The Celts | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Genre | Documentary series |
Narrated by | John Morgan |
Opening theme | "The Eternal Knot"[1] |
Ending theme | "The Eternal Knot" |
Composer | Karl Jenkins |
Country of origin | Wales, United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Cenwyn Edwards John Alick Macpherson |
Producers | Caryl Ebenezer J. Mervyn Williams |
Editor | Glyn Shakeshaft |
Camera setup | Haydn Denman |
Running time | 50 minutes (per episode) |
Production companies | Opus Television S4C Rhyngwladol International |
Original release | |
Network | S4C |
Release | 2000 |
The Celts (Welsh: Y Celtiaid[2]) is a 2000 television documentary series produced by Opus Television for the Welsh channel S4C.[3] A book adaptation of the same name by John Davies was published in the same year by Cassell & Co.[4] Also in that year, the programme was sold to the American cable network Celtic Vision.[5]
Synopsis
[edit]The series examines who the Celts were, where they came from and what made their culture distinctive from other European peoples; with dramatizations of major historical events and visits to modern Celtic lands. A number of archaeologists and scholars of Celtic studies are featured in the documentary, such as Jörg Biel , Peter Connolly, Barry Cunliffe, Markus Egg , Michel Egloff, John T. Koch, Barry Raftery, Colin Renfrew, Peter Reynolds, Thomas Stöllner , Bryan Sykes, among others.
Episodes
[edit]- "In the Beginning": Tracing the origin of the Celts.
- "Heroes in Defeat": Examining La Tène era, heyday of the Celtic culture.
- "The Sacred Groves": Looking at ancient Celtic religion, especially Druidism.
- "From Camelot to Christ": This episode claims that, after the collapse of the Roman Empire, Vortigern, King of the Britons, invited the Anglo-Saxons into Britain to help fight the Picts. Christianity was established during the Anglo-Saxon era.
- "Legend and Reality": From the 8th century onwards Celtic lands were invaded by the Vikings and then the Normans. Following the 16th-century Protestant Reformation, Celtic communities in Wales, Ireland and Brittany were marginalized in the push for political and religious unity.
- "A Dead Song?": Examining the meaning and threats to the Celtic identity. The struggle to define an identity still continues today.
DVD
[edit]The series has been released on DVD by Kultur International Films in 2010.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Elliot, Russell W (16 October 2000). "Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot". musicaldiscoveries.com. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ "The S4C Authority Bulletin" (PDF). s4c.cymru. October 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ MacKillop, James (1 June 2006). Myths and Legends of the Celts. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 9780141941394.
- ^ Davies, John (2000). The Celts: Based Upon the S4C Television Series. London: Cassell & Co. ISBN 9780304355907.
- ^ "S4C exports Opus series The Celts to the US". broadcastnow.co.uk. 12 May 2000. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
- ^ The Celts (DVD Video). 2010. OCLC 642361754. Retrieved 11 December 2022 – via worldcat.org.