Vikings - Season 1 - Eps 2: The Trading Empire
Neil Oliver 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 discovers a world of 'starry-eyed maidens' and Buddhist statues that are a world away from our British experience of axe-wielding warriors, although it turns out that there were quite a few of those as well.
About Vikings
Title: Vikings
First Air Date: 2012-09-11
Last Air Date: 2012-09-25
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 5 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 3
Network: BBC Two
Genres: Documentary
Production Companies: BBC
Synopsis
Vikings is a 2012 BBC television documentary series written and presented by Neil Oliver charting the rise of the Vikings from prehistoric times to the empire of Canute.
Cast
Neil Oliver
Self - Presenter
