracing the Norse voyages of discovery, the first Danish kings, and the Christian conversions that opened the door to European high society.

In this episode, Neil heads out from the Scandinavian homelands to Russia, Turkey and Ireland to trace the beginnings of a vast trading empire that handled Chinese silks as adeptly as Pictish slaves.

Neil Oliver goes in search of the truth about the Vikings beyond the legend of a band of blood-thirsty pirates raiding the peaceful monasteries of Christendom. In the first episode, Neil heads for Scandinavia and discovers the mysterious world of the Vikings' prehistoric ancestors.